History
In 1421 the church at Altendresden was first mentioned. It was named "Zu den Heiligen Drei Königen" (“To the Three Holy Kings”) after its altarpiece.

Altendresden was the name of the place to the right of the river Elbe. It was situated opposite the margravial town and castle Dresden.
When a great fire broke out in Altendresden in 1685, the Dreikönigskirche was also reduced to rubble and ashes. Already in 1688 the church was rebuilt for services by the senior master builder Johann Benedikt Knöffel and the master carpenter Andreas Voigt, and by 1730 it had received a church spire.

Augustus II, King of Poland (called “Augustus the Strong”) wanted Altendresden to be converted to the New Royal Town. Consequently, numerous buildings were demolished from 1732 onwards. The Dreikönigskirche had to move from its original location near today’s „Golden Rider“ to make place for a wide avenue, the Hauptstraße. At this avenue the baroque Dreikönigskirche was built according to the plans of the Zwinger architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann between 1732 and 1739.

The construction and the interior design were taken on by George Bähr (architect of the Church of Our Ladies). On 29th September, 1739 (Michaelmas) superintendent Valentin Ernst Löscher could officially open the Dreikönigskirche with an overcrowded service.

   Between 1854 and 1859 the 87.5-meter-high sandstone spire by Karl Moritz Hänel and Frommherz Lobegott Marx was errected.

The Dreikönigskirche with its 3,000 seats remained the only Lutheran Protestant parish church in Neustadt until the Martin-Luther-Church was opened in 1887.

In 1933/34 the church was completely restored under the supervision of the Dresden architect Rudolph Kolbe with the aim to regain the cheerful atmosphere of a baroque church.

On 13th February, 1945 the church burnt out in the bomb attack. In the after-war-years the ruin was cleared of rubble with great commitment. Services could be held in the chapel of the unharmed church spire.

Finally, in 1977, permission was granted to rebuild the Dreikönigskirche, after there had already been plans to demolish it. As part of the special building initiative of the Protestant Church Germany the foundation stone could be laid on 31st October, 1984. After the completion of the work, the House of the Church was opened on 9th September, 1990.