Franciscan monastery

The Franciscan monastery at Kadaň can be traced back to a chapel first mentioned in 1469, to which the first Franciscans added a temporary building in 1473. In 1480, the three-nave church was consecrated. The church was the last resting place of the Lords of Lobkowicz. The growth of the monastery was slowed down by the Thirty Years' War. The restoration took place in the second half of the 17th century. During the Josephine reforms, the monastery narrowly escaped dissolution in 1785, but after a long decline, it was eventually given to the municipality in the 1990s. The monastery now houses the municipal museum of Kadaň.