In the mid-18th century, monks of the Hieronymite order built a monastery complex with St Joseph’s Church, with the help of the state mining treasury and the Chamber-Count’s Office.
It consists of a three-winged monastery residence arranged around an inner courtyard, together with the church. Construction began in 1745 and the church was consecrated in 1754.
In the 19th century, after a fire, a neo-Romanesque tower was added to the Baroque church. Beneath the church lies a crypt where eminent mining officials are buried.
The Hieronymites remained in the village until 1786, when the monastery was dissolved by decree of Joseph II.
