Prince-Bishopric of Basel

Territory of the Holy Roman Empire

Legal Rheinisch: Margraviate of Baden Left of Rhine: Canton of Berne

The Prince-Bishopric of Basel was the secular dominion of the prince-bishops of Basel. The territory did not coincide with the territory of the Diocese of Basel, but was much smaller. The Bishopric was an extremely complex structure, was spoken in German or French, depending on the sub-region, the Reformed or Catholic denomination was predominant and were also expected since the late Middle Ages parts of the Swiss Confederation and not the Holy Roman Empire. Parts of the dominions were also among other Catholic dioceses.

The Prince-Bishopric existed from 999 until the secularization in 1803.

History

While Basel is mentioned as a bishopric since about 400 AD, the story of the prince-bishopric begins as a secular dominion 999 AD with the donation of the Abbey Minster Gran Rheinfelden by King Rudolf of Upper Burgundy to the bishopric of Basel, whose bishop then Adalbert II was.

Franz Xaver von Neveu was 1794-1803, the last Prince-Bishop of Basel. 1803, the prince-bishopric was like nearly all ecclesiastical principalities dissolved during the secularisation after it was largely occupied since 1792 by France.

Reich Legal Status

The Prince-Bishopric of Basel had a seat and vote in the Imperial Council. It had a Virilstimme there and took a seat on the spiritual prince Bank.

In the council of the upper Rhine Reich circle the Archbishopric also had a Virilstimme.

Coat of arms

The Bishop of Basel led the heraldic red bishop's crozier on a white field. The oldest evidence of the colored coat of arms can be found in the Zurich Wappenrolle to 1340.

The territory

  • Official Force Racing
  • Rule Pfeffingen
  • Office Birseck
  • Bailiwick of St. Ursanne
  • Rule Elsgau
  • Bailiwick Schliengen
  • Free reign mountains

At Confederation scoring areas:

  • Abbey Bellelay
  • Provost Moutier- Grandval ( German: Münster- Gran Rheinfelden )
  • Rule Erguel
  • Rule Orvin
  • Rule Tessenberg
  • The City of Biel
  • The city of La Neuveville

The princes

See a list of the bishops of Basel

Imperial Circle Residenz Swiss Reformed Church Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel Moutier-Grandval Abbey Rudolph III of Burgundy Saint-Ursanne Ajoie Bellelay Abbey Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz Ancient Diocese of Toul Roman Catholic Diocese of Verdun Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt Hersfeld Abbey Nassau-Usingen Solms-Braunfels County of Isenburg Lorraine (duchy) Kaufungen Abbey Lich, Hesse Solms-Laubach Gaugrehweiler County of Kriechingen Friedberg, Hesse Wetzlar Colmar Kaysersberg Turckheim Rosheim Benfeld Haguenau
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