Bishopric of Münster

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Ecclesiastical principality Prince-bishopric State of the Holy Roman Empire

The Bishopric of Münster was a historic ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a prince-bishop and centered on the city of Münster in present-day northwestern Germany.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bishopric of Münster canonical 8

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
Prince-bishopric ⓘ
State of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
borderedBy County of Bentheim ⓘ
Duchy of Cleves ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
surface form: United Provinces of the Netherlands
capital Münster ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature St. Paul's cross ⓘ
confessionalStatusAfterReformation Remained Catholic ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currencyUsed Münster thaler ⓘ
diocesanSee Münster Cathedral ⓘ
dissolutionEvent German mediatization ⓘ
dissolved 1803 ⓘ
ecclesiasticalProvince Ecclesiastical province of Cologne ⓘ
surface form: Archdiocese of Cologne
elevatedToPrinceBishopric 12th century ⓘ
existedFrom 9th century ⓘ
existedUntil 1803 ⓘ
foundedAsDiocese circa 800 ⓘ
governmentForm Prince-bishopric ⓘ
hadRepresentationIn Imperial Diet ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
hadSecularAuthorityOver Münster ⓘ
surface form: City of Münster

Surrounding rural territories ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Prince-bishop ⓘ
historicalRegion Prince-Bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
language German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Low German ⓘ
locatedIn Northwestern Germany ⓘ
Westphalia ⓘ
mainReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
modernTerritoryNowIn Lower Saxony ⓘ
surface form: State of Lower Saxony

North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
surface form: State of North Rhine-Westphalia
notablePrinceBishop Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster ⓘ
surface form: Christoph Bernhard von Galen
participatedIn Franco-Dutch War ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
partOf Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousAffiliation Catholic ecclesiastical territory ⓘ
rulerWas Imperial prince ⓘ
successorState Grand Duchy of Berg ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
treatySignedInCapital Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
typeOfTerritorialAuthority Temporal territory of a bishop ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Electorate of Cologne → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Lordship of Overijssel → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
County of Bentheim → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Westerwolde → historicallyPartOf → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Bishopric of Utrecht → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Lordship of Drenthe → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Münster → associatedWith → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ