The Kreuzkirche in Dresden was built from 1764 to 1800, with a foundation stone laid by Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony. The infobox names Johann George Schmidt as architect and calls the style Late Baroque Neoclassicism. The text says opponents resisted his Baroque plans, and he had to accept Friedrich August Krubsacius as adviser after the westwork collapsed in 1765.
It replaced a Gothic hall church whose choir a Prussian cannonade in the Seven Years' War nearly destroyed. The choir and steeple were completed in 1788, and the church was consecrated in 1792. A fire gutted the interior in 1897, and it was rebuilt with Art Nouveau elements by Schilling & Graebner.
The fire after the bombing of February 13, 1945 burned it again, and it reopened in 1955 with a plain scratch-coat interior. A refurbishment from 2000 to 2004 restored that 1955 state. It is the largest church building in Saxony and the home of the Kreuzchor boys' choir.
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