, ▁which ▁his ▁servant ▁We z zo ▁d uly ▁discovered ▁the ▁next ▁day . ▁( The ▁name ▁means ▁W esso ▁or ▁We z zo ' s ▁spring ( s )). ▁The ▁three ▁spr ings ▁are ▁still ▁to ▁be ▁seen , ▁but ▁there ▁is ▁otherwise ▁no ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁truth ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁likely ▁that ▁the ▁found ers ▁were ▁a ▁local ▁noble ▁family ▁called ▁R ott . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁mon ks ▁came ▁from ▁Nieder al ta ich ▁Ab bey ▁under ▁Ils ung , ▁the ▁first ▁ab bot . ▁The ▁church ▁was ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Sain ts ▁Peter ▁and ▁Paul . ▁During ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁ab bot , ▁Adel mar ▁( 7 9 9 – 8 3 1 ), ▁the ▁monaster y ▁was ▁transferred ▁from ▁the ▁Dioc ese ▁of ▁B rix en ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁A ugs burg . ▁ ▁In ▁ 7 8 8 ▁W ess ob run n ▁became ▁a ▁Carol ing ian ▁Empire ▁Imperial ▁ab bey ▁( i . e ., ▁independent ▁of ▁other ▁terror ial ▁lord ships ▁and ▁answer able ▁only ▁to ▁the ▁mon archy ) ▁In ▁about ▁ 9 0 0 ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁property ▁of ▁the ▁Bishop ▁of ▁A ugs burg . ▁ ▁In ▁ 9 5 5 ▁the ▁ab bey ▁was ▁destroyed ▁by ▁the ▁Hung ari ans , ▁on ▁which ▁occasion ▁Abb ot ▁Th iente ▁and ▁six ▁of ▁his ▁mon ks ▁suffered ▁mart yr dom , ▁while ▁the ▁remaining ▁three ▁fled ▁to ▁And ech s ▁with ▁the ▁sacred ▁re lic s .