Dresden, Germany - Don't Miss Visiting These Places in Dresden!

The Frauenkirche dominates the Dresden skyline with its incredible baroque architecture. With renovations recently completed, the church has been restored true to the original plans and is a fascinating study in restoration as well as being an awesome historical site. The church was almost totally destroyed in 1945 when 650,000 bombs were dropped on the city - the altar and chancel still stood among the rubble. The rubble remained until German reunification and reconstruction plans were laid in 1989.

Interesting Facts

• Originally built between 1726 and 1743.
• Built as a Lutheran Cathedral by George Bahr, Dresden's city architect.
• Johann Sebastian Bach performed a recital on it the church organ
• The 314 tall dome, made of sandstone and weighing 12,000 tons has no internal supports and is often compared to the construction of the dome at St. Peter's Basilica.
• Cost for Reconstruction was over $220 million with an extenstive team of architects, historians utilizing the original blueprints and original stones.

Visiting the Dresden Frauenkirche
The church is open Monday to Friday: 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon, and 1.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden visitor service
An der Frauenkirche 12
01067 Dresden
Tel. +49 (351) 656 06 56
Fax +49 (351) 656 06 57
E-Mail: fuehrungen@frauenkirche-dresden.org
Visit the Frauenkirche Web site.