Prince-Bishopric of Worms

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The Prince-Bishopric of Worms was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Worms, ruled by a prince-bishop who held both spiritual and temporal authority.

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Label Occurrences
Prince-Bishopric of Worms canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality
prince-bishopric
state of the Holy Roman Empire
bishopricEstablishedBefore 10th century
borderedBy Electoral Palatinate
surface form: Electorate of the Palatinate

Landgraviate of Hesse
other small imperial territories along the Rhine
capital Worms
category Former states and territories of Rhineland-Palatinate
Prince-Bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire
surface form: Prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire
coexistedWith Free Imperial City of Worms
country Holy Roman Empire
diocese Diocese of Worms
dissolutionCause German mediatization
dissolutionEvent Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
dissolutionYear 1803
existedInCentury Early modern period
Middle Ages
governmentForm theocratic monarchy
hadJurisdictionOver clergy within the Diocese of Worms
hadSharedNameWith city of Worms
hadTemporalRightsOver lands and subjects in and around Worms
hasCapitalType episcopal see
hasTerritorialCore city of Worms
surrounding territories along the Upper Rhine
hasTypeOfRuler imperial prince
heldImperialEstate seat and vote in the Imperial Diet
historicalRegion Rhineland-Palatinate
surface form: Rhineland-Palatinate area
isDistinctFrom Free Imperial City of Worms
language German (vernacular)
Latin (official, ecclesiastical)
locatedIn Rhineland
Worms
present-day Germany
notableCityWithin Worms
partOf Rhenish Circle
surface form: Electoral Rhenish Circle (historically associated regionally)

Upper Rhenish Circle
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Worms
rulerWas immediate vassal of the Holy Roman Emperor
secularization its temporal authority was secularized in the early 19th century
spiritualAuthorityHeldBy bishop of Worms
successorState Grand Duchy of Hesse
surface form: Grand Duchy of Hesse (for much of its territory)

other secular German states after mediatization
temporalAuthorityHeldBy prince-bishop
usedTitle Prince-Bishop of Worms
wasEcclesiasticalState true
wasImperialImmediate true

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Upper Rhenish Circle includesTerritory Prince-Bishopric of Worms
Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg predecessor Prince-Bishopric of Worms
Rhenish Circle includesTerritory Prince-Bishopric of Worms
Prince-Bishopric of Speyer borderedBy Prince-Bishopric of Worms