The Electorate of Cologne (German: Kurfürstentum Köln or Kurköln) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire and existed from the 10th to the early 19th century. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in It consisted of the temporal possessions of the larger Archbishopric of Cologne (German: Erzbistum Köln). The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. It was ruled by the Archbishop in his function as prince-elector of the empire. The Prince-Electors (or simply Electors) of the Holy Roman Empire ( German: Kurfürst ( pl The capitals of the electorate were Cologne (until 1288) and then Bonn. Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia It was secularized in 1803 during the German Mediatisation. Mediatization, defined broadly is the subsumation of one Monarchy into another monarchy in such a way that the ruler of the annexed state keeps his or her sovereign title
History
Cologne is the ancient Roman city of Colonia Agrippina and has been a bishop's see since Roman times. The History of Cologne, Germany's oldest major city can be broken into several periods In 953 the archbishops of Cologne first gained noteworthy secular power, when bishop Bruno was appointed as duke by his brother Emperor Otto I. In order to weaken the secular nobility, who threatened his power, Otto endowed Bruno and his successors on the bishop's see with the prerogatives of secular princes. Otto I the Great ( 23 November 912 &ndash 7 May 973) son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke This was the beginning of the electoral state of Cologne. It was formed by the temporal possessions of the archbishopric and included in the end a strip of territory along the left Bank of the Rhine east of Jülich, as well as the Duchy of Westphalia on the other side of the Rhine, beyond Berg and Mark. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge Jülich (in old spellings also known as Guelich or Gülich, cf The Duchy of Westphalia was a historic territory in the greater region of Westphalia, located in the east of modern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Berg was a medieval territory in today's North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The County of Mark (Grafschaft Mark colloquially known as Die Mark) was a County of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle
In the end of the 12th century the right to elect the Holy Roman Emperor was limited to four secular and three ecclesiastical princes, among them the Archbishop of Cologne. Besides being prince elector, he was Archchancellor of Italy as well, technically from 1238 and permanently from 1263 until 1803. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest In the Battle of Worringen in 1288 Cologne gained its independency from the archbishops and became a Free City. The Battle of Worringen was fought on June 5, 1288 near the town of Worringen (also called Woeringen which is now considered to be a suburb of In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city (in German: freie Reichsstadt) was a City formally ruled by the Emperor only &mdash So the residence of the archbishop was moved to Bonn. Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia
During the 16th century, no fewer than three Archbishops of Cologne converted to Protestantism. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The first two, Hermann von Wied and Salentin von Isenburg-Grenzau, resigned the archbishopric on converting; but Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, on converting to Calvinism in 1582, attempted to secularize the archbishopric. Hermann of Wied ( January 14, 1477 - August 15, 1552) was elector and Archbishop of Cologne. Salentin VII of Isenburg-Grenzau (German Salentin VII von Isenburg-Grenzau; c Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg ( November 10, 1547 – May 31, 1601) was the elector and Archbishop of Cologne. Calvinism (sometimes called the Reformed tradition, the Reformed faith, or Reformed theology) is a theological system and an approach to the This resulted in the Cologne War in which a Bavarian army installed the Bavarian prince Ernst as archbishop — the first major success of the Counter-Reformation in Germany. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 The Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation denotes the period of Catholic revival from the pontificate of Pope Pius IV in 1560 to the close of the From then until the mid-18th century, the archbishopric was effectively a secundogeniture of the Wittelsbach rulers of Bavaria. The Wittelsbach family is a European Royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria. As the archbishop in this period usually also held the Bishopric of Münster (and often the Bishopric of Liège), he was one of the most substantial princes of northwestern Germany. The Bishopric of Münster was an ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire, located in the northern part of today's North Rhine-Westphalia and western The Bishopric of Liège or Prince-Bishopric of Liège was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries in present Belgium
After 1795, the electorate's territories on the left bank of the Rhine were occupied by France, and were formally annexed in 1801. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 secularized the rest of the archbishopric, giving the Duchy of Westphalia to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. The German Mediatisation was the series of mediatisations and secularisations that occurred in Germany in 1795 &ndash 1814, during The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt was a member state of the Holy Roman Empire. Cologne was, however, reestablished as the seat of a Catholic archbishop in 1824, and is an archdiocese to the present day.
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