Prince-Abbacy of Kempten

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The Prince-Abbacy of Kempten was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a prince-abbot who held both spiritual authority and secular sovereignty over its territory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical principality
imperial abbey
borderedBy Free Imperial City of Kempten
Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg
capital Kempten Abbey
category Former states and territories of Bavaria
Imperial abbeys
Prince-Abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: Prince-abbots
confessionalAlignment Catholic
country Holy Roman Empire
dissolved 1802
elevatedToImperialAbbey 9th century
established 8th century
existedUntilEvent German mediatization
foundedAsAbbey circa 752
founder Carloman, son of Charles Martel
linked to: Carloman I

Hildegard of the Vinzgau
gainedImperialImmediacy Middle Ages
governmentForm theocratic monarchy
hadDualAuthority secular sovereignty
spiritual authority
hadEstateType ecclesiastical territory
hadRulerRank Reichsfürst
hasType immediate territory
heldBenchIn College of Princes
heldVoteIn Imperial Diet
historicalEra Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages
imperialImmediateTo Holy Roman Emperor
language German
legalStatus immediate estate of the Empire
locatedInPresentDay Germany
locatedInRegion Allgäu
linked to: Allgäu region

Swabia
linked to: Swabia (Bavaria)
mainSettlement Kempten (Allgäu)
linked to: Kempten
mediatisedTo Electorate of Bavaria
partOf Swabian Circle
religion Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
rulerTitle Prince-abbot of Kempten
seat Kempten (Allgäu)
linked to: Kempten
secularized 1802
sovereigntyType territorial lordship
successorState Electorate of Bavaria
territoryNowIn Baden-Württemberg
Free State of Bavaria
linked to: Bavaria
usedTitleStyle Prince of the Holy Roman Empire

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Swabian Circle hasPart Abbey of Kempten
linked to: Prince-Abbacy of Kempten
Upper German Reichskreis hasMember Imperial Abbey of Kempten
linked to: Prince-Abbacy of Kempten