Presenting this years Christmas Card from the Grand Ducal Family featuring the Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg, Duchess Olga, Duke Alexander, his fiancée Hande Macit and Duke Michael. The Grand Ducal Family are very grateful for the hundreds of Christmas Cards they receive each year. Due to the volume of requests they receive to send…
On the weekend of 20-21 December the Duke Alexander, Duke Michael and Duchess Olga paid a short visit to Mecklenburg. Duke Alexander and Duke Michael have returned to Germany for the holiday period from the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands respectively where they are currently studying. On Saturday 20 December their Highnesses spent the…
Neustrelitz, the capital of the former Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, has officially regained the title “Royal Residence” (German: Residenzstadt). The government of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the Minister of the Interior, Lorenz Caffier, have now given the necessary approval to the decision taken by the parliament of the City of Neustrelitz back in…
In a tribute to the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and its history the parliament of the City of Neustrelitz has voted to return the title Royal Residence (German: Residenzstadt) to the former royal capital of Neustrelitz. Once the decision is confirmed by the Ministry of the Interior in Schwerin the signs on roads leading into the…
On 10 March the 12th seasonal opening of the Luise Memorial at Schloss Hohenziertz took place. The opening of the memorial this year falls on the 236th anniversary of the birth of the subject of the memorial, Queen Luise of Prussia, who died at Schloss Hohenziertz in 1810. Queen Luise was a daughter of Grand…
A meeting took place today at the Catholic Church and the ‘Mecklenburger Hof’ hotel in Mirow on the history of the former St John Commandery of Mirow during its time as part of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The Commandery of Mirow was acquired by the House of Mecklenburg in the 1648 Peace of Westphalia from the Order of…
The annual memorial service for deceased members of the Grand Ducal Family took place at 2pm this afternoon at the Church of St John and the Grand Ducal Crypt on the Castle Island in Mirow. The service which first took place in 1996 is held each year on the penultimate Saturday of August. The memorial…
Vandalia, which became the anthem of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz up until 1918, was played for the first time 175 years ago today on the birthday of Grand Duke Georg in the Orangerie at Schloss Neustrelitz. The anthem was the work of the author Johann Friedrich Bahrdt who wrote the lyrics and the composer…
In Schwerin the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Interior Ministry formally approved the creation of the non-profit “Mecklenburg-Strelitz Foundation of Culture” (Kulturstiftung Mecklenburg-Strelitz) which will be supported by His Highness Duke Borwin and political leaders from all the parties in the Mecklenburg-Strelitz county parliament.(see also the previous news entry)
A concert was held at Schloss Hohenzieritz to mark the end of the season of the Queen Luise of Prussia special exhibition, the “Year of Queen Luise”. Speeches were made to the 200 guests by the head of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz county parliament Dr. Michael Koerner, the ambassador of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania to the German Federation, Dr.…
