Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra

Imperial Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra, Augsburg
Reichskloster Sankt Ulrich und Afra in Augsburg
1577a / 1643b – 1802
Coat of arms
The abbey of St. Ulrich and Afra in 1627
StatusImperial Abbey
CapitalSt Ulrich's and St Afra's Abbey
GovernmentElective principality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
 Founded
ca 10th century
 Gained immediacy
1577
 Immediacy accepted
    by Bp Augsburg

1643/44
1802
 City mediatised to Bavaria
1806
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg
Augsburg
Electorate of Bavaria
Today part ofGermany

St. Ulrich's and St. Afra's Abbey, Augsburg (German: Kloster Sankt Ulrich und Afra Augsburg) is a former Benedictine abbey dedicated to Saint Ulrich and Saint Afra in the south of the old city in Augsburg, Bavaria.

From the late 16th century onward, the Abbey of St. Ulrich and St Afra was one of the 40-odd self-ruling imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire and, as such, was a virtually independent state. The territory of that state was very fragmented: the abbey of St. Ulrich and St Afra proper enclaved within the Free Imperial City of Augsburg, and several small territories disseminated throughout the region. At the time of its dissolution in 1802, the Imperial Abbey covered 112 square kilometers and had about 5,000 subjects.