Diocese of Dorpat

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Location of the diocese in the Teutonic Order

The diocese of Dorpat was established in 1224 , when the Estonian town of Tharbata was conquered by the Teutonic Order and called Dorpat . In the same year the seat of the Bishop of Estonia was moved from Leal here.

history

The diocese of Dorpat was initially subordinate to the Archdiocese of Lund , but from 1255 to the Archdiocese of Riga . As early as 1225 , the bishop was enfeoffed by King Henry VII with part of the diocesan territory as spiritual territory and made imperial prince, making him prince-bishop . After the introduction of the Reformation in 1525 and the deportation of the last bishop to Russia in 1558 , the diocese became extinct .

The area came in 1561 in Poland and 1629 in Sweden . In 1721 it came to Russia after the Peace of Nystad .

literature

  • Axel von Gernet : Constitutional history of the diocese of Dorpat up to the formation of the estates . Schnakenburg′s printing house, Dorpat 1896.
  • Harry Anderson: The Diocese of Dorpat, its German and Russian neighbors . Duisburg 1971.
  • Georg von Rauch : City and diocese of Dorpat at the end of the religious era . In: Zeitschrift für Ostforschung , Vol. 24 (1975), pp. 577-626.

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