Bridge, Church of St. Lawrence and St. Francis Seraphim, 1910

Originally a Baroque monastery church, this single-nave oriented structure featured a narrow nave and elongated, pentagonal presbytery. Both were vaulted with segmented barrel vaults decorated with frescoes by J. V. Tschöpper (mid-18th century) and F. J. Duchoslav (late 19th century). Most of the Baroque furnishings, dating from the 18th century, were crafted by J. A. Dietz, F. M. Vogt, Ignatz Raab, and the marble mason Martin Hennevogel. A masonry gallery at the west end housed an organ from.. Read more » the late 17th century. Repairs are documented after a fire in 1639. By the last quarter of the 17th century, the dilapidated and uninhabitable complex had a roofless nave and damaged masonry. Restoration began in 1716 and finished in 1722, but the church burned again in 1723. The vaults and interior furnishings survived relatively unscathed. Another fire in 1820 necessitated reconstruction, completed in 1842, with minor work continuing into the latter half of the 19th century. The monastery and church were demolished in 1977 during the destruction of the historic city center.