The Dresden Frauenkirche is the apogee of Baroque Protestant church-building in Germany. Almost completely destroyed in the Second World War, it has recently been fully reconstructed, accompanied by much international attention. A short selection shows the broad range of topics touched upon in the fifteen well-illustrated, interdisciplinary essays of this volume of the Frauenkirche yearbook. Alexander Wieckowski provides an informative study of Protestant confessional practice, a topic only recently taken up by modern scholarship. Hans John writes about the cantor, organist and composer Gottfried August Homilius, a remarkable, hitherto rather neglected eighteenth-century musician linked with the Frauenkirche. Heinrich Magirius illuminates the post-war history of the church with an appreciation of Hans Nadler's immense efforts to rebuild it or at least conserve the remains at a time when the socialist government of East Germany was keen to clear the ruins altogether. Perhaps most important, Klaus Güthlein contributes a valuable study to the current debate in Germany on the legitimacy of reconstructions of historic buildings destroyed during the war; the rebuilding of the historic façades on the Neumarkt around the Frauenkirche has been met with much criticism, but, showing examples from seventeenth-century and modern day Italy, Güthlein presents strong arguments in favour of such reconstructions in order to create an appropriate ensemble effect. Overall, this volume is a significant addition to the literature: there is much new information for scholars of Protestant history, art and music, and with the reflections on the issue of reconstruction it is of interest to a broader readership.