The Benedictine monastery is in a mountain valley at the foot of Mount Titlis and is considered possession of Engelberg. It was founded in 1120 by Count Zellenbyurenom Zurich. In the same year he settled monks from the monastery Muri. Soon the first school was opened scribes.

For some time the monastery was designed for both women and men. The female part has outlived its usefulness to 1615 - the last time the nuns moved to the St. Andreas.

Location of the monastery is very well - he is clearly at the center of the valley. Abbey was both spiritual and political significance, indestructible nothing - no fires and epidemics or military conflicts. Overcoming the three fires, the monastery survived. Last time the fire was in 1729, after which most of the buildings were renovated by Austrian architect Johann Rufus. The pride of the monastery is a wooden panel in the interior rooms of the monastery. The size of each panel - 50h20 cm and consist of 300 or more slices. It is the fruit of creativity of one of the monks.

In the 19th century the monastery school was built, because the monks of the monastery paid much attention to education. Gradually the school expanded and today it consists of high school, grammar school, a boarding school for children of both sexes and the public school (for adults).

The monastery has a library, which is usually to monasteries. It contains over a thousand manuscripts (both modern and medieval), hundreds of prints and thousands of books of 16-19 centuries.

The monastery is a museum where you can see exhibits about the life of the Benedictine monks. The most valuable exhibits of the museum can be called Alpnahskoe crucifix of the 12th century, the royal regalia of King Otto IV (1208), and a model of the monastery until the last fire in 1729.

In the monastery a factory making cheese, which can be purchased in a small shop, along with local meat delicacies, jam and honey.