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Dietrich von Fürstenberg
Dietrich von Fürstenberg was prince-bishop of Paderborn from 1585 to 1618. A leader of the Counter-Reformation in Westphalia, he suppressed Lutheranism in the city of Paderborn, which he brought to submission in 1604, and restored Catholicism across the prince-bishopric. He brought in the Jesuits and in 1614 founded the University of Paderborn, the oldest university in Westphalia.
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