The St. Mary's Abbey was founded around the year 700 by St. Luidwin in cooperation with the Holy Willibrod. Luidwin was before he became bishop of Trier, active in secular offices and is one of the ancestors of the later Salian dynasty.
Abbey Mary St wa ilianzishwa mwaka 700 karibu na Mtakatifu Luidwin kwa kushirikiana na Willibrod Mtakatifu. Luidwin alikuwa kabla ya kuwa askofu wa Trier, kazi katika ofisi za kidunia na ni mmoja wa mababu wa nasaba ya baadaye Salian.