Bridge, Church of St. Lawrence and St. Francis Seraphim, detail of the church decoration (ceiling fresco), 1967

Originally a Baroque monastery church, this single-nave, east-facing structure featured a narrow nave and an 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). Most of the Baroque furnishings, dating from the 18th century, were created by J. A. Dietz, F. M. Voget, Ignatz Raab, and the master marble worker Martin Hennevogel. A masonry gallery at the west end of.. Read more » the nave housed an organ from the late 17th century. Repairs were documented after a fire in 1639. By the last quarter of the 17th century, the building had become dilapidated and uninhabitable, the church nave was roofless, and the upper walls were deteriorating. Restoration began in 1716 and finished in 1722, only for the church to burn again in 1723. The vaults and most of the interior survived. 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.