[1] Gumbert, who was later proclaimed a saint, around 750 founded a monastery dedicated to Mary, following the Benedictine Rule.

George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, followed the Reformation in 1528; under the principle Cuius regio, eius religio the monastery was dissolved in 1563.

One of the treasures of the monastery was the Gumbertus Bible, written in Regensburg or Salzburg in the late 12th century.

"[5] The whole building was changed in 1738 to a Repräsentationskirchenbau (representative church) by Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, under architect Leopold Retty.

A controversy revolved around the issue as to whether the organ should be retained or restored to the original Wiegleb design.