Frauenkirche, Lutheran church in Zittau, Germany

Frauenkirche is a Lutheran church outside Zittau's old town, rebuilt as an early Baroque pseudo-basilica after lightning strikes and fires. It has a short, wide nave with a saddle roof and a small roof turret with a copper-covered hood dated 1715. The south side retains tracery windows, and the west facade has a neo-Gothic portal from 1897.

Built around 1260–1280 under Bohemian influence as an early Gothic church, it belonged to the Commandery of the Knights of St John founded in the first half of the 13th century. After destruction by lightning and fire, it was rebuilt as an early Baroque pseudo-basilica. In 1572 the surviving east parts were combined into a separate building and the nave demolished; a restoration followed in 1897.

The church takes its name from "Unserer Lieben Frau", the medieval dedication to the Virgin Mary. The surrounding Frauenfriedhof is considered Zittau's oldest cemetery and is still the city's main denominational burial ground, administered by the Lutheran parish. The winged altar of 1619 holds a painted wooden Madonna from the first quarter of the 16th century, framed by two angels and a halo.

The church stands outside Zittau's old town, ringed on all sides by the Frauenfriedhof, whose later extensions run northward. Entry to the cemetery is through the west gate building of 1695, with a sandstone skull relief above the round arch, or the southwest gate of 1655. The church is an active Lutheran place of worship, so time a visit outside services.

The church's roof turret carries a copper-clad hood dated 1715, and the south side keeps medieval tracery windows from the early Gothic building of around 1260–1280. The west portal with pointed gable was added in 1897, when much of the interior furnishings, including the epitaphs, was moved to the museum.