Bishopric of Osnabrück

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The Bishopric of Osnabrück was a historic ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now northwestern Germany, centered on the city of Osnabrück and ruled by prince-bishops.

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Label Occurrences
Bishopric of Osnabrück canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ecclesiastical principality
Prince-bishopric
State of the Holy Roman Empire
borderedBy County of Diepholz
County of Hoya
Duchy of Oldenburg
surface form: County of Oldenburg

County of Ravensberg
County of Tecklenburg
Prince-Bishopric of Minden
Prince-Bishopric of Münster
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn
capital Osnabrück
coatOfArms Arms with wheel of Osnabrück
confessionalCompromise Peace of Westphalia
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
createdDuring Saxon Wars
currency Reichsthaler
diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück
dissolutionEvent German mediatization
dissolved 1803
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne
surface form: Archdiocese of Cologne
elevatedToPrinceBishopric 12th century
established 772
establishedAs Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück
surface form: Diocese of Osnabrück
foundedBy Charlemagne
governmentType Elective monarchy
Theocratic monarchy
hadConfessionalAlternation Yes
hadReformationImpact Yes
importantCity Osnabrück
importantEvent Peace of Westphalia
surface form: Peace of Westphalia 1648
language High German
Low German
locatedIn Lower Saxony
Northern Germany
surface form: Northwestern Germany
modernDiocesanSuccessor Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück
partOf Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle
post1648Rule Alternating Catholic bishop and Protestant prince from House of Brunswick-Lüneburg
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousAffiliation Catholic
representedIn Imperial Diet
surface form: Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
surface form: Prince-bishop of Osnabrück
secularized 1803
successorState Electorate of Hanover
Kingdom of Hanover
todayPartOf Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

Lower Saxony
surface form: State of Lower Saxony

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County of Bentheim borderedBy Bishopric of Osnabrück
Prince-Bishopric of Minden borderedBy Bishopric of Osnabrück
Bishopric of Minden borderedBy Bishopric of Osnabrück