After the Peaceful Revolution in the GDR in autumn 1989, the opportunity arose to think realistically about the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche, which had been destroyed in the Second World War. To this end, on 12 February 1990, the day before the 45th anniversary of the beginning of the devastating air raids on Dresden, the went out to the world. Already at that time, it was planned to finance the reconstruction through donations, not least in order to set a . In order to coordinate this task, the Landeskirche and the Fördergesellschaft established the predecessor of today's foundation under the same name as the "Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden e. V." in November 1991 in accordance with the law on associations.