Abbacies in modern Essen
Imperial Abbacy of Essen
- Simplified country name: Essen
- Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
- Chronology
- ~850: Abbacy founded
- ~1000: Gifted with Herrschaft Breisig on the Rhein between Bonn and Coblenz
- ~1150: Jülich assumes adminiswtrative rights over Breisig
- 1228: Abbess recognized as a “Princess of the Empire”, confirming secular authority
- 1495: Formally recognized the Cleves/Mark union as its protector/beginning of database
- 1661: Absorbed Rellinghausen and divided it into privately-owned (Byfang) and institutionally-owned (Rellinghausen) subdivisions
- 1670: Jurisdiction over Stadt Essen definitively affirmed by an Imperial Court
- 1747: Converts Breisig into a condominium with Jülich
- 1803: Terminated upon secularization/end of database
- Successor: Principality of Essen (Kingdom of Prussia)
- Outsourcing
- to Duchy of Jülich
- Herrschaft Breisig (~1150-1495-1747)
- to Duchy of Jülich
Subdivisions of the Abbacy of Essen
- Stadt Essen1495 - 1803
- Quartier Altenessen1495 - 1803
- Quartier Borbeck1495 - 1803
- Quartier der Drei Bauerschaften1495 - 1803
- Quartier Steele1495 - 1803
- Stadt Steele1495 - 1803
- Herrschaft Karnap1495 - 1803
- Herrschaft Hückarde1803 - 1803
- Quasi-Gericht Lipperheide1495 - 1803
- Herrschaft Byfang1661 - 1803
- Herrschaft Rellinghausen1661 - 1803
Abbacy of Rellinghausen
- Simplified country name: Rellinghausen
- Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
- Chronology
- ~1050: Abbacy founded
- 1257: Secular authority independent of Essen firmly established
- 1410: Informally recognized the Cleves/Mark union as its protector
- 1495: Beginning of database
- 1661: Terminated upon sale of its sovereignty to Essen
- Successor: Imperial Abbacy of Essen
Imperial Abbacy of Werden
- Simplified country name: Werden
- Nation: Ecclesiastical Germany
- Chronology
- 809: Abbacy founded
- 1225: Secular authority consolidated upon the murder of the Archbishop of Cologne by the Abbacy’s protector
- 1288: Informally recognized the Cleves/Mark union as its protector
- 1550: Stadt Werden embraced the reformation/beginning of database
- 1803: Terminated upon secularization/end of database
- Successor: Principality of Werden (Kingdom of Prussia)
Subdivisions of the Abbacy of Werden
- Stadt and Amt Werden1550 - 1803
- Bezirk Kettwig1550 - 1803
- Herrschaft Oefte (Berg protectorate)1550 - 1803
For territories adjacent to the Abbacy of Werden and the Duchy of Berg, see this page.
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