Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden

Its purpose was initially the reconstruction of the Dresden Frauenkirche according to George Bähr's historical model.

It continues the work of the "Society for the Promotion of the Reconstruction of the Frauenkirche Dresden e. V.", which arose from a citizens' initiative in the autumn of 1989.

[3] After the Peaceful Revolution in the GDR in autumn 1989, the opportunity arose to think realistically about the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche, which had been destroyed in the Second World War.

Already at that time, it was planned to finance the reconstruction through donations, not least in order to set a Commemoration of 13 February 1945 in Dresden [de].

In order to coordinate this task, the Landeskirche and the Fördergesellschaft established the predecessor of today's foundation under the same name as the "Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden e. V." in November 1991[4] in accordance with the law on associations.

[2] They further transferred to the foundation an endowment capital of initially six million German marks, the donations collected for the purpose of the reconstruction until then, and the 99-year leasehold estate to the property of the Frauenkirche.

[1] The bank manager Bernhard Walter [de], who came to Dresden for the Dresdner Bank in autumn 1989 and took a clear stand on the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche after being called away from Dresden, was chairman of the Foundation Council from the time the foundation was established until his death in January 2015.

The honorary board of trustees consists of six members who are appointed for five years and may not belong to any of the other organs of the foundation.