Electorate of Mainz (Eichsfeld region)

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The Electorate of Mainz (Eichsfeld region) was a former ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire governed by the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz, who held temporal authority over the Eichsfeld area for centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality
territory of the Holy Roman Empire
administrativeCenter Duderstadt NERFINISHED
Heiligenstadt NERFINISHED
borderedBy Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED
Duchy of Saxony NERFINISHED
Landgraviate of Hesse NERFINISHED
category Former states and territories of Lower Saxony
Former states and territories of Thuringia
Prince-archbishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
dissolvedIn German mediatization NERFINISHED
electoralFunction participation in election of Holy Roman Emperor through the Elector of Mainz
endTime 1802
feudalStatus immediate territory of the Empire
governedBy Archbishop-Elector of Mainz NERFINISHED
governmentType ecclesiastical principality
hadRepresentative Archbishop of Mainz in the Imperial Diet NERFINISHED
hasCapital Duderstadt NERFINISHED
Heiligenstadt NERFINISHED
heldBy Archbishops of Mainz for several centuries
historicalEvent secularization of church lands in early 19th century
historicalRegion Eichsfeld NERFINISHED
knownFor strong Catholic identity in a predominantly Protestant surrounding area
language German
locatedIn Eichsfeld NERFINISHED
Lower Saxony
Thuringia
present-day Germany
partOf Archdiocese of Mainz NERFINISHED
Electorate of Mainz NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Empire
Imperial Church territories
Upper Saxon Circle NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rulerTitle Prince-Archbishop of Mainz NERFINISHED
startTime 12th century
successor Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Westphalia NERFINISHED
todayPartOf Free State of Thuringia NERFINISHED
State of Lower Saxony NERFINISHED

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Eichsfeld district hasHistoricalAffiliation Electorate of Mainz (Eichsfeld region)