Münster

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)