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Hochstift

English translation: Bishopric


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German term or phrase:Hochstift
English translation:Bishopric
Entered by: Wiebke Herbig
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08:56 Apr 9, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
German term or phrase: Hochstift
"Zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts kamen die Hochstifte Würzburg, Bamberg, Freising und Augsburg... zu Bayern."
Heather Ferlicchia
Germany
Local time: 21:40
Bishopric
Explanation:
Seems to make sense. This is was Brockhaus says on Hochstift: "im Heiligen Römischen Reich (bis 1803) die Zentralverwaltung eines Bistums"
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Wiebke Herbig
Germany
Local time: 21:40
Grading comment
As I have to use diocese elsewhere, bishopric will do just fine. Thanks :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1(arch)bishopric, diocese
Endre Both
4 +1diocese, bishopric, episcopacy, (dean and) chapterSerge L
4Bishopric
Wiebke Herbig
4don't translateKlaus Dorn
4 -1deanateKlaus Dorn


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Bishopric


Explanation:
Seems to make sense. This is was Brockhaus says on Hochstift: "im Heiligen Römischen Reich (bis 1803) die Zentralverwaltung eines Bistums"


Wiebke Herbig
Germany
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 31
Grading comment
As I have to use diocese elsewhere, bishopric will do just fine. Thanks :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Chris Rowson: If it means the administration, I would not use bishopric, which is more the essence of the bishop than the administration. But I am not sure it does mean that in this context.
10 mins
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
deanate


Explanation:
see below:

Priesthood. Ordained, August 6, 1952 Paderborn. Prefect of Theological Seminary of Paderborn, 1959. Further studies, Würzburg. Pastor of student parish, Paderborn, 1965. Dean of deanate "Hochstift", 1966.



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Note added at 2002-04-09 09:19:51 (GMT)
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Archdiocese is another possibility...it also depends which religion you\'re writing about...

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Note added at 2002-04-09 09:26:34 (GMT)
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Hochstift
Same as Erzstift but at the diocesan level.

Erzstift
Stift = a foundation, probably a rather old foundation which now made
up an Archdiocese and all its associated funding and property.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~surnames/hrcodes



    Reference: http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-d.htm
Klaus Dorn
Local time: 22:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 1514

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Chris Rowson: I never heard of a Deanate. Google gives me three reference (including the above) which are all of foreign origin.
5 mins
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
diocese, bishopric, episcopacy, (dean and) chapter


Explanation:
just some suggestions.

Take your pick!

HTH,

Serge L.


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Serge L
Local time: 21:40
PRO pts in pair: 282

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Rowson: With more context it might be clearer, but I think "diocese" is appropriate here. Bishopric is OK, episcopacy OK but rather high-style, I would not use Dean and Ch. for the re-grouping indicated, it should refer to the bishops.
14 mins
  -> Thanks Chris!
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(arch)bishopric, diocese


Explanation:
Duden says:

Hochstift, das (früher): (Erz)bistum, Zentralverwaltung eines (Erz)bistums

...which would give you the solutions above.

Endre Both
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in pair: 648

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Rowson
12 mins
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
don't translate


Explanation:
seems there are more sources like this:

History:
Since religion has set the borders and cultural background, it is also religion which for the most part makes up its history. All this goes back to the powerful Count-Bishops who ruled both Münster and Osnabrück as both lay and spiritual fiefs. In 1532 Franz von Waldeck started to change his domains to the Lutheran faith. The Cathedral Chapters of both cities resisted the loss of their powerbase but the Hochstift Osnabrück to which the area belonged began to wane and Protestantism had arrived.


    Reference: http://home.t-online.de/home/ww.honkomp/om-fred.htm
Klaus Dorn
Local time: 22:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 1514

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Chris Rowson: This is also a foreign reference, fluently written but not quite natural. Few English people know what a Hochstift is.
15 mins
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