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…
Today the second of the two annual memorial services for deceased members of the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was held at the family crypt in Inzigkofen, Sigmaringen. The crypt has served as a final resting place for members of the Grand Ducal House since the passing in 1955 of Duchess Irina, the first wife…
The head of the Grand Ducal House His Highness Duke Borwin this weekend returned to Germany having concluded his visit to St Petersburg and Oranienbaum in Russia. The Duke arrived in Russia last Wednesday in order to attend a series of events commemorating the 150th anniversary of the St Petersburg Conservatory and the 20th anniversary…
The first of the two annual memorial services for deceased members of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was held today at 1pm at the Church of St John on Castle Island in Mirow. The Mirow memorial service has been held every year since 1996 and takes place on the penultimate Saturday of August, a second memorial…
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…
At the 3 Queen’s Palace on the Castle Island in Mirow, Dr Rajko Lippert today gave a lecture titled “the history of the Duchy”. The lecture was the first of three lectures on the legacy of the Duke’s of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. A further two lectures are to take place on the 3rd of March and the…
At the Castle Island in Mirow the Festival of Lights took place this evening. The event was held to mark the death 193 years ago today of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Great Britain the consort of King George III. The event began in the Church of St John where Dr Rajko Lippert the Grand…
Their Highnesses Duke Borwin, Duchess Alice and Duke Carl Gregor today attended the annual memorial service at the family crypt in Inzigkofen. The family members buried in the crypt are Duke Georg, his wives Duchess Irene (nee Raievskya) and Duchess Charlotte (born Archduchess of Austria), his daughter Duchess Helene and Duchess Maria Margarethe (born Princess…
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…
Members of the Grand Ducal Family today attended the baptism of Baroness Helena von Reitzenstein. Born in Munich on 7 July 2011 she is the daughter of Baroness Natalia von Reitzenstein and her husband Baron Constantin von Reitzenstein who married on 26th June 2010. Helena von Reitzenstein is the first grandchild of Her Highness Duchess…
