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The Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (German: Fürsterzbistum Bremen) — not to be confused with the modern Archdiocese of Hamburg, founded in 1994 — was an ecclesiastical principality (787–1566/1648) of the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic Church that after its definitive secularization in 1648 became the hereditary Duchy of Bremen ...
- Roman Catholic
- Defunct
Erzstift und Herzogtum Bremen. Das Erzstift Bremen, seit dem Westfälischen Frieden von 1648 Herzogtum Bremen, war ein Staatsgebilde im heutigen nördlichen Niedersachsen und Bremen. Es ging aus dem weltlichen Besitz des Erzbistums Bremen hervor.
- 1180 aus der Auflösung des Herzogtums Sachsen
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Specific prince-bishoprics were often called Hochstift/Erzstift X, as in Hochstift Augsburg or in Erzstift Bremen, with stiftbremisch meaning of/pertaining to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, as opposed to stadtbremisch (of/pertaining to the city of Bremen).
Bremen Cathedral (German: Bremer Dom or St. Petri Dom zu Bremen ), dedicated to St. Peter, is a church situated in the market square in the center of Bremen. The cathedral belongs to the Bremian Evangelical Church, a member of the umbrella organization Protestant Church in Germany.
Website. Bremen online. Bremen ( Low German also: Breem or Bräm ), officially the City Municipality of Bremen ( German: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, IPA: [ˈʃtatɡəˌmaɪndə ˈbʁeːmən] ⓘ ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen ( Freie Hansestadt Bremen ), a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and ...
- 12 m (39 ft)
- 5 boroughs, 19 districts, 88 subdistricts
- 28001–28779
- Germany
In 1180 part of the Bremian diocesan territory and small parts of the neighbouring Diocese of Verden were disentangled from the Duchy of Saxony and became an own territory of imperial immediacy called Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (German: Erzstift Bremen ), a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire.
Specific prince-bishoprics were often called Hochstift/Erzstift X, as in Hochstift Ermland or in Erzstift Bremen, with stiftbremisch meaning 'of/pertaining to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen', as opposed to stadtbremisch ('of/pertaining to the city of Bremen').
