WIT Press


The Results Of The Archaeological Clearance Of The Rubble Of The Church Of Our Lady In Dresden

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

16

Pages

10

Published

1995

Size

1,951 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/STR950021

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

W. Jager

Abstract

The history of the Church of Our Lady in Dresden was presented at the STREMA 93 conference in Bath, together with the scientific bases for the archaeological clearance of the rubble [1]. At this stage, work was only just beginning on putting the theoretical plans into practice. Since then, however, the rubble has been cleared, and work has been started on the reconstruction of this important church. The key results of the clearance work will be outlines from an archaeological and a structural angle in the presentation. This will include an assessment of the techniques, organisation and methodes used during the successful completion of this stage of the work. 1 Introduction This masterpiece of Baroque architectural design was destroyed in February 1945. The majority

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