Prince-Bishopric of Freising
The Prince-Bishopric of Freising (German: Hochstift Freising) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1294 until its secularisation in the early years of the 19th century. The Prince-Bishopric of Freising should not be confused with the diocese of Freising, which was considerably larger and over which the prince-bishop's authority was that of an ordinary bishop and therefore limited to spiritual and pastoral matters. Geography While the prince-bishopric's territory was comparatively small, it was very fragmented and its lands were dispersed over a wide area, from central Bavaria and Tyrol in the west to Austria, Styria and Carniola in the east (see map). In 1800, the 15,000 subjects of the Prince-Bishop lived in the following areas: Immediate lordships: the City of Freising on the Isar river, located about north of Munich, with a population of approximately 4,000 (as of 1800 AD) the adjacent County of Ismaning (also called Yserrain), a narrow band of territory stretching along the east bank of the Isar (Yser) river, from Freising in the north to the outskirts of Munich in the south the exclave of Burgrain centred around Isen Abbey, east of Yserrain the County of Werdenfels, located between Munich and Innsbruck, with