Dreikönigskirche, Dresden
The Dreikönigskirche (Three Kings' Church) is a Lutheran church located in the Innere Neustadt (Dresden), Innere Neustadt of Dresden, Germany. It is the centre of a parish, and a community venue called Haus der Kirche. The church is a . A church has been documented as standing at the site of the Dreikönigskirche since the 15th century. The present church was built from 1732 to 1739 with designs by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann and with George Bähr responsible for the interior features. The church was destroyed during the bombing of Dresden in World War II and not restored until the 1980s. It served as the seat of the state parliament of Saxony from 1990 to 1993. History The first Dreikönigskirche was built in 1404 about south of the site of the present church in , though the first mention of this church by that name comes from 1421. This placement put the church in what is now the , near the centre of Old Dresden. The structure was Gothic architecture, Gothic in style and ha ...
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