Overview
- The milestone falls on Friday, 30 October 2025, marking two decades since the church’s reopening.
- A public program features a concert on Saturday at 19:00 and church services on Sunday at 11:00 and 18:00.
- Mayor Dirk Hilbert called the post‑reunification rebuild a courageous decision that sent a strong signal beyond Dresden.
- The original 1743 church was destroyed in 1945 during Allied bombing at the end of World War II.
- Reconstruction began in 1993 through a citizens’ initiative, reused about 45 percent of original stones on the 91‑metre Protestant landmark, and led to reconsecration by Bishop Jochen Bohl on 30 October 2005.