Bridge, Church of St. Lawrence and St. Francis of Seraphina, 1945

Originally a Baroque monastery church, this single-nave, oriented structure featured a narrow nave and elongated, five-sided presbytery. Both were vaulted with barrel vaults and lunettes, adorned with frescoes by J. V. Tschöpper (mid-18th century) and F. J. Duchoslav (late 19th century). The mostly Baroque furnishings (18th century) were crafted by J. A. Dietz, F. M. Voget, Ignatz Raab, and the master stonemason Martin Hennevogel. A masonry gallery in the west end housed a late 17th-century or.. Read more »gan. Repairs followed a fire in 1639. By the late 17th century, the dilapidated, uninhabitable complex had a roofless nave and damaged masonry. Renovations, begun in 1716, finished in 1722, but another fire struck in 1723. While the vaults and most of the interior survived, another fire ravaged the monastery in 1820; restoration completed in 1842. Minor works continued into the latter half of the 19th century. The church and monastery were demolished in 1977 during the destruction of the historic city center.