Our Partners
The Dresden Learning Path is partnered with several organisations to make our idea a reality.
Frauenkirche Fördergesellschaft
The Frauenkirche Fördergesellschaft, or The Society for Dresden’s Church of Our Lady, has more than 1,500 members in Dresden, Germany, and all over the world. Their office is located in Dresden, near the Frauenkirche.
The Society supports the rebuilt Church of Our Lady in Dresden in its mission to act as a Lutheran church for peace and reconciliation, as well as providing the platform for local activities and events such as the annual Women’s Church Day.
The Dresden Trust
The Dresden Trust was founded in 1993 in response to a call from Dresden for help rebuild the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), one of Europe’s most magnificent churches. It had collapsed as a result of the British and American bombing of February 1945, in which up to 25,000 people died.
Today, the Trust seeks to fulfil its mission of reconciliation through educational and cultural initiatives, memorials and visits, such as the Trust’s Dresden Scholars’ Scheme, which has granted around 300 students from Dresden/Saxony scholarships to attend schools in Britain, events to commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of Dresden, and now, the Dresden Learning Path.
Dresden Community Foundation and DenkRaum Sophienkirche
The Bürgerstiftung Dresden, or the Dresden Community Foundation, was established as a non-profit foundation in 1999 with special support from the Körber Foundation. In addition to supporting civic engagement, the Community Foundation is also responsible for the Sophienkirche DenkRaum. The former Sophienkirche, or the Sophien Church, was a sacred building not far from the Zwinger and shaped the history of the country and the city for centuries. It was built as a church for the Franciscan monastery and later became a Protestant court church and cathedral.
Allied bombers reduced the Sophie Church to ruins on February 13, 1945. At the time of its demolition in 1962 and 1963, it was the only Gothic church in the city of Dresden that had retained its basic structure. Today, the architecturally abstract, newly built Busmann Chapel, a walk-in large sculpture built in a spectacular style, commemorates it. With its exhibition, it is a lively place for engaging with Dresden's history and remembrance, but also a forum for uncovering the historical roots of pressing contemporary issues.
