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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

It has not been conclusively clarified what type of baptismal font there was originally in the Frauenkirche. What is certain, however, is that the baptismal font, which had been used since the 19th century, was almost completely destroyed when the church collapsed in 1945. During the 1990's, the decision was made against reconstruction. In the search for a baptismal font from Bähr's time, the baptismal font of the old Freiberg Nikolaikirche, created by sculptor Johann Gottfried Stecher and consecrated in 1754, was found in the Freiberg Mining Museum. Apart from the elaborately designed lid, the stone, which is rather simple and has no figurative decoration, has been decorating the altar room of the Frauenkirche since 2005.