Bishopric of Osnabrück

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The Bishopric of Osnabrück was a historic ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now northwestern Germany, centered on the city of Osnabrück and ruled by prince-bishops.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bishopric of Osnabrück canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
Prince-bishopric ⓘ
State of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
borderedBy County of Diepholz ⓘ
County of Hoya ⓘ
County of Oldenburg ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Oldenburg

County of Ravensberg ⓘ
County of Tecklenburg ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Minden ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn ⓘ
capital Osnabrück ⓘ
coatOfArms Arms with wheel of Osnabrück ⓘ
confessionalCompromise Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
createdDuring Saxon Wars ⓘ
currency Reichsthaler ⓘ
diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück ⓘ
dissolutionEvent German mediatization ⓘ
dissolved 1803 ⓘ
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction Archdiocese of Cologne ⓘ
elevatedToPrinceBishopric 12th century ⓘ
established 772 ⓘ
establishedAs Diocese of Osnabrück ⓘ
foundedBy Charlemagne ⓘ
governmentType Elective monarchy ⓘ
Theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hadConfessionalAlternation Yes ⓘ
hadReformationImpact Yes ⓘ
importantCity Osnabrück ⓘ
importantEvent Peace of Westphalia 1648 ⓘ
linked to: Peace of Westphalia
language High German ⓘ
Low German ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Saxony ⓘ
Northwestern Germany ⓘ
linked to: Northern Germany
modernDiocesanSuccessor Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück ⓘ
partOf Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle ⓘ
post1648Rule Alternating Catholic bishop and Protestant prince from House of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousAffiliation Catholic ⓘ
representedIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Diet
rulerTitle Prince-bishop of Osnabrück ⓘ
secularized 1803 ⓘ
successorState Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
todayPartOf Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Germany

State of Lower Saxony ⓘ
linked to: Lower Saxony

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

County of Bentheim → borderedBy → Bishopric of Osnabrück ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Minden → borderedBy → Bishopric of Osnabrück ⓘ
Bishopric of Minden → borderedBy → Bishopric of Osnabrück ⓘ
Count of Ravensberg → borderedBy → Bishopric of Osnabrück ⓘ