Neresheim Abbey

Neresheim Abbey was founded in 1095 by Count Hartmann I of Dillingen and his wife Adelheid of Winterthur-Kyburg as a collegiate church for Augustinian canons on Neresheim Castle. As early as 1106, the community was transformed into a Benedictine abbey and joined the Hirsau Reform. The first monks came from Petershausen Abbey, and later also from Zwiefalten. In addition to the male community, a convent of nuns also existed until the mid-13th century. For centuries, the abbey was involved in legal disputes over its status, particularly after the extinction of the Dillingen counts in 1258.