THE FOUNDING
On January 16, 1095, in an official ceremony, three noblemen gave their shared legacy, the Alpirsbach estate in the Black Forest, endowing it to St. Benedict. They were Count Alwik von Sulz, Count Adalbert von Zollern and Ruotmann von Neckarhausen. 1101 and 1123 are important years for Alpirsbach, as these are the dates on which first Pope Paschal II and later Emperor Heinrich V confirmed the monastery's founding. In the years that followed, it was mostly young aristocrats from the area who joined the monastery.