Bishopric of Halberstadt
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The Bishopric of Halberstadt (German: Bistum Halberstadt) was a Roman Catholic diocese from 804 until 1648 and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the late Middle Ages. Its capital was Halberstadt in central Germany and it was located around the Harz mountain range.
[edit] History
The diocese was founded by Charlemagne in 804 in order to missionize Saxons and Polabian Slavs. Its capital was initially Osterwieck, but was soon moved to Halberstadt. When the Archbishopric of Magdeburg was founded in 968, Halberstadt lost the eastern half of its district to it, and was made subordinate to Magdeburg.
The bishopric became Lutheran in 1540 during the Protestant Reformation. In the Peace of Westphalia of 1648, it was secularized as the Principality of Halberstadt, and given to the electors of Brandenburg.
[edit] Bishops of Halberstadt
Bishops of Halberstadt include:
- Hildegrim I (809-827), supposed first bishop
- Thiatgrim (827-840)
- Haymo (840-853)
- Burchard II (1059-1088), warrior-prelate
- Albert III (1366-1390)
- Albert of Mainz (1513-1545)
- Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1566-1613), Protestant
- Christian the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1616-1623), Protestant
- Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1628-1648), Catholic, last bishop
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Hildegrim I. von Chalons | 804 | 827 |
| Thiatgrim | 827 | 840 |
| Haimo | 840 | 853 |
| Hildegrim II. | 853 | 886 |
| Agiulf | 886 | 894 |
| Sigismund | 894 | 923 |
| Bernhard | 926 | 968 |
| Hildeward | 968 | 996 |
| Arnulf | 996 | 1023 |
| Branthog | 1023 | 1036 |
| Burchard I. von Nabburg | 1036 | 1059 |
| Burchard II. | 1059 | 1088 |
| Hamezo (Gegenbischof) | 1085 | 1085 |
| Dietmar | 1089 | 1089 |
| Herrand | 1090 | 1102 |
| Friedrich I. (Gegenbischof) | 1090 | 1106 |
| Reinhard von Blankenburg | 1107 | 1123 |
| Otto von Kuditz | 1123 | 1135 |
| Rudolf | 1136 | 1149 |
| Ulrich | 1149 | 1160 |
| Gero von Schowitz | 1160 | 1177 |
| Ulrich | 1177 | 1181 |
| Dietrich von Krosigk | 1181 | 1193 |
| Gardolf von Harbke | 1193 | 1201 |
| Konrad von Krosigk | 1201 | 1209 |
| Friedrich von Kirchberg | 1209 | 1236 |
| Ludolf von Schladen | 1236 | 1241 |
| Meinard von Kranichfeld | 1241 | 1252 |
| Ludolf II. von Schladen (vom Papst nicht anerkannt) | 1253 | 1255 |
| Volrad von Kranichfeld | 1254 | 1295 |
| Hermann von Blankenburg | 1296 | 1304 |
| Albrecht I. von Anhalt | 1304 | 1324 |
| Albrecht II. von Braunschweig-Lüneburg | 1324 | 1358 |
| Giselbrecht von Holstein (Gegenbischof) | 1324 | 1343 |
| Albrecht von Mansfeld (Gegenbischof) | 1346 | 1356 |
| Ludwig von Meißen | 1357 | 1366 |
| Albrecht III. von Rikmersdorf | 1366 | 1390 |
| Ernst I. von Hohnstein | 1391 | 1399 |
| Rudolf von Anhalt | 1401 | 1406 |
| Heinrich von Warberg | 1407 | 1411 |
| Albrecht von Wernigerode | 1411 | 1419 |
| Johannes von Hoym | 1419 | 1437 |
| Buchard von Warberg | 1437 | 1458 |
| Gebhard von Hoym | 1458 | 1479 |
| Ernst II. von Sachsen (Administrator) | 1480 | 1513 |
| Albrecht von Brandenburg | 1513 | 1545 |
| Johann Albrecht von Brandenburg | 1545 | 1550 |
| Friedrich von Brandenburg | 1550 | 1552 |
| Sigismund II. von Brandenburg | 1552 | 1566 |
| Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (Administrator) | 1566 | 1613 |
| Heinrich Karl von Braunschweig (Administrator) | 1613 | 1615 |
| Rudolf von Braunschweig (Administrator) | 1615 | 1616 |
| Christian von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (Administrator) | 1616 | 1623 |
| Christian Wilhelm von Brandenburg (Administrator) | 1624 | 1628 |
| Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich | 1628 | 1648 |
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