The Prince-Bishopric of Münster (‹See Tfd›German: Fürstbistum Münster, Bistum Münster or Hochstift Münster) was a large ecclesiastical principality in...
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communal sectarian government in the German city of Münster – then under the large Prince-Bishopric of Münster in the Holy Roman Empire. The city was under...
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Anabaptist leader. In 1533 he moved to Münster, capital of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster, where he became an influential prophet, turned the city into...
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1674, after the Treaty of Westminster. The Electorate of Cologne left the war in 1674, while the Prince-Bishopric of Münster switched sides from France...
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mono-denominational community. It housed the Chapter of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster. Only Roman Catholic worship was permitted, while Calvinism and...
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the city of Münster Prince-Bishopric of Münster, a former state of the Holy Roman Empire Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster, a bishopric Münster, Lower Saxony...
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the upper Ems in Westphalia, between the Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn and the Prince-Bishopric of Münster. It existed as an independent territory from...
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that region. It was originally one of the residences of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster. The present Baroque schloss is the successor to a fully moated...
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Jan Matthys (redirect from Jan Matthijsz of Haarlem)
capital city of the Holy Roman Empire's Prince-Bishopric of Münster. John of Leiden, a Dutch Anabaptist disciple of Matthys, and a group of local merchants...
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Hochstift (redirect from Prince-archbishopric)
1032-1803 Prince-Bishopric of Toul, 1048-1648 Prince-Bishopric of Münster, 1122-1802 Prince-Bishopric of Havelberg, 1144-1571 Prince-Bishopric of Geneva...
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The Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn (‹See Tfd›German: Fürstbistum Paderborn; Hochstift Paderborn) was an ecclesiastical principality (Hochstift) of the...
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The Prince-Bishopric of Basel (‹See Tfd›German: Hochstift Basel, Fürstbistum Basel, Bistum Basel) was an ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman...
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German mediatisation (redirect from Mediatized prince)
Hanover gained the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück, having lost nothing. The Duchy of Oldenburg received much of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster although it had...
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Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück (‹See Tfd›German: Hochstift Osnabrück; Fürstbistum Osnabrück, Bistum Osnabrück) was an ecclesiastical principality of the...
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Droste zu Vischering (category Political families of Germany)
Droste zu Vischering is the name of an old and important Westphalian noble family in the Prince-Bishopric of Münster. The family first appeared in written...
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lands of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster in the east and the Duchy of Brabant in the west. Its history is closely related to that of its southern neighbours:...
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as a symbol of independence and freedom. Electorate of Trier (898–1801) Free Imperial City of Aachen (1166–1801) Prince-Bishopric of Münster (1770–1803)...
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Bremen-Verden (redirect from Duchy of Bremen)
constitution they were prince-bishoprics of the Archdiocese of Bremen and Bishopric of Verden. In 1648, both prince-bishoprics were secularised, meaning...
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Oldenburg Münsterland (category Geography of Lower Saxony)
the Prince-Bishopric of Münster acquired the former County of Ravensberg-Vechta. With the conquest of the former Tecklenburg office of Cloppenburg in...
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Dülmen (category Members of the Hanseatic League)
property of Werden Abbey. Dülmen received town privileges in 1311. It joined the Hanseatic League in 1470. It was part of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster until...
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Prince-Bishopric of Münster Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück County of Ravensberg County of Tecklenburg Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen Abbacy of Corvey County...
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Gramsbergen (category Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2001)
it was taken by the Prince-Bishopric of Münster. The castle was destroyed in 1674 by the Dutch States Army to prevent Münster from threatening Coevorden...
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The Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim (‹See Tfd›German: Hochstift Hildesheim, Fürstbistum Hildesheim, Bistum Hildesheim) was an ecclesiastical principality...
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Prince-Bishopric of Münster. Hanover also annexed territories that had previously been ruled in personal union by its Elector, such as the Duchies of Bremen-Verden...
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The Münster Diocesan Feud (‹See Tfd›German: Münsterische Stiftsfehde), or simply Münster Feud, was a dispute that took place between 1450 and 1457 over...
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Ferdinand of Bavaria – Electorate of Cologne, Prince-Bishopric of Münster (the Chapter of Münster signed as a separate party), and Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn...
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Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (category People from the Prince-Bishopric of Münster)
Havixbeck) in the Prince-Bishopric of Münster. Her family, the Barons Droste zu Hülshoff, belonged to the oldest Roman Catholic aristocracy of Westphalia. Her...
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Münster as an important centre. In 1040, Heinrich III became the first king of Germany to visit Münster. In the Middle Ages, the Prince-Bishopric of Münster...
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independent of the secular territorial magnates, friction intensified between burghers and bishops. The principality or prince-bishopric (Hochstift) ruled...
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(793-) Prince-Bishopric of Münster, an ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire (1173-1803) Münster (region), a Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia...
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