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Electorate of Cologne

The Rhenish ecclesiastical electorate ruled from Bonn — its archbishop an imperial elector, though the free city of Cologne governed itself.

Overrun by France in the 1790s and secularized in 1803.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Electorate of Cologne — the shape you scrub through changes in 953 · 1436.

Further reading

• Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire Peter H. Wilson · 2016

  Context for the ecclesiastical electorates.

Sources

• Electorate of Cologne — Wikipedia