The first of the two annual memorial services for deceased members of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz took place at 2pm today in the Church of St John on the Castle Island in Mirow. The memorial service is held annually on the penultimate Saturday of August and has taken place every year since 1996. The service…
The 13th seasonal opening of the Queen Luise of Prussia memorial took place at a snow covered Schloss Hohenziertz this morning with speeches and a concert for those in attendance. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the creation of the memorial. The speakers at the event were Mr Engel the head of the memorial…
Around 125 people filled out the chapter house of the former monastery of Inzigkofen at 10.30 this morning to celebrate the 80th birthday of His Highness Duke Carl Gregor (born 14 March 1933 in Remplin) where a Jazz Matinee was held to mark the occasion. Performing at the matinee was the group the “Jazz Matics”…
On Friday 8 February, His Highness Hereditary Prince Alexander was a guest at the 2013 Viennese Gala Ball at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. The ball is an annual event organised by the American Friends of Austria. The Hereditary Prince is closely related to the Austrian Imperial Family through his late grandmother Archduchess Ilona of…
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…
The State Museum of the History of St Petersburg will be running an exhibition on a collection of 200 rare Russian, English and French books from the 18th to 19th century filled with illustrations, engravings and lithographs. The books were collected by Duke Georg Alexander (1859-1909) and his family who were the owners of one…
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…
