A very special attraction of the Frauenkirche is the ascent to the dome and the viewing platform. This attraction is both physically and administratively separate from a visit to the church as it is offered by the company, Ascent to the Dome of the Frauenkirche Dresden GmbH.
 
Visitors make their way up the first 24 metres using a lift. Next, the route upwards is via narrow stairs. Visitors then negotiate a spiralling ramp, which is a stepless spiralling rising walkway that circles the outer dome two and a half times. This section is strenuous: in earlier times it was used as a ‘donkey path’ and it has a gradient of 14 percent. The visitors make their way via two further stairway sections – one of them a steep ladder stairway – to the 67 meter high viewing platform. There, a unique view over Dresden and the surroundings opens up.
 
Information: Please do not underestimate the strenuousness of this ascent. It requires a good health byelaws. Robust shoes are also necessary. Families should note that children under the age of 6 are not allowed to undertake the ascent. Please read the House Rules.

Opening Times

Mar – Oct
Monday – Saturday from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.   
Sunday 12.30 p.m. - 6 p.m. 

Nov – Feb
Monday – Saturday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.  
Sunday 12.30 p. m. - 4 p.m.  

Special Opening Times Easter 2010:
Good Friday, 2 April: 12.30 p.m.-2.30 p.m. und 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
Holy Staurda, 3 April: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Easter Day, 4 April: 12.30 p.m.-6 p.m.
Easter Monday, 5 April: 12.30 p.m.-6 p.m.

 
 
Prices:
Adults  8 EUR
Discounts* 5 EUR
Families 20 EUR
 
* Children (6-16 years), school children, students, those on unemployment benefit, pensioners. As a result of the House Rules, people with invalidity permits, must make an inquiry first. (Please read the relevant passages in the Position Statement of the Frauenkirche Stiftung).
 
Groups are offered a guided ascent to the dome.