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Frauenkirche
Neumarkt,
Dresden
Saxony
Germany
0351-498-1131
Location: Neumarkt
Type: Religious Site
Addmission Fee: Free
Hours: Daily 9am-5pm; guided tours on the hour, 10am-4pm
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Dresden
Saxony
Germany
0351-498-1131
Location: Neumarkt
Type: Religious Site
Addmission Fee: Free
Hours: Daily 9am-5pm; guided tours on the hour, 10am-4pm
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Frauenkirche
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The Frauenkirche is the true symbol and pride of Dresden. It is a High Baroque masterpiece designed by George Bähr, showing the first signs of the pending Classical revival. The foundations were laid in 1726 but the church was not completed until 1742. It is 95 m (311 feet) high and is built of Saxon sandstone, but its true architectural uniqueness is in the 23.5-m (75-foot) diameter stone dome weighing 5,800 tons and nicknamed the stone bell.
The Gottfried Silbermann organ was tuned and first played by Johann Sebastian Bach. During the Seven Years’ War, the church survived three days of Prussian artillery fire. It withstood the initial air raid in 1945, but collapsed two days afterwards as the heat of the fires cracked the eight sandstone pillars carrying the weight of the dome.
After the war, it was left in ruins as a symbol of the destructiveness of war. However, reconstruction started in 1993 and was completed in 2005.
Behind the Frauenkirche, the Coselpalais, residence of the illegitimate son of Countess Cosel and Augustus the Strong, was recently restored and now houses restaurants and offices. Further buildings in this area are being restored, some completely from the foundations upwards.
Guided tours of Frauenkirche are offered on the hour from 10 am to 4 pm. Concerts are frequently held to help finance the reconstruction. Admission to the church is free.
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