Kaisheim Abbey

Kaisheim Monastery was founded in 1133 by Count Heinrich III of Lechsgemünd and his wife Liukardis. It originated as a daughter foundation of the Alsatian monastery Lucelle. In 1273, Kaisheim itself established a daughter monastery in Stams in the Tyrolean Inn Valley. Although it likely held the status of an Imperial Abbey from as early as 1370, it only fully asserted its imperial immediacy against the Bavarian dukes in 1656. From this time, Pielenhofen Monastery also belonged to Kaisheim as a subpriorate. In December 1778, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a guest here. The monastery was dissolved in 1802 during the secularization. After a brief military occupation and use as a central monastery for Franciscans, the buildings served as a penal and correctional facility from 1816.