Bishopric of Münster

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The Bishopric of Münster was a historic ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a prince-bishop and centered on the city of Münster in present-day northwestern Germany.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bishopric of Münster canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
Prince-bishopric ⓘ
State of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
borderedBy County of Bentheim ⓘ
Duchy of Cleves ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn ⓘ
United Provinces of the Netherlands ⓘ
linked to: Dutch Republic
capital Münster ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature St. Paul's cross ⓘ
confessionalStatusAfterReformation Remained Catholic ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currencyUsed Münster thaler ⓘ
diocesanSee Münster Cathedral ⓘ
dissolutionEvent German mediatization ⓘ
dissolved 1803 ⓘ
ecclesiasticalProvince Archdiocese of Cologne ⓘ
elevatedToPrinceBishopric 12th century ⓘ
existedFrom 9th century ⓘ
existedUntil 1803 ⓘ
foundedAsDiocese circa 800 ⓘ
governmentForm Prince-bishopric ⓘ
hadRepresentationIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Diet
hadSecularAuthorityOver City of Münster ⓘ
linked to: Münster

Surrounding rural territories ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Prince-bishop ⓘ
historicalRegion Prince-Bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
language German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Low German ⓘ
locatedIn Northwestern Germany ⓘ
Westphalia ⓘ
mainReligion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
modernTerritoryNowIn State of Lower Saxony ⓘ
linked to: Lower Saxony

State of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
notablePrinceBishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen ⓘ
participatedIn Franco-Dutch War ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
partOf Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousAffiliation Catholic ecclesiastical territory ⓘ
rulerWas Imperial prince ⓘ
successorState Grand Duchy of Berg ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
treatySignedInCapital Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
typeOfTerritorialAuthority Temporal territory of a bishop ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Electorate of Cologne → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Lordship of Overijssel → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
County of Bentheim → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Westerwolde → historicallyPartOf → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Bishopric of Utrecht → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Lordship of Drenthe → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Lordship of Anholt → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Lordship of Rheda → borderedBy → Bishopric of Münster ⓘ