Bishopric of Havelberg

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The Bishopric of Havelberg was a medieval Roman Catholic diocese and ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the town of Havelberg in present-day Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic diocese
ecclesiastical principality
prince-bishopric
borderedBy Margraviate of Brandenburg NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Ratzeburg NERFINISHED
Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin NERFINISHED
cathedral Havelberg Cathedral NERFINISHED
cathedralLocatedIn Havelberg NERFINISHED
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolvedInYear 1598
ecclesiasticalProvince Province of Magdeburg NERFINISHED
establishedInCentury 12th century
establishedInYear 1150
foundedBy Albert the Bear NERFINISHED
foundedUnderAuthorityOf Archbishopric of Magdeburg NERFINISHED
governedBy Bishop of Havelberg NERFINISHED
governmentType theocratic monarchy
hadChapter Cathedral chapter of Havelberg NERFINISHED
hadSecularStatus Imperial immediacy
hadTitle Prince-Bishop of Havelberg NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Northern March NERFINISHED
Slavic lands along the Havel River
languageUsed Latin
linkedTo Northern Crusades NERFINISHED
Ostsiedlung NERFINISHED
locatedIn Brandenburg
Havelberg NERFINISHED
Northern Germany NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Germany NERFINISHED
notableBuilding Havelberg Cathedral cloister NERFINISHED
partOf Holy Roman Empire
primaryRite Roman Rite NERFINISHED
purpose Christianization of Slavic populations
regionToday Saxony-Anhalt NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rite Latin Church NERFINISHED
riverNearby Havel
seat Havelberg NERFINISHED
secularAuthorityEndedInYear 1571
status suppressed diocese
successorEcclesiasticalJurisdiction Diocese of Brandenburg NERFINISHED
successorTerritory Electorate of Brandenburg NERFINISHED
suffraganOf Archbishopric of Magdeburg NERFINISHED
territorySecularizedTo Electorate of Brandenburg NERFINISHED
timePeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages

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Havelberg hasReligiousDioceseHistory Bishopric of Havelberg
Havelberg historicalAffiliation Bishopric of Havelberg