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	Lauenburg (district)
		Lauenburg (in full Herzogtum Lauenburg, ="duchy of Lauenburg") is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
		The district calls itself "duchy of Lauenburg", since it goes back to the medieval duchy of Lauenburg, which was the last remnant of the first Saxon state.
		The duchy of Lauenburg remained almost unchanged, until it lost its independency in 1689, when it was annexed by Hanover.
	www.publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/l/la/lauenburg__district_.html (432 words)

	Lauenburg (district)
		Lauenburg is a Kreis (district) in the southeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
		The district of Lauenburg is sometimes called the "duchy of Lauenburg", since it was a duchy from 1260 to 1689.
		Towns in the district of Lauenburg: Ratzeburg, Lauenburg, Mölln, Geesthacht, Schwarzenbek.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/la/Lauenburg_(district).html (168 words)

	Lauenburg (district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lauenburg (in full Herzogtum Lauenburg, "Duchy of Lauenburg") is the southernmost district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
		The district calls itself "Duchy of Lauenburg", since it goes back to the medieval Duchy of Lauenburg, which was one of the remnants of the original Duchy of Saxony.
		While the territory of Saxony-Wittenberg changed drastically over the centuries, the Duchy of Lauenburg remained almost unchanged, until it lost its independence in 1689, when it was inherited by the Principality of Lüneburg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kreis_Herzogtum_Lauenburg (936 words)

	Duchy of Lauenburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Duchy of Lauenburg, also known as Saxe-Lauenburg was a medieval Duchy (Reichsfreiheit) that existed from 1296 in the extreme southeast region of Schleswig-Holstein with its territorial center in the modern district of Lauenburg.
		In addition to the core territories around the town of Lauenburg/Elbe, at times other territories belonged to Duchy: the Land Hadeln in the area of the delta of the River Elbe and the Amt Neuhaus in the district of Lüneburg (district).
		The Duchy was established by partitioning of the Duchy of Saxony.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saxe-Lauenburg (255 words)

	LAUENBURG - LoveToKnow Article on LAUENBURG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Lauenburg, or Saxe-Lauenburg, as it is generally called, became a separate duchy ruled by his son.
		In 1803 the duchy was occupied by the French, and in 1810 it was incorporated with France.
		In 1848, when Prussia made war on Denmark, Lauenburg was occupied at her own request by some Hanoverian troops, and was then administered for three years under the authority of the German confedoration, being restored to Denmark in 1851.
	15.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LAUENBURG.htm (623 words)

	Lauenburg
		It is situated at the northern bank of the Elbe river, east of Hamburg.
		Lauenburg belongs to the Kreis (district) of Lauenburg.
		The town was founded in 1182 by Bernard of Ascania, the ancestor of the dukes of Lauenburg.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/la/Lauenburg.html (74 words)

	Lauenburg on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The duchy belonged to a branch of the house of Saxony from the 12th to the late 17th cent., when it passed to the house of Hanover.
		Lauenburg was occupied by France from 1803 to 1813.
		Lauenburg was incorporated into the province of Schleswig-Holstein in 1876 and ceased to be a duchy in 1918.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/Lauenbur.asp (195 words)

	Lauenburg (district): Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Lauenburg (in full Herzogtum Lauenburg, ="duchy of Lauenburg") is a district in Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-holstein is the northernmost of the 16 bundesländer in germany....
		The district calls itself "duchy of Lauenburg", since it goes back to the medieval duchy of Lauenburg, which was the last remnant of the first Saxon A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman conquest
		The duchy of Lauenburg remained almost unchanged, until it lost its independency in 1689, when it was annexed by Hanover The English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /l/lauenburg_district (1125 words)

	Lauenburg: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This article discusses the Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-holstein is the northernmost of the 16 bundesländer in germany....
		Lauenburg is a town in Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-holstein is the northernmost of the 16 bundesländer in germany....
		Lauenburg belongs to the Kreis (district) of Lauenburg Lauenburg (in full herzogtum lauenburg, ="duchy of lauenburg") is a district in schleswig-holstein, germany....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /l/lauenburg (443 words)

	Duchy of Lauenburg 1261-1918 (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		According to William R. Shepherd's Historical Atlas 1929, Lauenburg was given to Hannover in 1689 and continued in its possession to the Napoleonic era.
		When Lauenburg was conquered by the Prussians in 1864, the assembly of noblemen (in German die Ritterschaft) made a decision on 21 October, that they would join in a personal union with Prussia under the condition that Lauenburg was considered a German Duchy (Herzogtum) in itself.
		It can be noted, that Lauenburg would have become Prussian already in 1815 (1816?), if Denmark hadn't traded it for the northern part of Hither Pomerania, which Denmark had got in 1814 from Sweden in exchange for Norway.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de-lb_hi.html (497 words)

	Schleswig-Holstein Encyclopedia @ 209.68.55.237 () (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Furthermore, the Duchy of Lauenburg and the former Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck in the southeast of the state are part of today's Schleswig-Holstein.
		The Duchy of Schleswig was originally an integral part of Denmark, but was in medieval times established as a fief under the Kingdom of Denmark, with the same relation to the Danish Crown as for example Brandenburg or Bavaria vis-à-vis the Holy Roman Emperor.
		Supposedly Otto von Bismarck decreed the two lions were facing the nettle because of the discomfort to their bottoms which would have resulted if the lions faced away from it.
	209.68.55.237 /encyclopedia/Schleswig-Holstein (1348 words)

	Economic Development Corporation in the Duchy of Lauenburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Newly settled enterprises in the Duchy of Lauenburg, 1989 - 2005
		The cumulative settlement of enterprises in the Duchy of Lauenburg County has shown positive growth during the period 1989 to 2005.
		Starting in 1989, through the booming years from 1990 to 1992 immediately after the reunification, and continuing through 2005, a total of 456 firms have settled in the Duchy of Lauenburg.
	www.wfl.de /neu/eng/wfl/ergeb_ansiedel.htm (130 words)

	Hanover (state) (hanover (state) info) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a state of the Holy Roman Empire, was frequently subdivided into different principalities, each of which was ruled by a duke; one of these was the Principality of Calenberg.
		The territory of the Duchy was at this time confined to the area east of the mouth of the Vistula, near the present border between Poland and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
		In 1618 the Duchy was inherited by the Elector John Sigismund of Brandenburg, who was at the same time ruler of Prussia and Brandenburg, a German state centered on Berlin and ruled since the 15th century by the Hohenzollern dynasty.
	midwayeilanden.nl.wikimiki.info /en/Hanover+(state) (8141 words)

	Schleswig-Holstein - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The former Duchy of Holstein constitutes the southern part of Schleswig-Holstein, whereas Southern Schleswig constitutes the northern part.
		The Duchy of Schleswig was originally an integral part of Denmark, but was in medieval times established as a fief under the Kingdom of Denmark, with the same relation to the Danish Crown as for example Brandenburg or Bavaria had to the German Emperor.
		Around 1100 the Duke of Saxony gave Holstein, as it was his own country, to Count Adolf I of Schauenburg, and the Sovereign Family thereby gave up their country to prevent a conflict.
	schleswigholstein.quickseek.com (1646 words)

	Holiday between the north sea and the baltic sea in schleswig-holstein
		The Duchy of Lauenburg, a landscape filled with adventure, is located amidst the many forests and hills in the south of Schleswig-Holstein between the Elbe, the Baltic Sea and Hamburg.
		Idyllic cities such as Mölln, Ratzeburg, Lauenburg and Geesthacht are found on the route.
		Discover the Duchy of Lauenburg – right outside the gates of the Hanseatic cities Lübeck and Hamburg.
	www.schleswig-holstein.info /english/lauenburg.php (142 words)

	Lauenburg Succession Conflict, 1689-1693
		The Duchy of Sachsen-Lauenburg became an object contested by her neighbours, when Duke Julius Franz died in 1689 without leaving behind a son.
		When this demand was denied, the Danish troops conquered and destroyed the fortress city of Ratzeburg - the city, except for the Cathedral district (which belonged to Mecklenburg) was part of the Duchy of Lauenburg.
		Emperor Leopold I. did not interfere directly, as he was involved in the War of the Grand Alliance 1689-1697 against France.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/17cen/lauenburg16891693.html (296 words)

	Economic Development in the Duchy of Lauenburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		"It is our aim to create opportunities in the Duchy of Lauenburg for firms to set up, to develop, to expand here and to operate successfully.
		We, the WFL team (Lauenburg Business Development Association team), therefore consider it important to offer, in conjunction with local authorities, the best possible framework and conditions for expanding and innovative businesses, for those moving into and within our region, for entrepreneurs and for the existing local businesses.
		At the same time we are boosting the basic level of subsistence for the people in this region, of which there are approximately 185,000.
	www.wfl.de /neu/eng/wfl/ziele.htm (128 words)

	Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
		The region between Sachsenwald Forest and Lake Schaalsee in Duchy of Lauenburg County is often called a landscape out of a picture-book, with its idyllic, untouched lakes, the ancient villages with their half-timbered and stonework churches and famous manor houses, and the towns like Ratzeburg, Mölln and Lauenburg snuggling into the beautiful countryside.
		Here, landscape painters don’t need to add any ornamental flourishes, they can just copy Nature along with what Man has added randomly and artificially, and thus create a picture that is immediately a pleasure to any beholder – those were the words of an English gentleman in the last century.
		But there were famous people among the inhabitants of Herzogtum Lauenburg County as well: Ernst Barlach, A. Paul Weber, and Otto Fürst von Bismarck of course.
	www.investment-in-germany.de /english/germany/schleswig-holstein.htm (310 words)

	Tourismus-Agentur Schleswig-Holstein GmbH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The five regions - North Sea, Baltic Sea, Duchy of Lauenburg, Inland, Holsteinische Schweiz and the towns and cities — are all typical of Schleswig-Holstein, but at the same time each of them has its own quite individual character.
		Low and high tide, green dykes and unparalleled sand dunes at the North Sea, mile long beaches at the Baltic.
		Golden-yellow fields of rape, still lakes, castles and mansions in the Holsteinische Schweiz, forests, fens, and the Elbe-Lübeck Canal in the Duchy of Lauenburg.
	www.sh-tourism.de /content/723.php (240 words)

	nachrichtenagentur* - the touristical news service from Schleswig-Holstein
		The Baltic coast is a destination for families and couples, for those who want to enjoy and discover.
		The Duchy of Lauenburg has three main areas of attraction: along the Alte Salzstraße - a former Hanseatic League trade route which is today a cycle path - lie the historic towns of Lüneburg, Mölln, Ratzeburg and Lübeck.
		And finally the Elbe - one of the most beautiful river landscapes in Europe - with the Elbe cycle path, the small mariners town of Lauenburg and modern Geesthacht.
	www.sh-nachrichtenagentur.de /en/meldung_lang.aspx?ID=588 (1000 words)

	Description of Stubben / Herzogtum Lauenburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Stubben is a village west of the city of Ratzeburg and belongs to county Herzogtum Lauenburg.
		The residents belonged to the parish of the Eichede church in Stormarn, however, and not the Sandesneben church, which is also in the duchy of Lauenburg but further away.
		In Low German, a Stubben is the stump of a sawed off tree trunk.
	www.peter-doerling.de /Geneal/Eichede/Stubben_history.htm (385 words)

	Schoolmaster's House Germany \| Self Catering Breaks
		The former schoolmaster's house is in the Duchy of Lauenburg nature reserve just south of Luebeck.
		There is a quiet lake for bathing nearby in the forest.
		In one of Germany's most beautiful areas, the Duchy of Lauenburg.
	www.self-catering-breaks.com /Properties/Prop27334.htm (345 words)

	Schleswig Holstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		(Includes the former Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein with Lauenburg [excl.
		Northern Schleswig], the free city of Lübeck, and the principality of Ratzeburg [grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz])
		11 Aug 1261 Duchy of Lauenburg (Herzogtum Lauenburg; very formally
	www.vdiest.nl /Europa/Germany/schleswig_holstein.htm (164 words)

	Urlaub im Naturpark - Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg - Schleswig-Holstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Urlaub im Naturpark - Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg - Schleswig-Holstein
		Let us help arrange your holiday in North Germany
		interested in promoting tourism in one of Germany's most beautiful areas, the Duchy of Lauenburg.
	www.ferien-lauenburgische-seen.de /eng/start_eng.htm (182 words)

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