In 1704, during the War of the Spanish Succession, an army of English and Austrian troops crossed the Danube River and began to plunder sections of Bavaria. The monks at the monastery in Indersdorf had to flee to Munich. According to one church record: "because after the Battle of Höchstädt the enemy troops penetrated in full force into Bavaria via Augsburg and plundered everything in Indersdorf on August 19th".