Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg

Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg
Hochstift Bamberg (German)
1245–1802
Coat of arms of Bamberg
Coat of arms
Hochstift Bamberg with its Carinthian estates, J.B. Homann, c.1700
Hochstift Bamberg with its Carinthian estates, J.B. Homann, c.1700
StatusPrince-Bishopric
CapitalBamberg
Common languagesEast Franconian
GovernmentPrince-Bishopric
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Diocese established
1007
• Elevated to Prince-bishopric
1245
• Joined Franconian Circle
1500
1802
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Franconia
Electorate of Bavaria

The Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg (German: Hochstift Bamberg) was an ecclesiastical State of the Holy Roman Empire.[1] It goes back to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bamberg established at the 1007 synod in Frankfurt, at the behest of King Henry II to further expand the spread of Christianity in the Franconian lands. The bishops obtained the status of Imperial immediacy about 1245 and ruled their estates as Prince-bishops until they were subsumed to the Electorate of Bavaria in the course of the German Mediatisation in 1802.

  1. ^ Bayerns, Generaldirektion der Staatlichen Archive. "Hochstift und Domkapitel Bamberg - Generaldirektion der Staatlichen Archive Bayerns". www.gda.bayern.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-06.