Is it true that every prime ideal of height one is principal?

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Is it true that every prime ideal of height one is principal ?

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Any Dedekind domain is dimension one, but not all Dedekind domains are PID's. For instance $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt{-5}]$ is a standard example. The ideal $(2,1+\sqrt{-5})$ is maximal and therefore prime and is not the zero ideal, so it has rank $1$, but is not principal.