Great writers have written of the scenery.
Carl Philipp Conz (1762–1827) was born in Lorch, the son of one of the monastery scribes. He made a career as a poet and professor of classic literature and eloquence in Tübingen.
He wistfully remembered:
"Even yet, I think of my youth as a sweet thing
Spent there in the Gothic abbey
Even yet I hear the bells that softly ring
From the nearest tower, and my soul would fly
Waking with its sound belief so true
The images even yet so fresh and new.
O days truly written on my soul
With love for you my heart ever is full."
Albert Knapp wrote about the tomb of the House of Staufen.
In 1839, the "Hohenstaufen" collection of poetry by Albert Knapp (1798–1864), priest and composer of many church songs, was published. He wrote the following poem above the tomb of the House of Staufen in the monastery church:
"Forefather of the House of Staufen! In the center here
The church you built, fruit of a pious life,
Wrapped in faith, may you peaceful rest,
With Agnes, your imperial wife:
How silent it is here! O may this sarcophagus stay,
Now and until the Judgment Day!"
