[4] Early financial support for the monastery came from a variety of sources, including tithes from fairs and donations from members of the Piast dynasty.

[5][6] By the 12th century, after a frenzy of monastery foundations, the Benedictines began to lose prominence in Poland.

[7] In the 16th and 17th centuries, the monastery buildings and church received their last notable renovations.

[2] During World War II, the Nazis used the monastery as a jail and depot for prisoners.

The complex features Baroque and Romanesque elements, a quadrangle, and vaulted crypts.