 The abbey was one of the household monasteries of the Wittelsbachs.The abbey church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is held to be a masterpiece of the late Baroque in southern Germany.In 1256, Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (Louis the Severe) killed his first wife, Marie of Brabant (1226–1256) on suspicion of adultery (which later turned out to be unfounded), the penance for which, as imposed by Pope Alexander IV, was the foundation of a monastery.