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One of the military bishoprics established by Charlemagne in an effort to secure control over what was in his time the Saxon wilderness of northern Germany. The town that grew up around the original establishment struggled for centuries to gain some measure of autonomy from the bishops.

  1. Erkenbert..........................................803-813

  2. Hartward...........................................813-853

  3. Dietrich I aus Bayern..............................853-880

  4. Wulfar.............................................880-886

  5. Drogo..............................................886-902

  6. Adalbert...........................................902-905

  7. Bernhard...........................................905-914

  8. Lothar.............................................914-927

  9. Ebergisl...........................................927-950

  10. Helmward...........................................950-958

  11. Landward...........................................958-969

  12. Milo...............................................969-996

  13. Ramward............................................996-1002

  14. Dietrich II.......................................1002-1022

  15. Siegbert..........................................1022-1036

  16. Bruno von Waldeck.................................1037-1055

  17. Egilbert aus Bayern...............................1055-1080

  18. Reinward............................1080-1089 opposed by...

  19. Volkmar (anti-bishop).............................1080-1096

  20. Ulrich............................................1089-1097

  21. Gottschalk..........................1097-1112 opposed by...

  22. Widelo (anti-bishop until 1112)...................1097-1119

  23. Siegward..........................................1120-1140

  24. Heinrich I........................................1140-1153

  25. Werner aus Buckeburg..............................1153-1170

  26. Anno von Landsberg................................1170-1185

  27. Dietmar...........................................1185-1206

  28. Heinrich II.......................................1206-1209

  29. Konrad I von Diepholz.............................1209-1236

  30. Wilhelm I.........................................1236-1242

  31. Johann von Diepholz...............................1242-1253

  32. Wittekind I.......................................1253-1261

  33. Kuno von Diepholz.................................1261-1266

  34. Otto I aus Stendal................................1266-1275

  35. Volkwin von Schwalenberg..........................1275-1293

  36. Konrad II von Wardenberg..........................1293-1295

  37. Ludolf von Rostorf................................1295-1304

  38. Gottfried von Waldeck.............................1304-1324

  39. Ludwig von Braunschweig-Lüneburg..................1324-1346

  40. Gerhard I von von Schauenburg.....................1346-1353

  41. Dietrich III Kagelwit aus Stendal.................1353-1361

  42. Gerhard II von Schauenburg........................1361-1366

  43. Otto II von Wettin................................1366-1368

  44. Wittekind II von Schalksberg......................1369-1383

  45. Otto III von Schalksberg..........................1384-1397

  46. Gerhard III von Hoya..............................1397-1398

  47. Marquard von Randeck...................................1398

  48. Wilhelm II von Buchen.............................1398-1402

  49. Otto IV von Rietberg..............................1402-1406

  50. Wilbrand von Hallermund...........................1406-1436

  51. Albrecht von Hoya.................................1436-1473

  52. Heinrich III von Schauenburg......................1473-1508

  53. Franz I von Braunschweig-Lüneburg.................1508-1529

  54. Franz II von Waldeck..............................1530-1553

  55. Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg..................1553-1554

  56. Protestant Bishops

  57. Georg von Braunschweig-Lüneburg...................1554-1566

  58. Hermann von Schauenburg...........................1566-1582

  59. Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg.........1582-1585

  60. vacant

  61. Anton von Schauenburg.............................1587-1599

  62. Christian von Braunschweig-Lüneburg.......1599-1625 d. 1633

  63. vacant

  64. Catholic Bishop

  65. Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg..............1631-1648 d. 1661

  66. Secularized to Brandenburg (Prussia from 1701)....1648-1759

  67. To France..............................................1759

  68. To Prussia........................................1759-1807

  69. To Westphalia.....................................1807-1813

  70. To Prussia........................................1813-1918