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    The Bishopric of ÖselWiek (Estonian: Saare-Lääne piiskopkond; German: Bistum ÖselWiek; Low German: Bisdom ÖselWiek; contemporary Latin: Ecclesia Osiliensis)...
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    Estonia, founded in the thirteenth century as the seat of the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek. According to legend, during full moons in August, an image of a maiden...
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    4, 1435, by the Archbishop of Riga, the bishops of Courland, Dorpat, Ösel-Wiek and Reval; the representatives of the Livonian Order and vassals, and...
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  • Christian missionary Reinhold von Buxhoeveden (died 1557), Bishop of Ösel-Wiek Hermann of Dorpat (1163–1248), first Bishop of Dorpat Oscar von Gebhardt...
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    (1882–1950), Baltic German philosopher and important metaphysician Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803), German philosopher, theologian, poet and literary...
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    Reformation in 1558. Ösel-Wiek Bishopric Estonian: Saare-Lääne piiskopkond German: Bistum Ösel-Wiek Low German: Bisdom Ösel-Wiek Terra Mariana  Estonia...
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    gunboats. The garrison on Ösel numbered some 14,000 men. The operation began on 12 October; at 03:00 König anchored off Ösel in Tagga Bay and disembarked...
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    Lääneranna Parish Pärnu County 1449, or earlier Belonged to the Bishopric of ÖselWiek. Now houses a post office. Koordi Manor Kirrisaar Paide Järva County 1485...
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    hostile to, and ignorant of, the crusades. Alternatively, Claude Fleury and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz proposed that the crusades were one stage in the improvement...
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