The Abbey of Neresheim (St. Ulrich and Afra) is a Benedictine monastery in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Beuronese Congregation. It is particularly known for its church, a late work by Balthasar Neumann. The monastery complex is situated above the town of Neresheim in the Ostalbkreis, dominating the landscape over the Härtsfeld. The monastery was founded in 1095 by Count Hartmann of Dillingen and his wife Adelheid, who was presumably a daughter of the last Count of Winterthur, Adalbert II, and thus an ancestor of the Counts of Kyburg. It was originally established as an Augustinian canonry and was transformed into a Benedictine abbey in 1106, joining the Hirsau Reform.