The Sankt Ludwig monastery is located directly on the Main near Stammheim.
A spa had existed here since 1810, and the Wipfelder Schulteiß had sulfur springs tapped here. Even the wife of Ludwig I of Bavaria, Queen Theresia Charlotte, visited the springs and had them named "Ludwigsbad" after her husband. A spa house was built, although the spa lost its importance at the end of the 19th century due to its isolation and became more and more dilapidated.
Finally, Missionary Benedictines from St. Ottilien bought the bath on July 12, 1901, in order to be able to spread their faith in Franconia from here. So they founded a monastery from this location.
Two monks moved into the ruins, followed a short time later by 32 trainees.
A boarding school was built as early as 1902, and the decay of the monastery was halted. However, it was already too small in 1914 - the monks moved to nearby Münsterschwarzach. The first abbot of this monastery, however, was ordained in Sankt Ludwig. The small monastery of St. Ludwig now served for the training and recreation of the Benedictine monks.
In 1920 the church was painted in the Beronic style.
In previous years and during the Second World War the monastery was closed.
Since 1963 Sankt Ludwig has been managed by the Oberzeller Franciscan nuns. A girls' home, the "Antonia-Werr-Zentrum", which still exists today, moved in here.
In 2003 the last general renovation of the monastery ended.
The monastery church is freely accessible.