Berchtesgaden Provostry
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(Prince-)Provostry of Berchtesgaden (Fürst-)Propstei Berchtesgaden (German) | |||||||||
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| 1194–1803 | |||||||||
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Berchtesgaden Provostry and Archbishopric of Salzburg, 1789 | |||||||||
| Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||||
| Capital | Berchtesgaden | ||||||||
| Common languages | Central Bavarian | ||||||||
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| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Provostry founded | 1102 | ||||||||
| 1194 | |||||||||
• Joined Bavarian Circle | 1500 | ||||||||
| 1559 | |||||||||
• Mediatised to Salzburg | 1803 | ||||||||
• Joined Kingdom of Bavaria | 1806 | ||||||||
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Berchtesgaden Provostry or the Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden (German: Fürstpropstei Berchtesgaden) was an immediate (reichsunmittelbar) principality of the Holy Roman Empire, held by a canonry (a collegiate foundation of Canons Regular) led by a Prince-Provost.