 A daughter house of the abbey, founded at Mirmelberg in 1197, was washed away by floods in 1469.The abbey was eventually secularized in 1481 and the monks formed a college of canons operating as the chapter of the nearby St. Stephen's church (a mile away from the abbey), retaining some of the privileges of the former foundation, although not all the possessions.The chapter became Protestant in 1575 and was mediatised by the Electorate of the Palatinate.