Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg

Ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire

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Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg

Fìrschtbischofsìtz Strossburi(g) (Alsatian)
Fürstbistum Straßburg (German)

982–1803

Flag

Coat of arms

The Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg, circa 1547

Status| Prince-Bishopric
Capital| Straßburg
Common languages| Alsatian
Government| Ecclesiastical principality
Historical era| Middle Ages

• Prince-Bishopric founded

| before 343

• Gained autonomy

| 775 982

• Imperial immediacy

| 982

• Left-bank territories
annexed by France

1681

• Annexation recognised by
the Holy Roman Empire

1697

• Right-bank territories
mediatised to Baden

| 1803

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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|  | Duchy of Swabia

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| France in the early modern period |

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Margraviate of Baden |
Today part of|

* France
* Germany

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Alsace

Rot un Wiss, traditional flag of Alsace

History

* Germania Superior (Pagus Alsatiae) (83–475)
* Alemanni (circa 213–496)
* Alamannia (3rd-century–911)
* Duchy of Alsace (circa 630–699)
* Treaty of Verdun (843)
* Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg (982–1803)
* County of Ferrette (11th-century–14th-century)
* Salm (1165−1793)
* Landgraviate of Alsace (1186–1646)
* Lower Alsace
* Upper Alsace
* Further Austria (13th-century–1648)
* Décapole (1354–1679)
* County of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1456–1736)
* Upper Rhenish Circle (1500–1679)
* Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918)
* Gau Baden-Elsaß (1940–1945)
* Alsace (1945–2016)
* Grand Est (2016–)
* European Collectivity of Alsace (2021-)

Culture

* Coat of arms
* Flag
* Anthem
* People
* Language
* Demographics
* Musée alsacien (Hagenau | Strasbourg)

Religion

according to
Concordat in Alsace-Moselle (1801):
(including Lorraine)

* Catholic Church
* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg
(Immediately subject to the Holy See)
* (Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg)
* (Lorraine: Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz)
* Protestantism: Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine:
* Lutheranism:
* Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine
* Calvinism:
* Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine
* Jewish consistories:
* Strasbourg
* Colmar
* (Lorraine: Metz)

Law

* Local law in Alsace-Moselle
* Concordat in Alsace-Moselle

Administrative divisions

* Capital: Strasbourg
* Bas-Rhin (Unterelsaß)
* Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg
* Arrondissement of Molsheim
* Arrondissement of Saverne
* Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein
* Arrondissement of Strasbourg
* Haut-Rhin (Oberelsaß)
* Arrondissement of Altkirch
* Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé
* Arrondissement of Mulhouse
* Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller

Politics

* Regional Council of Alsace (1982–2015)
* Alsace independence movement
* Assembly of Alsace (2021-)

Alsace in the European Union

* European Parliament elections
* Constituency

Related topics

* Politics of France
* Politics of Germany
* Politics of the European Union

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The Prince-Bishopric of Strasburg (German: Fürstbistum Straßburg; Alsatian: Fìrschtbischofsìtz Strossburi(g)) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the 13th century until 1803. During the late 17th century, most of its territory was annexed by France; this consisted of the areas on the left bank of the Rhine, around the towns of Saverne, Molsheim, Benfeld, Dachstein, Dambach, Dossenheim-Kochersberg, Erstein, Kästenbolz, Rhinau, and the Mundat (consisting of Rouffach, Soultz, and Eguisheim). The annexations were recognized by the Holy Roman Empire in the Treaty of Ryswick of 1697. Only the part of the state that was to the east of the Rhine remained; it consisted of areas around the towns of Oberkirch, Ettenheim, and Oppenau. This territory was secularized to Baden in 1803.

## See also

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* Palais Rohan, Strasbourg
* Rohan Castle
* Strasbourg Bishops' War

## References

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* Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Strasburg" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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Upper Rhenish Circle (1500–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire

Ecclesiastical|

* Basel
* Fulda
* Hersfeld
* Metz1
* Odenheim–Bruchsal
* Prüm
* Speyer
* Straßburg
* Toul1
* Verdun1
* Weißenburg
* Worms

Secular|

* Bar
* Heitersheim
* Hersfeld
* Hesse
* Darmstadt
* Homburg
* Kassel
* Marburg
* Rheinfels
* Isenburg-Birstein
* Lautern
* Lorraine2
* Nassau
* Idstein
* Ottweiler
* Saarbrücken
* Usingen
* Weilburg
* Salm
* Kyrburg
* Salm
* Savoy
* Simmern
* Solms-Braunfels
* Sponheim3
* Veldenz
* Waldeck3
* Zweibrücken

Counts / Lords|

| With
Imp. Diet
seats|

* Hanau
* Lichtenberg
* Münzenberg4
* Isenburg
* Birstein
* Büdingen
* Büdingen-Birstein
* Königstein
* Mainz
* Stolberg
* Kriechingen
* Leiningen
* Dagsburg
* Hardenburg
* Westerburg
* Salm
* Grehweiler
* Grumbach
* Solms
* Hohensolms
* Laubach
* Lich
* Rödelheim
* Wetterau
* Wittgenstein
* Berleburg
* Wittgenstein

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Without|

* Bretzenheim
* Dagstuhl
* Falkenstein
* Isenburg
* Meerholz
* Wächtersbach
* Mensfelden
* Olbrück
* Reipoltskirchen
* Salm-Dhaun
* Wartenberg

Cities|

| Décapole|

* Colmar
* Hagenau
* Kaisersberg
* Landau
* Mülhausen5
* Münster im Elsaß
* Oberehnheim
* Rosheim
* Schlettstadt
* Türkheim
* Weißenburg

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Others|

* Frankfurt
* Friedberg
* Metz
* Speyer
* Straßburg
* Toul
* Verdun
* Wetzlar
* Worms

1 Part of the Three Bishoprics.   2 Nomeny after 1737.   3 without Reichstag seat.   4 until 1736.   5 Joined Swiss Confederacy in 1515.

Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon
Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish     ·     Unencircled territories

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Catholic League (1609–1635) within the  Holy Roman Empire

Abbacies|

* Ellwangen
* Kempten

Bishoprics|

* Augsburg
* Constance
* Eichstätt
* Passau
* Speyer
* Straßburg
* Worms
* Würzburg and  Bamberg

Archbishoprics|

* Mainz
* Cologne
* Trier

Duchies|

* Bavaria

* Catholicism portal

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Alsace topics

Administrative
divisions|

| Bas-Rhin (Strasbourg) (Unterelsaß)|

* Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg
* Arrondissement of Molsheim
* Arrondissement of Saverne
* Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein
* Arrondissement of Strasbourg

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Haut-Rhin (Colmar) (Oberelsaß)|

* Arrondissement of Altkirch
* Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé
* Arrondissement of Mulhouse
* Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller

Language|

* Alsatian
* French

Culture|

* Coat of arms
* Flag
* Anthem
* People
* Demographics
* Kelsch
* Musée alsacien
* Hagenau
* Strasbourg

Politics|

* Regional council of Alsace (1982–2015)
* Alsace independence movement
* Grand Est (since 2016)
* European Collectivity of Alsace (since 2021)
* Assembly of Alsace (since 2021)

Religion
(according to the
1801 Concordat in
Alsace–Moselle,
including Lorraine)|

| Catholic Church|

* Archdiocese of Strasbourg
* Immediately subject to the Holy See
* (Lorraine: Diocese of Metz)

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Protestantism|

* Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine
* Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine
* Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine

Judaism|

* History of the Jews in Alsace
* consistories

Sports|

* RC Strasbourg Alsace
* SIG Strasbourg
* SC Schiltigheim
* FC Sélestat
* Sélestat Alsace Handball
* FC Vendenheim
* Étoile Noire de Strasbourg
* Internationaux de Strasbourg
* Rallye de France Alsace
* Rallye Alsace-Vosges
* See also: Alsace de Bagnolet (Paris)

History|

* Germania Superior (Pagus Alsatiae) (83–475)
* Argentoratum
* Route Romane d'Alsace
* Alemanni (circa 213–496)
* Alamannia (3rd-century–911)
* Duchy of Alsace (circa 630–699)
* Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg (982–1803)
* County of Ferrette (11th-century–14th-century)
* Salm (1165−1793)
* Landgraviate of Alsace (1186–1646)
* Lower Alsace
* Upper Alsace
* Further Austria (13th-century–1648)
* Décapole (1354–1679)
* County of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1456–1736)
* Upper Rhenish Circle (1500-1679)
* Left Bank of the Rhine (1814-1871)
* Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918)
* Gau Baden-Elsaß (1940–1945)
* Alsace (1945–2016)
* Grand Est (2016–)

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* Germany

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