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From 1532 to 1723 at least 249 people (219 women, 30 men) were accused of being witches and 224 of them were executed. For the others their execution is either not yet proven (12) or they died in prison (4) or were released (8) or expelled from the diocese (1). The majority of witch trails was driven
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in the west. The rest of the principality was located to the west and consisted of several fragments of various sizes enclaved mostly within
Brandenburg-Ansbach. The total area was about 1100 km, with a population of 58,000 (as of 1855).
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Geographically, the territory of the Prince-Bishopric was very fragmented and, as of 1789, consisted of one main part to the east that was bordered by
Bavaria in the north, east, and south, and by
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Hochstift Eichstätt, Fürtsbistum Eichstätt, Bistum Eichstätt
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in 1617. The lands of the bishopric were a centre of the
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Prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire in
Germany
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and turned to the church of Eichstätt in the German
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499:Roman Catholic Diocese of Eichstätt
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523:Johann Christoph von Westerstetten
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494:List of Bishops of Eichstätt
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124:• Diocese established
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388:, Eichstätt joined the
350:was consecrated to the
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386:Protestant Reformation
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709:Schwarzenberg-Gimborn
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449:Eugène de Beauharnais
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89:Common languages
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683:Brandenburg-Kulmbach
437:Battle of Austerlitz
405:German mediatization
340:Diocese of Eichstätt
284:Neuburg an der Donau
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423:and former
346:missionary
344:Anglo-Saxon
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113:Middle Ages
63:J.B. Homann
1184:Categories
994:Bishoprics
877:Burgundian
864:Franconian
831:Weißenburg
821:Rothenburg
564:2007-02-18
505:References
480:Beilngries
425:Grand Duke
421:Francis II
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352:episcopate
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280:Regensburg
180:Mediatised
99:Government
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1016:Constance
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348:Willibald
315:Willibald
302:Geography
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34:1305–1802
1076:Würzburg
1006:Augsburg
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790:Wertheim
785:Welzheim
651:Würzburg
488:See also
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65:, c.1717
1147:Bavaria
1135:Duchies
1116:Cologne
1085:Bamberg
976:Kempten
852:Swabian
767:Rieneck
757:Limpurg
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670:Secular
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533:Sources
435:at the
429:Tuscany
364:Bavaria
334:History
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276:Bavaria
178:•
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