Principality of Ratzeburg
Fürstentum Ratzeburg
1701–1815
Coat of arms of Ratzeburg
Coat of arms
The Principality of Ratzeburg (left-hand yellow territory) within the Duchy of Mecklenburg
The Principality of Ratzeburg (left-hand yellow territory) within the Duchy of Mecklenburg
History 
• Treaty of Hamburg
1701
1815
Today part ofGermany

The Principality of Ratzeburg was a former state, existing from 1648 to 1918. It belonged to the imperially immediate territory of Duchy of Mecklenburg and was part of the Holy Roman Empire. Mecklenburg was split up in the third partition of Mecklenburg in the 1701 Treaty of Hamburg, which created the semi-ducal states of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, with the latter made up of the Principality of Ratzeburg and the Lordship of Stargard. Most of the Principality is now within the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

History

1648-1806

1815-1918

Later developments

Territories

18th century administrative divisions

Coat of arms

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