Prince-Bishopric of Constance Hochstift Konstanz | |||||||||
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| 1155–1803 | |||||||||
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 The Bishopric of Constance lying astride the western end of Lake Constance | |||||||||
| Status | Prince-Bishopric | ||||||||
| Capital | Konstanz Meersburg (from 1527) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Low Alemannic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages Early modern period | ||||||||
• Missionary diocese established | 585 | ||||||||
| 1155 | |||||||||
| 1414–18 | |||||||||
• Joined Swabian Circle | 1500 | ||||||||
• Mediatised to Baden | 1803 | ||||||||
• Diocese dissolved | 1821 | ||||||||
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The Prince-Bishopric of Constance (German: Hochstift Konstanz, Fürstbistum Konstanz, Bistum Konstanz) was a small ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-12th century until its secularisation in 1802–1803. In his dual capacity as prince and as bishop, the prince-bishop also administered the Diocese of Konstanz, which existed from about 585 until its dissolution in 1821, and whose territory extended over an area much larger than the principality.[1][2] It belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Mainz since 780/782.
- ^ "Diocese of Konstanz {Constance}" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Diocese of Konstanz" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016