Prince-Bishopric of Münster

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The Prince-Bishopric of Münster was an ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a prince-bishop who held both secular and spiritual authority over the region in what is now northwestern Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality
prince-bishopric
state of the Holy Roman Empire
borderedBy County of Bentheim
Duchy of Cleves
Duchy of Westphalia
Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn
Dutch Republic
surface form: United Provinces of the Netherlands
capital Münster
coatOfArms arms of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster
commonLanguage High German
Low German
conflict Franco-Dutch War
Seven Years' War
Siege of Groningen (1672)
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
diocesanSee Diocese of Münster
dissolutionCause German mediatization
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
endDate 1803
governmentForm elective monarchy
theocratic monarchy
hadSecularAuthorityOver territory around Münster
hadSpiritualAuthorityOver Diocese of Münster
hadVoteIn Imperial Diet
surface form: Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
hostedEvent Peace of Westphalia
surface form: negotiations of the Peace of Westphalia
locatedIn Northwestern Germany
Westphalia
memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
modernTerritoryIncludes Lower Saxony
North Rhine-Westphalia
notableRuler Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster
surface form: Christoph Bernhard von Galen

Ferdinand von Fürstenberg
officialLanguage Latin
partiallySuccessor Kingdom of Westphalia
participatedIn Peace of Westphalia
partOf Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
rulerTitle Prince-Bishopric of Münster self-linksurface differs
surface form: Prince-Bishop of Münster
sovereigntyStatus immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire
startDate ca. 12th century
successor Duchy of Arenberg
Duchy of Oldenburg
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Grand Duchy of Berg
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
typeOfState temporal possession of a bishop

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Münster army operatedIn Prince-Bishopric of Münster
Bench of Ecclesiastical Princes hasNotableMember Prince-Bishopric of Münster
Bishopric of Osnabrück borderedBy Prince-Bishopric of Münster
County of Tecklenburg borderedBy Prince-Bishopric of Münster
Meppen historicalAffiliation Prince-Bishopric of Münster
Bentheim partOf Prince-Bishopric of Münster
Ernst of Bavaria sphereOfInfluence Prince-Bishopric of Münster