The Frauenkirche galleries make a key contribution to the unique sense of space the church conveys.
Its round form, enclosing the nave on three sides, gives each and every visitor a feeling of being
welcome and belonging. Master builder George Bähr designed the church with five gallery levels that
provide room for two thirds of the visitors. He divided the first of these galleries into individual
prayer rooms with windows at its front end. Wealthy Dresden citizens were able to hire these rooms
and attend the services in the privacy of these rooms. In the reconstructed church, this gallery is a
faithful copy of the original in visual terms, but the decision was made to do without a subdivision
into individual rooms in view of the use made of the church today.