As was usual with early Premonstratensian foundations, this was originally a double monastery, with a separate nunnery, which lasted until at least 1320 or so.

Originally a Romanesque structure, it was refurbished in the Baroque style by the master builder of Wettenhausen Abbey, Josef Dossenberger the younger.

The Romanesque cross with the attendant figures of the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist is of especial note.

In 1884 Father Dominikus Ringeisen managed to acquire the buildings, which were by then empty, where he set up a community of sisters for the care of the physically and mentally handicapped,[5] now known as the Dominikus-Ringeisen-Werk.

In Ursberg, along with branches in Maria Bildhausen, the former Holzen Abbey,[6] Pfaffenhausen and Breitbrunn am Ammersee, about 2,500 handicapped people are provided with accommodation and work, care and home.