In it, Otto I, Bishop of Freising, bestowed a brewing right upon the abbey.

[3] Another source, dating to 768, indicates the presence of a hop garden nearby.

[3] In 1803, as part of a larger wave of German secularization, Weihenstephan Abbey was dissolved.

Today, although it is fully owned by the government of Bavaria, it is run as a modern enterprise in line with private sector practices.

The grounds around the brewery were developed into a campus of the Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf.