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Prince-Bishopric of Freising

Prince-Bishopric of Freising
  • Coat of arms/Flag
  • Status – Prince-Bishopric
  • Capital City- City of Freising
  • Other Settlements – County of Ismaning, exclave of Burgrain, County of Werdenfels
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  • Government – Prince-Bishopric
  • Legislature –
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While the prince-bishopric’s territory is comparatively small, it was very fragmented and its lands were dispersed over a wide area, from central Bavaria and Tyrol in the west to Austria, Styria and Carniola in the east.

15,000 subjects of the Prince-Bishop lived in the following areas:

  • Immediate lordships:
    • the City of Freising on the Isar river, located north of Munich, with a population of approximately 4,000
    • the adjacent County of Ismaning a narrow band of territory stretching along the east bank of the Isar river, from Freising in the north to the outskirts of Munich in the south
    • the exclave of Burgrain centred around Isen Abbey, east of Yserrain
    • the County of Werdenfels, located between Munich and Innsbruck, with the towns of Garmisch, Partenkirchen and Mittenwald.
  • Mediate estates:
    • several small territories in Old Bavaria
    • Entersdorf, Hollenburg, Ulmerfeld, and Waidhofen in Austria
    • Wölz in Styria
    • Innichen in Tyrol
    • Bischoflack and Klingenfels in Carniola
    • County of Cadore in the Patria del Friuli.
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