Bridge, Church of St. Lawrence and St. Francis Seraphim, historical photo of the monastery courtyard, 1945

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 (2nd half of the 18th century) and F. J. Duchoslav (late 19th century). Most of the Baroque furnishings, dating from the 18th century, were the work of J. A. Dietz, F. M. Vogt, Ignatz Raab, and the marble mason Martin Hennevogel. A masonry gallery at the western end of t.. Read more »he 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 was roofless, and the masonry was deteriorating. Restoration began in 1716 and was completed in 1722. The church burned again in 1723, but the vaults and most of the interior furnishings survived. Another fire in 1820 led to renovations 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.