Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Mecklenburg-Schwerin

1352 – 1918


Flag	Coat of arms

Mecklenburg-Schwerin within the German Empire

Capital

Schwerin

Government

Monarchy

History

- Established

1352

- Raised to Grand Duchy

- Disestablished

1918

Mecklenburg-Schwerin (peach), 1866-1934.

Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy (from 1815 a grand duchy) in northern Germany, formed by a partition of the Duchy of Mecklenburg. Ruled by the Nikloting dynasty, it was a relatively poor state along the Baltic littoral. After the fall of the monarchies in 1918 resulting from World War I, it became the Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. On 1 January 1934 it was united with the neighbouring state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz to form the State of Mecklenburg (today part of the Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).

[edit] Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1352-1815

v • d • e Holy Roman Empire – Lower Saxon Circle (1500–1806)

Ecclesiastical princes	Bremen* \| Halberstadt* \| Hildesheim \| Lübeck \| Magdeburg* \| Ratzeburg (until 1701) \| Schwerin*

Secular princes	Bremen† \| Brunswick: Blankenburg (until 1731), Calenberg‡, Celle, Grubenhagen‡, Lüneburg‡, Wolfenbüttel \| Hanover (from 1708)\| Holstein: Glückstadt, Gottorp \| Mecklenburg: Güstrow (until 1695), Schwerin, Strelitz \| Rantzau (until 1734) \| Regenstein \| Saxe-Lauenburg‡

Imperial cities	Bremen \| Goslar \| Hamburg \| Lübeck \| Mühlhausen \| Nordhausen

* until 1648 † from 1648 ‡ until 1708

v • d • e States of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13)

Rank elevated by Napoleon	Kingdoms: Bavaria · Saxony · Württemberg Grand Duchies: Baden · Hesse

States created	Kingdoms: Westphalia Grand Duchies: Berg · Frankfurt‡ · Würzburg Principalities: Aschaffenburg† · Leyen · Regensburg†

Pre-existing states	Duchies: Anhalt: Bernburg, Dessau, Köthen · Arenberg · Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz · Nassau · Oldenburg · Saxony: Coburg-Saalfeld, Gotha-Altenburg, Hildburghausen, Meiningen, Weimar, Eisenach, Weimar-Eisenach Principalities:** Hohenzollern: Hechingen, Sigmaringen · Isenburg-Birstein · Liechtenstein · Lippe-Detmold · Reuß: Ebersdorf, Greiz, Lobenstein, Schleiz · Salm††† · Schaumburg-Lippe · Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen · Waldeck

* until 1809 ** from 1809 † until 1810 ‡ from 1810 ††† until 1811

v • d • e States of the German Confederation (1815–66)

Empires	Austria

Kingdoms	Prussia · Bavaria · Saxony · Hanover · Württemberg

Electorates	Hesse

Grand Duchies	Baden · Hesse · Luxembourg · Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz · Oldenburg · Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Duchies	Anhalt: Bernburg¹, Dessau¹, Köthen² · Brunswick · Holstein · Limburg · Nassau · Saxony: Altenburg³, Coburg-Saalfeld⁴, Coburg-Gotha³, Gotha-Altenburg⁴, Hildburghausen⁴, Lauenburg, Meiningen

Principalities	Hesse-Homburg · Hohenzollern-Hechingen⁵ · Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen⁵ · Liechtenstein · Lippe · Reuss: Elder, Junior · Schaumburg-Lippe · Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen · Waldeck and Pyrmont

City-states	Bremen · Frankfurt · Hamburg · Lübeck

1: Merged to Anhalt from 1863; 2: until 1847; 3: from 1826; 4: until 1826; 5: until 1850

v • d • e States of the North German Confederation (1866–71)

Kingdoms	Prussia \| Saxony

Grand Duchies	Hesse \| Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz \| Oldenburg \| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Duchies	Anhalt \| Brunswick \| Saxony: Altenburg, Coburg and Gotha, Meiningen

Principalities	Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Lippe \| Reuss: Elder, Junior \| Waldeck-Pyrmont

City-states	Bremen \| Hamburg \| Lübeck

v • d • e States of the German Empire (1871–1918)

Kingdoms	Prussia \| Bavaria \| Saxony \| Württemberg

Grand Duchies	Baden \| Hesse \| Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz \| Oldenburg \| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Duchies	Anhalt \| Brunswick \| Saxony: Altenburg, Coburg and Gotha, Meiningen

Principalities	Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Lippe \| Reuss: Elder, Junior \| Waldeck-Pyrmont

City-states	Bremen \| Hamburg \| Lübeck

Other	Alsace-Lorraine \| Colonial possessions