It had originally been built in 1937 as a retreat for the Norbertine Order, whose abbey was located in nearby De Pere.
He executed sculptural decoration of the Norbertine Sisters church, and The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Imbramowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (1716-1722), which included: six altars and religious statues.
In the 1180s the Premonstratensians, or White Canons, were established here, as a daughter house of Steinfeld Abbey near Cologne in Germany.
In 1140 Premonstratensians from Ursberg took over Schäftlarn Abbey and in 1142 Bishop Otto of Freising used them for the foundation of Neustift.