Schlossplatz
01067 Dresden

Built 1738-54 in Baroque style by the Italian Gaetano Chiaveri, the Hofkirche (cathedral) is the largest church in Saxony. The richly decorated interior includes a Rococo pulpit by Balthasar Permoser (1722), the altarpiece is the work of Anton Raphael Mengs (1751), the organ by Gottfried Silbermann (1755) and the Pietà of Dresden china by Friedrich Press (1973). In the crypt you will find the sarcophagus of the Wettins and a case containing the heart of Augustus the Strong.

After being destroyed on February 13^th 1945, it was rebuilt until 1965. Since 1980 it has been the Cathedral of the Dresden-Meissen Diocese.

Approach

Tram	4, 8, 9 – stop at Theaterplatz