The Prince-Bishopric of Münster (German: Fürstbistum Münster, Bistum Münster or Hochstift Münster) was a large ecclesiastical principality in the Holy...
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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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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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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 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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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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The Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim (German: Hochstift Hildesheim, Fürstbistum Hildesheim, Bistum Hildesheim) was an ecclesiastical principality of the...
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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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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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The Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn (German: Fürstbistum Paderborn; Hochstift Paderborn) was an ecclesiastical principality (Hochstift) of the Holy Roman...
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The Prince-Bishopric of Basel (German: Hochstift Basel, Fürstbistum Basel, Bistum Basel) was an ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire...
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The Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück (German: Hochstift Osnabrück; Fürstbistum Osnabrück, Bistum Osnabrück) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy...
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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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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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independent of the secular territorial magnates, friction intensified between burghers and bishops. The principality or prince-bishopric (Hochstift) ruled...
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The Münster Diocesan Feud (German: Münsterische Stiftsfehde), or simply Münster Feud, was a dispute that took place between 1450 and 1457 over the appointment...
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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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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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Borken (district) (category Münster (region))
area. The colors of the coat of arms were chosen to be the same as those of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster, the long-time owner of the region. The three...
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Bremen-Verden campaign (category Military history of Sweden)
signed between the Allies, the Prince-Bishopric of Münster, Denmark and Brandenburg on the one hand and John Frederick of Brunswick-Lüneburg on the other...
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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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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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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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Hessian War (category Wars of succession involving the states and peoples of Europe)
In the course of the war, Hessian mercenaries fought both in the main Hessian lands as well as in Westphalia (Prince-Bishopric of Münster and Paderborn)...
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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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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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(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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