Ochsenhausen Monastery already had a technically highly developed system of canals in late Middle Ages. Numerous watercourses and ponds were connected to the Krummbach river to create the basis for producing power, irrigation and fish breeding. The often idyllic traces of these "waterworks" still bear eloquent witness to the monastic water supply. At the monastery there was a water reservoir, fish ponds, a grain mill, a sawmill, a brewery, livestock breeding and a water tank.
This enabled the Benedictine monks to produce everything they required for their basic needs within the secluded walls of the monastery and to lead a life without worldly interference.
With a total length of 450 miles (725 kilometers), the Upper Swabian Baroque Road (Oberschwäbische Barockstraße) runs through the diverse Baroque treasures in the region Danube-Upper Swabia-Lake Constance. Since 1966 its has existed as a marked route with one main and three secondary routes. In addition to Ochsenhausen Monastery, the worthwhile sights also include the palaces in Tettnang and Aulendorf, and the monasteries in Ulm-Wiblingen and Bad Schussenried.