FRAUENKIRCHE
The Frauenkirche Dresden can look back on a 1000- The first Frauenkirche was built in the 11th century as a
year history. Already its predecessor churches were missionary church to convert the surrounding Sorbian
dedicated to the Mother of God and called villages to Christianity. With the emergence of the City of
Frauenkirche. In the 18th century, the famous dome Dresden in the last third of the 12th century, the
structure by George Bähr was built and dominated Frauenkirche became the parish church for the city, i.e.
Dresden’s cityscape for 200 years. The church was baptisms, marriages and funerals were celebrated in
destroyed shortly before the end of World War II. Its the church. The church had to grow with the growing
ruin remained as amemorial at the heart of the city. congregation and was thus repeatedly rebuilt.