Prince-Archbishopric Archbishopric of Salzburg

archbishopric of salzburg, c. 1715

archbishop eberhard ii of regensberg made prince of empire in 1213, , created 3 new sees: chiemsee (1216), seckau (1218) , lavant (1225). in 1241 @ council of regensburg denounced pope gregory ix man of perdition, whom call antichrist, in extravagant boasting says, god, cannot err. eberhard excommunicated in 1245 after refusing publish decree deposing emperor , died next year. during german interregnum, salzburg suffered confusion. philip of spanheim, heir dukedom of carinthia, refused take priestly consecrations, , replaced ulrich, bishop of seckau.

king rudolph of habsburg quarrelled archbishops through manipulations of abbot henry of admont, , after death archbishops , habsburgs made peace in 1297. people , archbishops of salzburgs remained loyal habsburgs in struggles against wittelsbachs. when black death reached salzburg in 1347, jews accused of poisoning wells , suffered severe persecution. jews expelled salzburg in 1404. later, jews allowed return forced wear pointed hats.

conditions @ worst during reign of bernard ii of rohr. country in depression, local authorities raising own taxes , turks ravaging archdiocese. in 1473, summoned first provincial diet in history of archbishopric, , abdicated. leonard of keutschach (reigned 1495–1519) reversed situation. had burgomasters , town councillors (who levying unfair taxes) arrested simultaneously , imprisoned in castle. last years spent in bitter struggle against matthäus lang of wellenburg, bishop of gurk, succeeded him in 1519.

matthäus lang largely unnoticed in official circles, although influence felt throughout archbishopric. brought in saxon miners, brought them protestant books , teachings. attempted keep populace catholic, , during latin war besieged in hohen-salzburg, declared monster martin luther, , 2 later uprisings peasants lead suffering entire archdiocese. later bishops wiser in ruling , spared salzburg religious wars , devastation seen elsewhere in germany. archbishop wolf dietrich von raitenau gave protestants choice of converting catholicism or leaving salzburg. cathedral rebuilt in such splendour unrivalled others north of alps.

archbishop paris of lodron led salzburg peace , prosperity during thirty years war in rest of germany thoroughly devastated. during reign of leopold anthony of firmian, remaining protestants in salzburg expelled in 1731. invited jesuits salzburg , asked emperor, , ordered protestants recant beliefs or emigrate. on 20,000 salzburg protestants forced leave homes, of whom accepted offer of land king frederick william of prussia.

the last prince-archbishop, hieronymus von colloredo, best known patronage of mozart. reforms of church , education systems alienated him people.