Hirsau Monastery

Hirsau Monastery, founded in the 12th century, was an important Benedictine abbey, one of the most important monasteries in Germany. Hirsau was already in the 7th century a Christian sanctuary in the northern Black Forest thanks to its chapel dedicated since 765 to St. Nazaire. During the War of the Nine Years' War (1688-1697), the complex burned down in 1692 and then fell into ruin.