Reichsdeputationshauptschluss

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The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss was the 1803 imperial decree of the Holy Roman Empire that massively reorganized its territories through secularization and mediatization, leading to the dissolution of many ecclesiastical states.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional act
imperial decree
law of the Holy Roman Empire
alsoKnownAs Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation
Principal Conclusion of the Extraordinary Imperial Delegation
appliesTo ecclesiastical principalities
imperial cities
imperial knights
appliesToJurisdiction Holy Roman Empire
approvedBy Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
beneficiary Electorate of Bavaria
Electorate of Württemberg
Kingdom of Prussia
Margraviate of Baden NERFINISHED
cause French Revolutionary Wars
Treaty of Lunéville
country Holy Roman Empire
dateAdopted 1803-02-25
describedBySource Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 25 February 1803
draftedBy Imperial Deputation
endTime 1806
field constitutional law
legal history
follows Treaty of Lunéville
hasEffect dissolution of many ecclesiastical states
loss of immediacy for many imperial estates
preparation for dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
territorial gains for larger German states
weakening of imperial institutions
language German
Latin
legalForm Reichsgesetz
location Regensburg NERFINISHED
mainSubject mediatization of imperial estates
secularization of church territories
territorial reorganization
partOf constitutional history of the Holy Roman Empire
pointInTime early 19th century
ratifiedBy Emperor Francis II
regulates compensation for princes who lost territories west of the Rhine
redistribution of secularized church lands
relatedTo German mediatization
German secularization
dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806
replaces older territorial structure of the Holy Roman Empire
significantEvent mediatization of imperial cities
redistribution of imperial territories
secularization of ecclesiastical principalities
startTime 1803


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