Rottenbuch Abbey was built in 1073. Raitenpuech, a cleared strip of land that housed hermits as far back as 1070 and before, was a generous gift from the Duke of Bavaria Welf I and his wife Judith, who lived in the Welfenburg Castle in nearby Peiting.

The abbey was handed to the new order of the Augustinian Canon. As a reform abbey, Rottenbuch supported the church reform of Pope Gregor VII and as such achieved its golden age as early as the beginning of the 12th century.

It is assumed that the Roman collegiate church was erected in honour of the Virgin Mother between 1085 and 1125. Over the centuries the church was first renovated in the Gothic style, and later, in the 18th cen tury, converted to Baroque by Joseph Schmuzer and his son Franz Xaver.

Photo 44, 1985

Abbey

Photo 45, 1985