Electorate of Cologne

The Electorate of Cologne connects to 2174 places across 8 topics through 47 Bunkabop connections, weighted toward history, military conflict, and government. One of only three ecclesiastical prince-electors in the Holy Roman Empire alongside Mainz and Trier, it held sway over the Duchy of Westphalia and both banks of the Rhine. Its strongest overlaps run with Cologne, Germany, France, and the Netherlands, reflecting centuries of conflict and dynastic rivalry across the lower Rhine corridor. The electorate was secularized in 1803 during the German mediatization.