Church of St. Vavřince was probably founded in the second half of the 13th century. During the first half of the 14th century, it was undoubtedly already completed, as evidenced by the first surviving mention of 1349. In 1461 and 1774, it burned down during large fires in the city. In 1787 the city instead of the destroyed altarpiece of St. Vavřince bought a new painting from the abolished monastery in Sedlec – the Assumption of the Virgin Maryby Petr Brandl from 1728. This largest of Brandl’s paintings in the Czech lands (703 x 296 cm) is still located in the church. At the end of the 19th century, the church was regotized in the neo-romantic style. A unique feature of European significance is the interior fresco Art Nouveau decoration, covering all walls and ceiling. Its author is the famous Art Nouveau painter and interior architect Karel Vítězslav Mašek. In the church there is also a remarkable tin baptismal font from 1499.

South tower
The southern tower has been preserved in the basic part from the 13th century and from the third floor from the 16th century. The tower originally opened with two arcade arches to the inter-tower space and to the side nave, the arches were probably walled up at the end of the 14th century. In 1582, the south tower was demolished to the middle of the third floor due to static faults. And it was not until 1838 that it was rebuilt to the same height as the north tower. In the 19th century, the ground floor of the tower was used as a chapel of the Holy Sepulcher. The tower is built of small non-face tufa, the masonry of the tower is equally thick along its entire length, 1.7 – 2 m. . The decoration of the pillars – slashes with a cross flower – was added later, as well as the fourth pillar on the masonry of the south nave and the fifth pillar built at the northeast corner of the tower. At the end of the 19th century, the south tower underwent a significant pseudo-Gothic reconstruction according to the design of the architect František Schmoranz. Inside the tower, a new stone staircase was built, which leads to the choir and to the space above the vault of the main nave, which leads to the passage to the north tower. In 2003, a new almost two-ton bell of St. was placed on the top floor. George, named after the patron saint of the city. It was taken from a public collection initiated by the Zvon pro město association. which leads to the passage to the north tower. In 2003, a new almost two-ton bell of St. was placed on the top floor. George, named after the patron saint of the city. It was taken from a public collection initiated by the Zvon pro město association. which leads to the passage to the north tower. In 2003, a new almost two-ton bell of St. was placed on the top floor. George, named after the patron saint of the city. It was taken from a public collection initiated by the Zvon pro město association.

North tower
The north tower was built together with the inter-tower space only after the fire of 1461, at the end of the 15th century and in the first half of the 16th century. The north tower was built as a massive prismatic structure without supporting pillars with thick perimeter walls that taper upwards. But already during its construction problems arose – the tower began to tilt, so it was reinforced on the northwest side by a massive polygonal pillar. For this reason, the intention to hang most of the church bells here was abandoned (a Renaissance bell tower was built for them in the years 1583 – 1585 and in 1720 it was increased by one floor). The tower underwent a significant change in appearance during regotization in the 19th century. The chapel of the Holy Sepulcher was transferred to its ground floor from the south tower, which is entered through a portal from the inter-tower area. Today, the only original bell is hung in this tower, which was saved from the destruction of bells during the First World War – St. Vavřinec minor, the work of the local bell-maker Petr Konvář from 1466.