The abbots had to cope with the resentment of the local nobility and sought protection from both the Papacy and the Holy Roman Emperor. During the 15th century conflict of the Habsburg duke Frederick III with the Counts of Celje, the troops of Count Ulrich II devastated the premises.
The abbots confronted hostility from local nobility and sought sanctuary with both the Papacy and the Holy Roman Emperor. During the 15th-century power struggle involving Habsburg Duke Frederick III and the Celje Counts, Count Ulrich II's troops laid waste to the monastery.