Dissolution of The Monastery
With the secularization and the dissolution of the monastery in 1803 ended the lively scientific and literary activities of the Benedictine Reichenbacher. The church has since undertaken a branch of the church parish forest Walderbach. The monastery was initially in state ownership, before 1820 the buildings were auctioned. The monastery buildings were different uses, including Henry Waffle 1841 founded a pottery factory, which he operated until 1863.
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