Prince-Bishopric of Münster
State of the Holy Roman Empire (1134-1534, 1535-1803), Anabaptist Dominion of Münster (1534-1535)
Location: Northwest Germany
Capital City: Münster
Government type: Ecclesiastical Monarchy (1134-1534, 1535-1803), Theocratic Monarchy (1534-1535)
Main languages: German
Main religions: Catholic Christianity
Chronology
1134: Bishop of Münster made a prince of the Empire with Imperial Immediacy
1534-1535: Anabaptists sieze power and create radical theocracy
1802-1803: Occupied by Prussia
1803: Parititoned between Oldenburg, Prussia, Arenberg, Salm, Croÿ, and Rheina-Wolbeck
Currency
Pfennig (1134-1532)
1 Pfennig = 4 Vierling
Pfennig (1532-1802)
1 Thaler = 28 Schilling = 36 Mariengroschen = 288 Pfennig = 576 Heller
Coins from Münster in the collection
•3 Pfennig, 1743 (Prince-Bishop Clemens August (1719-1761), copper, Münster mint, KM#430)
•4 Pfennig, 1787 (Prince-Bishop Maximilian Franz (1784-1801), copper, Münster mint, KM#446)