Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück

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Prince-Bishopric ecclesiastical principality state of the Holy Roman Empire

The Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now northwestern Germany, ruled by a prince-bishop who held both secular and spiritual authority.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück	3
former Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Prince-Bishopric ⓘ ecclesiastical principality ⓘ state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
borderedBy	Bishopric of Minden ⓘ County of Ravensberg ⓘ County of Tecklenburg ⓘ Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
capital	Osnabrück NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück ⓘ
dissolvedInCentury	19th century ⓘ
establishedAsPrinceBishopric	12th century ⓘ
establishedInCentury	8th century ⓘ
governmentForm	elective monarchy ⓘ theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hadCathedralChapterAt	Osnabrück Cathedral ⓘ
hadEcclesiasticalJurisdictionOver	Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück ⓘ surface form: Diocese of Osnabrück
hadFeudalStatus	Imperial Estate ⓘ
hadMixedConfessionalHistory	yes ⓘ
hadRepresentationIn	College of Princes ⓘ
hadRulerRank	Prince of the Empire ⓘ
hadSecularJurisdictionOver	territory around Osnabrück ⓘ
heldImperialImmediacy	yes ⓘ
historicalRegion	Lower Saxony region ⓘ Westphalia ⓘ
language	German ⓘ Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	northwestern Germany ⓘ
participatedIn	Imperial Diet ⓘ surface form: Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
partOf	Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle ⓘ
presentIn	modern Germany ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousAffiliation	Catholic ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
rulerTitle	Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
seatOfBishop	Osnabrück Cathedral ⓘ
secularAuthorityHeldBy	Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
secularized	early 19th century ⓘ
spiritualAuthorityHeldBy	Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
successorState	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Electorate of Hanover Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
territoryNowPartOf	Lower Saxony ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
typeOfFeudalEntity	imperial immediacy ⓘ
wasInfluencedBy	Counter-Reformation ⓘ Reformation ⓘ
wasPartOf	Imperial Church system ⓘ
wasSubjectTo	Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Prince-Bishopric of Münster → borderedBy → Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück → historicalPredecessor → Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück ⓘ

Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück → rulerTitle → Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück

Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück → secularAuthorityHeldBy → Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück

Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück → spiritualAuthorityHeldBy → Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück

Osnabrück → stateCapitalOf → Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück ⓘ

this entity surface form: former Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück