The Apostolic Vicariate of Anhalt was a

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Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

History

It was established in 1836 as an apostolic vicariate (exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province; entitled to a

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) on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of the Nordic Missions. It was suppressed on 1 March 1921, when its territory passed to the

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