Kostel Všech svatých (Severní Předměstí) Church

Church of All Saints stands on an elongated elevation about one kilometer and two hundred meters from the center of Plzeň. It belongs to the oldest churches in Plzeň and in the Middle Ages it was called the "mother" of the municipal church. Today it falls under the parish of Plzeň-Northern suburbs, which is managed by the Franciscan brothers. Citizens' associations and residents of the Plzeň district of Roudná also take care of its renovation and maintenance.

The founding of the church is connected with the now-vanished villages of Malice or Záhoří, which lay in the surrounding area in the 13th century. From that time, remnants of Romanesque masonry have remained in the fabric of the sacristy. In the year 1322, German knights asserted their patronage rights over the churches of Plzeň. The newly built Church of Saint Bartholomew became the parish church of Plzeň, and the Church of All Saints became a subsidiary church.

Around the year 1380, an extensive reconstruction began, which lasted several years. From it come the Parler elements, for example the flamboyant tracery of the windows or the semicircular portal into the sacristy. Adjacent to the northern wall of the presbytery is a former private chapel, later a sacristy. It is vaulted with a relatively rare three-part barrel vault.

During the Hussite siege of Plzeň, the church was partially destroyed. After repairs, it was consecrated in 1460 by Bishop Mikuláš Molenotský. In the 16th century, the presbytery received a Renaissance vault and the nave was, according to a surviving inscription, vaulted in 1590. At the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, the walls were covered with paintings with religious motifs and inscriptions. In 1618, Mansfeld's soldiers set up a sheepfold in the church.

In the year 1743, Jakub Auguston added a Baroque vestibule with cassette windows to the southern side of the nave. This covered an older Gothic portal.

In 1944, part of an incendiary bomb hit the church and the main altar burned down in the fire. The damage was repaired in 1945 and 1946. At the end of the 1980s, a complete renovation began and from 1987 to 1993, some paintings were restored. During the reconstruction of the bell tower on September 11, 1991, two metal containers with documents, coins, and newspapers from 1938 were found. A year later, a new container with a message for the third millennium was placed in the bell tower, where the original bell hangs. The restored church was reconsecrated by Plzeň bishop František Radkovský on May 17, 1995.