Dresden - Frauenkirche & Neumarkt
The Frauenkirche in Dresden (originally Church of Our Lady – the name refers to Saint Mary) is an Evangelical Lutheran church of the Baroque and the defining monumental building of the Dresden Neumarkt. It is considered a magnificent testimony to the Protestant sacred building, has one of the largest stone church domes north of the Alps and is considered one of the largest sandstone buildings in the world. The Dresden Frauenkirche was built from 1726 to 1743 according to a design by George Bähr and became an emblem of both the Dresden Baroque and the famous city silhouette. At the end of the Second World War, it was severely damaged by the firestorm raging in Dresden during the air raids on Dresden on the night of 13 to 14 February 1945 and collapsed burnt out on the morning of 15 February. In the GDR, the ruin was preserved and left as a memorial against war and destruction. After the Peaceful Revolution in the GDR, the debris removal began at the beginning of 1993 and from 1994 the reconstruction of the church building. The work, which was completed in 2005, was mainly financed by support associations and donors from all over the world, including the AMERICAN "Friends of Dresden". On October 30, 2005, a consecration service and ceremony took place in the Frauenkirche. The ruins now became a symbol of reconciliation. Since then, on the initiative of the Gesellschaft Historischer Neumarkt Dresden (GHND), the Neumarkt has been rebuilt in the vicinity of the Frauenkirche, with several reconstructions of town houses. Only then has a baroque building ensemble of high rank been created again. The square An der Frauenkirche, in the center of which the church stands, can be experienced again spatially as a side square of the Neumarkt.
Dresden - Frauenkirche & Neumarkt
The Frauenkirche in Dresden (originally Church of Our Lady – the name refers to Saint Mary) is an Evangelical Lutheran church of the Baroque and the defining monumental building of the Dresden Neumarkt. It is considered a magnificent testimony to the Protestant sacred building, has one of the largest stone church domes north of the Alps and is considered one of the largest sandstone buildings in the world. The Dresden Frauenkirche was built from 1726 to 1743 according to a design by George Bähr and became an emblem of both the Dresden Baroque and the famous city silhouette. At the end of the Second World War, it was severely damaged by the firestorm raging in Dresden during the air raids on Dresden on the night of 13 to 14 February 1945 and collapsed burnt out on the morning of 15 February. In the GDR, the ruin was preserved and left as a memorial against war and destruction. After the Peaceful Revolution in the GDR, the debris removal began at the beginning of 1993 and from 1994 the reconstruction of the church building. The work, which was completed in 2005, was mainly financed by support associations and donors from all over the world, including the AMERICAN "Friends of Dresden". On October 30, 2005, a consecration service and ceremony took place in the Frauenkirche. The ruins now became a symbol of reconciliation. Since then, on the initiative of the Gesellschaft Historischer Neumarkt Dresden (GHND), the Neumarkt has been rebuilt in the vicinity of the Frauenkirche, with several reconstructions of town houses. Only then has a baroque building ensemble of high rank been created again. The square An der Frauenkirche, in the center of which the church stands, can be experienced again spatially as a side square of the Neumarkt.