Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1352 – 1918 →
Flag Coat of arms
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Schwerin within the German Empire
Capital Schwerin
Government Monarchy
History
 - Established 1352
 - Raised to Grand Duchy 1815
 - Disestablished 1918
Mecklenburg-Schwerin (peach), 1866-1934.
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).

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Ecclesiastical princes Bremen* | Halberstadt* | Hildesheim | Lübeck | Magdeburg* | Ratzeburg (until 1701) | Schwerin*
Secular princes Bremen† | Brunswick: Blankenburg (until 1731), Calenberg‡, Celle, Grubenhagen‡, Lüneburg‡, Wolfenbüttel | 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 1705
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Rank elevated
by Napoleon		 Kingdoms: Bavaria | Saxony | Württemberg
Grand Duchies: Baden | Hesse
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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: Kyrburg, Salm | Schaumburg-Lippe | Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen | Waldeck
* until 1809     ** from 1809       † until 1810     ‡ from 1810
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Empires Austria Map of the German Confederation
Kingdoms Prussia | Bavaria | Saxony | Hanover | Württemberg
Electorates Hesse
Grand Duchies Baden | Hesse | Luxembourg | Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Mecklenburg-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, 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
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Kingdoms Prussia | Saxony | Hanover Coat of arms
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
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Flag of the German Empire States of the German Empire (1871–1918)
Kingdoms Prussia | Bavaria | Saxony | Württemberg Coat of arms of the German Empire
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
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