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1 Batzen - Hugo of Landenberg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Constance |
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| Year | 1519-1521 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | HVGO EPISCOPVS CONSTANTIENSIS |
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Hugo von Hohenlandenberg's tenure as Prince-Bishop of Constance was one of the most turbulent in the see's history — he resigned in 1527 under Lutheran pressure, was reinstated, then resigned again in 1534. These Batzen were struck precisely as Zwingli's reform movement was fracturing the diocese's spiritual and fiscal authority, with several subject towns already withholding revenues. The Bishopric of Constance was the largest diocese in the German-speaking world by geographic extent, which made enforcing any monetary or religious policy across it effectively impossible.