St. Margaret, Catholic church building in Augsburg, Germany

St. Margaret is a former Dominican convent church in Augsburg, rebuilt in its present Baroque form in 1720 following plans from 1618/1620. The interior has a flat ceiling with a 1803 fresco by Johann Joseph Anton Huber showing the Descent of the Holy Spirit, and a high altar painting by Thomas Scheffler from 1740 depicting Mary with Saint Margaret, Cosmas and Damian.

The Dominican convent of St. Margaret dates to a 1262 foundation by cathedral canon Wolfhard von Roth, who built it for nuns from Leuthau and paid 25 guilders for their admission to the order. A Gothic predecessor was destroyed in 1333, and the church was rebuilt from the ground up in 1521. After the city council dissolved the convent in 1538, it passed to the Holy Spirit Hospital; the nuns returned around 1540, and the church was rebuilt in 1594. The present Baroque building was erected in 1720 using older plans of 1618/1620.

The church is named after Saint Margaret, depicted with Mary, Cosmas and Damian in Thomas Scheffler's 1740 high altarpiece. Since 2010 it has been used by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, which celebrates the traditional Latin Mass here; the former Dominican convent church had passed to the Holy Spirit Hospital's Catholic beneficiaries in 1594.

The church stands in Augsburg's city centre, and the left wing of the former convent was demolished in 1915 when a road was cut through, so the building now sits directly on the street line. It is used by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, and Mass times should be checked with the fraternity before visiting. The 2010 work renewed the roof and facade.

In the sacristy are two fragments often missed: a sandstone Madonna from around 1330 and a figure of Jesus from around 1490, both survivors of earlier phases of the church. The pulpit of 1744 is topped by a sound board crowned with a globe and an eagle.