Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn

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


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality
prince-bishopric
state of the Holy Roman Empire
borderedBy Bishopric of Münster
County of Lippe
County of Waldeck
Duchy of Westphalia NERFINISHED
capital Paderborn NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolvedOrAbolished 1802
endTime 1802
establishedFrom Bishopric of Paderborn
event German mediatization
existedDuring Early modern period
Middle Ages
followedBy Prussian Province of Westphalia
governmentForm theocratic monarchy
hadJudicialAuthority yes
hadMilitaryObligationsTo Holy Roman Emperor
hadRepresentationIn Imperial Diet
hadRuler Dietrich Adolf von der Recke NERFINISHED
Ferdinand von Fürstenberg
Franz Egon von Fürstenberg
Franz von Fürstenberg
Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg
hadSecularAuthority yes
hadSpiritualAuthority yes
hasCapitalCity Paderborn NERFINISHED
hasDiocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn
hasOfficialLanguage German
hasReligion Catholicism
hasTerritorialCore city of Paderborn
surrounding region of Paderborn
locatedIn Westphalia
present-day Germany
partOf Holy Roman Empire
Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle
politicalSystem ecclesiastical principality
religion Roman Catholic Church
religiousAffiliation Catholic Church
rulerTitle Prince-Bishop of Paderborn
secularizationYear 1802
sovereigntyType immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire
startTime 11th century
successor Kingdom of Prussia
Prussia
typeOfState imperial estate
wasSecularized yes

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim
Prince-Bishopric of Minden ("Bishopric of Paderborn")
Prince-Bishopric of Münster
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim ("Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn")
borderedBy
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn ("Bishopric of Paderborn")
establishedFrom

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