This last establishment was co-founded by a group of monks from Ireland led by the first abbot, Benedict.
They were employed on the 1-in-10 Honau-Lichtenstein rack railway, 2.2 km long, which employed a Riggenbach-Klose rack system.
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According to Grandidier, the number of monks increased considerably during the time of Beatus and monks were sent out to found other churches and monasteries, including those at Luttenbach, in Alsace Aschaffenburg in Germany and Munster in Switzerland, all of which depended on Honau.
Though his legend states that he died in the 2nd century, it is likely that his story has been conflated with other saints of the same name, especially Beatus of Vendôme, and an Abbot Beatus who received a charter in 810 from Charlemagne to confirm that Honau Abbey would be administered by Irish monks.