A variety of different types of scaffolding were needed during the restoration of the Frauenkirche. On the one hand, they gave building workers access to higher building sections and on the other they temporarily bore parts of the building under construction. Special solutions which always required a proof of stability repeatedly had to be developed for both types of scaffolding due to the scale of the building project.
 
Manufacturing the falsework to support structural parts proved a particular challenge for the masters and carpenters. So-called laggings had to be designed for the many arches and vaults. They were built in accordance with the precepts of traditional craftsmanship. The shapes that had to be produced were often very complex and featured multiple curves. The laggings for the arches between the piers and for the inner and main dome were particularly demanding.
 
An almost inconceivable number of scaffold poles was required. The wooden flooring boards for the outer scaffoldings up to the main cornice (i.e. up to below the dome batter) alone filled 12 trailers. 20,000 connecting pieces were needed to join the individual poles of the support and bearing structures of the main dome lagging.