Augusta Vindelicorum

Augusta Vindelicorum was the Roman name of Augsburg. The prince-bishopric of Augsburg was a Swabian ecclesiastical state distinct from the free city, with its bishops resident at Dillingen. In 1337 the bishop was Ulrich II von Schönegg.

During the Reformation, Bishop Otto Truchsess von Waldburg promoted Catholic revival and founded the University of Dillingen in 1554, entrusting it to the Jesuits. Swedish troops occupied Augsburg in 1632, and the Peace of Westphalia established Catholic and Protestant parity in 1648. The prince-bishopric was secularized and handed to Bavaria in 1802.