The Bishopric of Worms was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire. Located on both banks of the Rhine around Worms just north of the union of that river with the Neckar, it was largely surrounded by the Palatinate. Worms had been the seat of a bishop from Roman times. From the High Middle Ages on, the Bishopric's secular jurisdiction notably did not include the city of Worms, which was an Imperial free city. This page is about the Germanic empire. ... The Rhine canyon (Ruinaulta) in Graubünden in Switzerland Length 1,320 km Elevation of the source Vorderrhein: approx. ... Worms is a city in Germany, situated in Rhineland-Palatinate. ... The Neckar is a river in Germany, a major tributary of the River Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. ... A palatinate is an area administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ... In the Holy Roman Empire, an Imperial Free City (in German: Freie Reichsstadt) was a city formally responsible to the Emperor only — as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which belonged to a territory and were thus governed by one of the many princes and dukes of...
In 1795 Worms itself, and the entire territory of the Bishopric on the Left Bank of the Rhine, was occupied and annexed by the French. In the wake of the territorial reorganizations that followed, the remaining territory of the Bishopric, along with that of most of the other ecclesiastical principalities, was secularized in 1801. In this case, it was annexed by the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... ... The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt came into existence in 1568, as the portion of George, youngest of the four sons of Landgrave Philipp of Hesse. ...
Bishops of Worms, 770-1801
Erembert 770-803
Bernhar 803-823
Volkwin 823-841
Samuel 841-859
Gunzo 859-872
Adelhelm 873-890
Dietlach 890-914
Richowo 914-950
Hanno 950-978
Hildebold 978-998
Franco from Hesse 998-999
Erfo 999
Razo 999
Burchard I 1000-1025
Azecho 1025-1044
Adalgar 1044
Arnold I 1044-1065
Adalbert I von Rheinfelden 1065-1070
Adalbert II of Saxony 1070-1107
Erzo 1107-115
Arnold II 1110-1131
Burchard II von Asorn 1120-1149
Konrad I von Steinbach 1150-1171
Konrad II von Sternberg 1171-1192
Henryk I van Maastricht 1192-1195
Luitpold von Schonfeld 1196-1217
Heinrich II of Saarbrücken 1217-1234
Landolf von Hoheneck 1234-1247
Konrad III von Durkheim 1247
Richard of Dhaun 1247-1257
Eberhard I of Baumberg 1257-1277
Friedrich of Baumberg 1277-1283
Simon von Schoneck 1283-1291
Eberhard II von Strahlenberg 1291-1293
Emicho of Baumberg 1294-1299
Eberwin von Kronenberg 1300-1308
Emeric von Schoneck 1310-1318
Heinrich III of Dhaun 1318-1319
Konrad IV von Schoneck 1319-1329
Gerlach von Erbach 1329-1332
Salomon Waldbott 1332-1350
Dietrich I Bayer von Boppard 1350-1365
Johann Schadland 1365-1370
Echard von Dersch 1370-1405
Matthaeus 1405-1410
Johann II von Fleckenstein 1410-1426
Eberhard III von Sternberg 1426-1427
Friedrich II von Domneck 1427-1445
Ludwig von Ast 1445
Reinhard I von Sackingen 1445-1482
Johann III von Dalberg 1482-1503
Reinhard II von Rippur 1503-1523
Heinrich IV of the Palatinate 1523-1552
Dietrich II von Rothenstein 1552-1580
Georg von Schönburg 1580-1595
Philipp I von Rothenstein 1595-1604
Philipp II Kraft von Scharsenstein 1604
Wilhelm von Essern 1604-1616
Georg Friedrich von Greiffenklau zu Vollraths 1616-1629
Georg Anton von Rothenstein 1629-1652
Hugo Eberhard Kratz von Scharsenstein 1654-1663
Johann Philipp von Schönborn 1663-1673
Lothar Friedrich von Metternich 1673-1675
Damian Hartard von der Leyen 1675-1678
Karl Heinrich von Metternich 1679
Franz Emeric Caspar Waldbott von Bassenheim 1679-1683
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