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Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Masterpiece of Baroque Sculptural Art

If, like most people, you enter the main room from Entrance D, your gaze will quickly turn forward to the sanctuary. The area from which the services are conducted begins behind the choir barrier.

Most of the gold that is built into the Frauenkirche is collected here. But if you look closer, not everything that glitters is gold. In addition to the bright, white stones and gold elements, the altar contains many historical, darker-looking parts that make up the unique character of our church and tell of its history.

Many doors lead away from the sanctuary - from here you go to the sacristy and the baptismal chapel. Even though these rooms are not open to the public, you can view them exclusively here. Have fun discovering!

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Sanctuary

Altar by Johann Christian Feige

The baroque altar is a masterpiece by the sculptor Johann Christian Feige. In addition to its rich ornamental and figurative furnishings, the altar is particularly impressive due to its artistic and spiritual depth. At the center is a biblical scene: Christ prays alone in the Garden of Gethsemane while his disciples sleep and the soldiers are already approaching from the city gate to take him prisoner. Based on this moving scene, a stone sermon develops in the altar, the center of which is the message of God's bestowing mercy. Since almost two thousand individual parts were recovered from the altar during the debris removal, its reconstruction was possible. This means that today's altar consists of 80 percent historical material.