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Previous churches
The first Frauenkirche was built in the 11th century as a missionary church to convert the surrounding Sorbian villages to Christianity. With the emergence of the City of Dresden in the last third of the 12th century, the Frauenkirche became the parish church for the city, i.e. baptisms, marriages and funerals were celebrated in the church. The church had to grow with the growing congregation and was thus repeatedly rebuilt. A Gothic hall church was first built in the 13th century, which was then rebuilt in a late Gothic style at the end of the 15th century. During the Reformation it served as a burial church for twenty years from 1539 onwards before church services were once again held within its walls. Since the church found itself within the city of Dresden following the relocation of the fortifications in the late 16th century, Augustus the Strong urged that the churchyard be dissolved for town planning and hygienic reasons. This was carried out gradually as of 1714 with the loss of many graves.
