Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Großherzogtum Mecklenburg-Strelitz
State of the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, and the German Empire
1815–1918
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Mecklenburg-Strelitz within the German Empire
Capital		Neustrelitz
Government		Monarchy
Grand Duke
•	1815–1816	Charles II
•	1816–1860	George
•	1860–1904	Frederick William
•	1904–1914	Adolphus Frederick V
•	1914–1918	Adolphus Frederick VI
History
•	Raised to Grand Duchy	1815
•	German Revolution	1918
Area
•	1905	2,926 km² (1,130 sq mi)
Population
•	1905 est.	103,451
Density		35.4 /km²  (91.6 /sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Today part of		Germany

The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a territory in Northern Germany, held by the younger line of the House of Mecklenburg residing in Neustrelitz. Like the neighbouring Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, it was a sovereign member state of the German Confederation and became a federated state of the North German Confederation and finally of the German Empire upon the unification of 1871. After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918–19 it was succeeded by the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

It consisted of two detached parts of the Mecklenburg region: the larger Lordship of Stargard with the residence of Neustrelitz to the southeast of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and the Principality of Ratzeburg on the west. The first was bounded by the Prussian provinces of Pomerania and Brandenburg, the second bordered on the Duchy of Lauenburg (incorporated into the Province of Schleswig-Holstein in 1876) and the territory of the Free City of Lübeck. Major towns beside Neustrelitz included Neubrandenburg, Friedland, Woldegk, Stargard, Fürstenberg, and Wesenberg. The Grand Duchy also comprised the former commandries of the Knights Hospitaller in Mirow and Nemerow.