in 1054, a small chapel was built on the site on which the abbey now stands. the monastery was itself established in 1178 by the premonstratensian cannons of roggenburg abbey, and in 1181 came under the direct protection of frederick i, holy roman emperor. the first church in the village of hundsholz was built in the 1490s. with the introduction of the reformation by ulrich, duke of württemberg, the monastery was dissolved.