Resumen de Das Eigentum an den rheinischen Kathedralen in Köln, Aachen, Mainz, Trier und Speyer
At the beginning of the 19th century, the secularizations in France and in the Holy Roman Empire dissolved the ecclesiastical states. This led to the unanswered question who owned the cathedrals formerly in the possession of the bishoprics. This article examines the legal status of the five cathedrals in the Rhine and Moselle area between the period of the secularizations and today. The areas on the left bank of the Rhine were given - by the Congress of Vienna (1815)-to the kingdoms of Prussia and Bavaria and the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Darmstadt). The rulers of these countries reorganized their legal relationships between the State and the Catholic Church by treaties with the Holy See. The Concordats and papal bulls of Circumscription, whichwere conformed into national law, established a new legal status for the cathedrals.
