Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn Fürstbistum Paderborn | |||||||||
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| 1281–1802 | |||||||||
Map of the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle around 1560, Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn highlighted in red | |||||||||
| Status | Prince-Bishopric | ||||||||
| Capital | Paderborn | ||||||||
| Common languages | West Low German | ||||||||
| Government | Ecclesiastical principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Bishopric established | 799 | ||||||||
| c. 1200 | |||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit | 1281 | ||||||||
• Secularised to Prussia | 1802 | ||||||||
• Ceded to Kgdm Westphalia | 1807–13 | ||||||||
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The Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn (German: Fürstbistum Paderborn; Hochstift Paderborn) was an ecclesiastical principality (Hochstift) of the Holy Roman Empire from 1281 to 1802.