A large portrait of Grand Duke Georg has recently gone on display in Neustrelitz at the Kulturquartier Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The portrait was handed over to the Kulturquartier in April by HH The Duke of Mecklenburg who has acquired it from HSH Prince Ernst August of Lippe. The portrait which is belived to date from around 1880…
On Monday 29 January 2018 a conference organised by the Mecklenburg Foundation (Stiftung Mecklenburg) and attended by over 200 participants was held at the Cultural Quarter in Neustrelitz to provide a forum to discuss future plans for the area where the Neustrelitz Palace stood and which has been empty since the destruction of the palace…
Her Highness Duchess Olga today attended the annual meeting of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz Cultural Heritage Society at the Cultural Quarter in Neustrelitz, followed immediately by an event commemorating the historic ties between Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Montenegro. Joining Her Highness and the other guests in Neustrelitz was the Ambassador of Montenegro to Germany, His Excellency Dr. Ranko Vujačić,…
On Friday 22 April Their Highnesses The Duke and Duchess, Duchess Olga and Duke Michael attended the opening of the permanent exhibition to the history of Mecklenburg-Strelitz at the Cultural Quarter in Neustrelitz. His Highness The Duke was among those to give a welcome speech at the opening. Speaking to the 200 guests in attendance…
Their Highnesses the Duke and Duchess, along with their sons Duke Alexander and Duke Michael have recently concluded a visit to Mecklenburg to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the raising of the Mecklenburg duchy’s to grand ducal status by the Congress of Vienna. The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin achieved this status first on 14 June 1815…
The Duke Carl Borwin Memorial House (Herzog Carl Borwin Gedächtnis Stiftung) in Neustrelitz has been reopened on the 100th anniversary of its founding by Grand Duchess Elisabeth (born Princess of Anhalt) on what would have been the 22nd birthday of her younger son Duke Carl Borwin (1888-1908). Click here for some images of the Memorial…
