Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Thierhaupten Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Thierhaupten on the Lech River near Augsburg in Bavaria, Germany. The monastery, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, was founded in the late 8th century by Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria - the last of the Agilolfings, who was deposed by Charlemagne in 788. Under the Carolingian dynasty, the abbey became a possession of the Augsburg bishops. Its name Thierhaupten, which means "beasts' heads" in German, is supposed to refer to a heathen shrine formerly on the site, possibly the remnants of a pagan cult place.