Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg
Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg | |||||||||
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| 13th century–1803 | |||||||||
| Status | Prince-Bishopric | ||||||||
| Capital | Regensburg Cathedral | ||||||||
| Government | Elective principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Founded by St Boniface | 739 | ||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit | 13th century | ||||||||
| 1245 | |||||||||
• City annexed to Bavaria | 1486–1496 | ||||||||
• City adopted Reformation | 1542 | ||||||||
| 1663–1806 | |||||||||
| 1803 | |||||||||
| January 6, 1806 | |||||||||
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1: The Bishopric, the Imperial City and all three Imperial Abbeys were mediatised simultaneously. | |||||||||
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The Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg (German: Fürstbistum Regensburg; Hochstift Regensburg) was a small ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire located near the Free Imperial City of Regensburg in Bavaria. It was elevated to the Archbishopric of Regensburg in 1803 after the dissolution of the Archbishopric of Mainz. The Prince-Bishopric of Regensburg must not be confused with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Regensburg, which was considerably larger.