Oversticht

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Oversticht was a medieval territorial region in the northern Low Countries that roughly corresponds to much of the modern Dutch province of Overijssel and surrounding areas.


Statements (44)
Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
medieval territorial division
borderedBy Drenthe NERFINISHED
Friesland NERFINISHED
Gelderland NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Empire
country Low Countries
dissolvedInto Overijssel NERFINISHED
territories of the Habsburg Netherlands
governedBy ecclesiastical prince
hasCapital Zwolle NERFINISHED
hasCity Deventer NERFINISHED
Kampen
Zwolle NERFINISHED
hasRegion Salland
Twente
Vollenhove NERFINISHED
historicalEra medieval Low Countries
historicalLanguageRegion Low Saxon dialect area
historicalRegionOf Low Countries
Netherlands
languageUsed Middle Dutch
locatedIn northern Low Countries
nameMeaning upper Sticht
oppositeOf Nedersticht
partOf Bishopric of Utrecht
Holy Roman Empire
Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht
politicalStatus ecclesiastical territory
presentIn modern Netherlands
religion Roman Catholicism
roughlyCorrespondsTo Overijssel NERFINISHED
modern Dutch province of Overijssel
parts of Drenthe
parts of Gelderland
sovereign Bishop of Utrecht
Prince-Bishop of Utrecht
subdivisionOf Sticht Utrecht
timePeriod Middle Ages
todayMostlyIn province of Overijssel
todayPartlyIn province of Drenthe
province of Gelderland NERFINISHED
usedFor administrative division
secular governance by the bishopric

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Overijssel
historicalAffiliation
Lordship of Overijssel
historicalRegion

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