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Edifice

Edifice

Emblem of Protestant Church Construction

The Frauenkirche is a sandstone church erected on a comparatively small base area. The master builder George Bähr (1666-1738) opted for a centralised building with an octagonal outline. Square floor plan and an east-facing choir apse. Four corner towers, in which the stairways are located, limit the building at the sides. Thanks to the elegantly curved dome and the lantern above it with the tower cross, which together make up more than two thirds of the total height of the Frauenkirche, the building looks ambitious. The large windows make the stone facade appear less massive and more permeable.

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Edifice

Lines of Life

In the outer walls, behind the galleries, there are two tea rooms. In one of these two tea rooms you can find one of our younger treasures that fill the Frauenkirche with life: the tapestries from the “Lines of Life” project.

We are often asked where the women are in the Frauenkirche. The name in the German language is a bit tricky in this regard so oftentimes, visitors assume the name refers to women. Instead the "lady" refers to the Mother of God, Mary. Yet, the life stories of hundreds of women have inscribed themselves into our church by sending us parts of clothing that are related in one way or another to the Frauenkirche - these pieces of clothing were woven into a tapestry that is now exhibited in our tea room.

The project was launched in 2004 by Helga Geinert and ... ...

If you would like to read a few of these life stories, take a look at the story “Where are the women in the Frauenkirche?”