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.

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Label Occurrences
Bishopric of Osnabrück canonical 3

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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

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County of Bentheim borderedBy Bishopric of Osnabrück
Prince-Bishopric of Minden borderedBy Bishopric of Osnabrück
Bishopric of Minden borderedBy Bishopric of Osnabrück