The foundation stone was laid for the new Frauenkirche on August 26, 1726 after four years of planning. The commissioned architect George Bähr had previously submitted several drafts and had had to carry our corrections on account of opposing opinions. It was finally decided to erect a central building with a dome on a square base. As a parish church it was the responsibility of the surrounding parishes to finance the building work, which meant that the work was always in financial straits. The church was consecrated in 1734 whilst still under construction – without an organ and with only a provisional altar. The stone dome was completed in the following years up to 1738. In 1743 the building was finally completed with the erection of a stone lantern. Bähr's goal that the Frauenkirche be ‘like a single stone from the ground to its highest point’ had been achieved.