It was founded by Count Heinrich II of Lechsgemünd (d. 1142) and his wife Liutgard, and was a daughter house of Lützel Abbey in Alsace. Count Heinrich's initial gift of the land was made in 1133; the foundation charter was dated 21 September 1135. The first church was dedicated in 1183 by the Bishop of Augsburg, but was damaged in a fire in 1286, and re-built in its entirety between 1352 and 1387, when the new building was dedicated. The buildings underwent a major re-building in the 1720s in the Baroque style.