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Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg

1160s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire1168 establishments in Europe1803 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire743 establishmentsDioceses established in the 8th century
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Prince bishopric of Würzburg by J.B. Homann
Prince bishopric of Würzburg by J.B. Homann

The Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg (German: Fürstbistum Würzburg; Hochstift Würzburg) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire located in Lower Franconia, west of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg. Würzburg had been a diocese since 743. As established by the Concordat of 1448, bishops in Germany were chosen by the canons of the cathedral chapter and their election was later confirmed by the pope. Following a common practice in Germany, the prince-bishops of Würzburg were frequently elected to other ecclesiastical principalities as well. The last few prince-bishops resided at the Würzburg Residence, which is one of the grandest Baroque palaces in Europe. As a consequence of the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville, Würzburg, along with the other ecclesiastical states of Germany, was secularized in 1803 and absorbed into the Electorate of Bavaria. In the same year Ferdinand III, former Grand Duke of Tuscany, was compensated with the Electorate of Salzburg. In the 1805 Peace of Pressburg, Ferdinand lost Salzburg to the Austrian Empire, but was compensated with the new Grand Duchy of Würzburg, Bavaria having relinquished the territory in return for the Tyrol. This new state lasted until 1814, when it was once again annexed by Bavaria. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Würzburg was reestablished in 1821 without temporal power.

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Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
Eichendorffstraße, Würzburg Sanderau

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Eichendorffstraße 3
97072 Würzburg, Sanderau
Bavaria, Germany
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Prince bishopric of Würzburg by J.B. Homann
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