Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern Germany, roughly consisting of the present day district of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (the historical Stargarder Land), bordering areas of modern-day Brandenburg with the town of Fürstenberg and the area around Ratzeburg in modern Schleswig-Holstein. It was established in 1701, roughly on the territory of the former duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. The capital was Neustrelitz. In 1808, the duchy joined the Confederation of the Rhine. The Congress of Vienna recognized it as a grand duchy and member of the German Confederation. Mecklenburg-Strelitz sided with Prussia in the Seven Weeks' War, joined the North German Confederation in 1867, and became a part of the German Empire in 1871. In 1933 it was united with the neighbouring state of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to form the state of Mecklenburg (today part of the Bundesland Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania).
The US county Mecklenburg (Charlotte, North Carolina) is named after Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Strelitz-born princess Charlotte (queen of King George III of the United Kingdom). The flower Strelitzia ("Bird of Paradise") also is in honor of her home country. Queen Luise of Prussia also was a born princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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Dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1658-1815
- Adolf Friedrich II 1658-1708
- Adolf Friedrich III 1708-1752
- Adolf Friedrich IV 1752-1794
- Karl 1794-1815
Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1815-1918
- Karl 1815-1816
- Georg 1816-1860
- Friedrich Wilhelm 1860-1904
- Adolf Friedrich V 1904-1914
- Adolf Friedrich VI 1914-1918
- Franz Friedrich IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Regent) 1918
Chairmen of the State Ministry of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1918-1919
- Peter Franz Stubmann (DDP) 1918-1919
- Hans Krüger (SPD) 1919
Minister-Presidents of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1919-1933
- Karl Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz (SPD) 1919-1923
- Karl Schwabe (DNVP) 1923-1928
- Karl Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz (SPD) 1928-1931
- Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand von Michael (DNVP) 1931-1933
- Fritz Stichtenoth (NSDAP) 1933de:Mecklenburg-Strelitz