Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg

Ecclesiastical State of the Holy Roman Empire Prince-Bishopric of BambergHochstift Bamberg (German)1245–1802 Coat of arms Hochstift Bamberg with its Carinthian estates, J.B. Homann, c.1700StatusPrince-BishopricCapitalBamberg50°1′52″N 10°57′12″E / 50.03111°N 10.95333°E / 50.03111; 10.95333Common languagesEast FranconianHistorical eraMiddle Ages• Diocese established 1007• Elevated to Prince-bishopric 1245• Joined Franconian Circle 1500• Mediatised to Bavaria 1802 Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Franconia Electorate of Bavaria The Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg (German: Hochstift Bamberg) was an ecclesiastical State of the Holy Roman Empire. It goes back to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bamberg established at the 1007 synod in Frankfurt, at the behest of King Henry II to further expand the spread of Christianity in the Franconian lands. The bishops obtained the status of Imperial immediacy about 1245 and ruled their estates as Prince-bishops until they were subsumed to the Electorate of Bavaria in the course of the German Mediatisation in 1802. State Bamberg Cathedral The Bishops of Bamberg received the princely title by Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstauf