Prince-Bishopric of Minden

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ecclesiastical principality imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire prince-bishopric

The Prince-Bishopric of Minden was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in northern Germany, ruled by a prince-bishop who held both spiritual and temporal authority.

Aliases (1)

Prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical principality → imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire → prince-bishopric →
borderedBy	Bishopric of Osnabrück → Bishopric of Paderborn → County of Ravensberg → Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg →
capital	Minden →
category	Former states and territories of North Rhine-Westphalia → Prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire → States of the Holy Roman Empire →
country	Holy Roman Empire →
diocesanSee	Diocese of Minden →
dissolved	1648 →
event	secularized by the Peace of Westphalia →
foundedAsBishopric	circa 8th century →
governmentForm	theocratic monarchy →
hadOfficeHolderType	prince-bishop →
hadRepresentationIn	Imperial Diet →
hasAuthorityType	spiritual authority → temporal authority →
heldImperialEstate	Reichsstand status →
historicalEra	Early modern period → Middle Ages →
language	German → Latin →
legalBasisOfSecularization	Peace of Westphalia →
locatedIn	Northern Germany → Westphalia → present-day Germany →
mainRiver	Weser →
partOf	Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation → Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle →
politicalSystem	feudal monarchy →
religion	Roman Catholic Church →
religiousAffiliation	Catholic bishopric →
religiousChange	affected by the Protestant Reformation →
religiousRite	Latin Rite →
rulerTitle	Prince-Bishop of Minden →
seatOfBishop	Minden Cathedral →
secularization	1648 →
sovereigntyEndedBy	Brandenburg-Prussian annexation →
successorState	Brandenburg-Prussia → Principality of Minden NERFINISHED →
todayPartOf	Lower Saxony → North Rhine-Westphalia →
typeOfState	imperial immediacy →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg →	borderedBy
Prince-Bishopric of Minden ("Prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire") →	category