Paderborn

Paderborn was an ecclesiastical principality in Westphalia, centred on the city of Paderborn. In 1337 its bishop was Bernhard V of Lippe, who issued the territorial Privilegium Bernhardi.

Bishop Dietrich of Moers's feud with Soest in 1444–1449 devastated the principality. Jesuits called in 1580 and the university founded in 1614 helped restore Catholic rule after the Reformation. Prussia annexed Paderborn in 1802; it belonged to the Kingdom of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813.