The last Franciscans left the friary at the end of 2014, however, as part of a more general retrenchment, following several decades of decline in the numbers coming forward as novices.

[1] The foundation stone of the Franciscan settlement was laid on 15 March 1628 in the presence of Archduke Leopold of Austria[2] and his wife, born Claudia de' Medici.

However, in July 1632 both the conventual buildings and the church were damaged and looted by Swedish soldiers as part of the devastation associated with the Thirty Years' War.

By the second decade of the 21st century there were only four Franciscans left, devoting their time chiefly to hospital work and pastoral care in the parish.

The tower is positioned on the south side of the choir, partly overlapping into the conventual building; it features arched windows and is topped off with an onion dome characteristic of churches in the region.