 The spiritual territory of passed to Prussia, then between 1806/1807 to 1813 to the Duchy of Berg and afterwards to Prussia again.The last abbess, Maria Kunigunde von Sachsen, died on 8 April 1826 in Dresden.When in 1958 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Essen was created, the former abbey church became Essen Cathedral, to which the abbey's treasury ("Essener Domschatz"), including the famous Golden Madonna of Essen, also passed.