St. Afra Abbey (Meißen)

The Augustinian Canons' Collegiate Church of St. Afra was founded in 1205 by Bishop Dietrich II of Kittlitz. The Augustinian Canons who settled here likely came from other monasteries in the region. A school was affiliated with the monastery early on. In the course of the Reformation, implemented in Saxony from 1539, the monastery was dissolved. The monastic properties were handed over to the territorial rulers in 1540. In 1543, Elector Moritz established the first princely and state school in Saxony within the former monastery buildings, which was named St. Afra. The monastery church became a parish and school church. Since 1991, the buildings have also housed the Evangelical Academy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony.

The St. Afra Monastery is situated in the city of Meißen in the federal state of Saxony, Germany, at an elevation of approximately 139 meters above sea level.

Today, the former monastery buildings house the St. Afra Princely and State School as well as the Evangelical Academy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony. The church continues to serve as a parish church.

• Albrechtsburg Castle (Castle, approx. 233 m away)
• Meißen Cathedral Chapter (Monastery, approx. 286 m away)
• Cathedral Church of St. John and St. Donatus (Cathedral, approx. 287 m away)
• Franciscan Monastery Meißen (Monastery, approx. 365 m away)