The Prussian Concordat was a

concordat A concordat is a convention between the Holy See and a sovereign state that defines the relationship between the Catholic Church and the state in matters that concern both,René Metz, ''What is Canon Law?'' (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1960 st Edi ...

signed between the

Free State of Prussia The Free State of Prussia (german: Freistaat Preußen, ) was one of the constituent states of Germany from 1918 to 1947. The successor to the Kingdom of Prussia after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I, it continued to be the domina ...

and the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of R ...

on 14 July 1929 to normalize relations between Prussia and the Roman Catholic Church following the fall of the Prussian monarchy in 1918.

Bibliography (in German)

* Dieter Golombek: ''Die politische Vorgeschichte des Preußenkonkordats'' (1929), Mainz 1970 * Joseph Listl (ed.): ''Die Konkordate und Kirchenverträge in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Textausgabe für die Wissenschaft und Praxis'', 2 Bde., Berlin 1987 * Joseph Listl: 'Die konkordatäre Entwicklung von 1817 bis 1988', in: ''Handbuch der bayerischen Kirchengeschichte'', Walter Brandmüller (ed.), Volume 3, St. Ottilien 1991, S. 427–463 * Lothar Schöppe (ed.): ''Konkordate seit 1800. Originaltext und deutsche Übersetzung der geltenden Konkordate'', Frankfurt am Main, Berlin 1964 * Werner Weber (ed.): ''Die deutschen Konkordate und Kirchenverträge der Gegenwart'', 2 volumes, Göttingen 1962 und 1971 History of Catholicism in Germany 1929 in religion 1920s in Prussia Treaties of the Holy See (1870–1929) Treaties concluded in 1929 Free State of Prussia {{Germany-hist-stub