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Münster, Prince-Bishopric of
The Bishopric of Münster is an ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, located in the northern part of today's North Rhine-Westphalia and western Lower Saxony.
From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, it is often held in personal union with one or more of the nearby ecclesiastical principalities of Cologne, Paderborn, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, and Liège.Münster is bordered by the United Provinces to the west, by Cleves, Vest Recklinghausen, and Mark in the south, Paderborn and Osnabrück in the east.
In the north and northeast it borders East Frisia, Oldenburg and the Electorate of Hanover (est.
1692).As with all the other prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire, it is important to distinguish between the Prince-Bishopric of Münster and the Diocese of Münster although both entities are ruled by the same individual.
The dioceses are generally larger than the corresponding prince-bishoprics and in the parts that extend beyond the prince-bishopric, the prince-bishop's authority is strictly that of an ordinary bishop and limited to spiritual matters.
Member Cities
- Münster Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Capital
- Almelo Overijssel Netherlands Location
- Assen Drenthe Netherlands Location
- Bonn Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Location
- Borculo Gelderland Netherlands Location
- Deventer Overijssel Netherlands Location
- Dunkirk > Dunkerque Nord-Pas-de-Calais France Location
- Enschede Overijssel Netherlands Location
- Groenlo Gelderland Netherlands Location
- Groningen Groningen Netherlands Location
- Halberstadt Sachsen-Anhalt Germany Location
- Hilversum Noord-Holland Netherlands Location
- Liège (Luik) Liège Belgium Location
- London Middlesex United Kingdom Location
- Maastricht Limburg Netherlands Location
- Middelburg Zeeland Netherlands Location
- Naarden Noord-Holland Netherlands Location
- Nieuwerbrug Zuid-Holland Netherlands Location
- Nijmegen Gelderland Netherlands Location
- Oudeschild Noord-Holland Netherlands Location
- Seneffe Hainault Belgium Location
- Southwold Suffolk United Kingdom Location
- The Hague > 's-Gravenhage Zuid-Holland Netherlands Location
- Utrecht Utrecht Netherlands Location
- Westminster Middlesex United Kingdom Location
- Zwolle Overijssel Netherlands Location