Bridge, Church of St. Lawrence and St. Francis Seraphim, Cloister of the Monastery, 1945

Originally a Baroque monastery church, this single-nave, east-facing building featured a narrow nave and an elongated, pentagonal presbytery. Both were vaulted with barrel vaults and lunettes, decorated with frescoes by J. V. Tschöpper (2nd half of the 18th century) and F. J. Duchoslav (late 19th century). Most of the Baroque furnishings, dating from the 18th century, were created by J. A. Dietz, F. M. Voget, Ignatz Raab, and the master stonemason Martin Hennevogel. A masonry gallery at the w.. Read more »estern end of the nave housed an organ from the late 17th century. Repairs are documented after a fire in 1639. By the last quarter of the 17th century, the building was dilapidated and uninhabitable, the church nave roofless, and the walls deteriorating. Restoration began in 1716 and finished in 1722. Another fire struck in 1723, though the vaults and most of the interior remained intact. The monastery burned again in 1820, with reconstruction completed by 1842. Minor work continued into the latter half of the 19th century. The monastery and church were demolished in 1977 during the destruction of the historic city center.