Bridge, Church of the Nativity of the Lord, St. Mary Magdalene and the Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary, side altar, 1946
The late Gothic monastery church of the White Magdalenes, an Augustinian order, was built in the late 15th century and burned down in 1515, being re-consecrated on October 20th of the same year. In 1756, Johann Gottfried Schmidl bequeathed funds for a new church, which remained unfinished after the order's dissolution. Damage from a 1769 fire prompted reconstruction, completed in 1774. Joseph II dissolved the monastery in 1782, and the Piarist order occupied the complex until 1876. Baroque e.. Read more »lements were added in the late 18th century. The single-nave, oriented structure featured a polygonal presbytery. Pilasters, architrave, and a profiled cornice adorned the exterior walls. The interior had a flat vault, with remnants of a late Gothic gallery in the west. A late Gothic portal (1520-1530) existed in the north wall. Furnishings were mainly 18th century. The main altar (late 18th century) was temporarily stored at Jezeří Chateau, while Ignaz Raab's (1715-1787) Nativity altar painting is at the Most District Museum. Jan Václav Tschöpper's (1728-1810) 1773 frescoes were whitewashed in 1959 when the Orthodox Church took over. The church was demolished in 1972 during the destruction of Most.