The All Saint’s Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery near Oppenau in the region of the Black Forest of Germany.
According to legend, around 1192, Dutchess Uta of Schauenburg considered where to build a monastery in memory of her late husband, Welf VI. She tied a bag of gold to a donkey and set it to roam. Eventually, the donkey threw off the bag at this remote spot and Uta constructed a wooden chapel where it came to rest. This chapel extended over time to a monastery.
In 1804, a fire started when a bolt of lightning struck the church tower, which caused its destruction. In 1816, the ruins were sold for demolition and used as a quarry for stone and scrap for churches in the valleys of Rench and Acher. The altars and saints’ figures are to be found in numerous churches around the region.
Below the ruins that can be visited today, there are the All Saints Waterfalls. The Lierbach stream cascades, as a natural waterfall, down seven steps, a total drop of 83 metres.
