County (Principality) of Schaumburg-Lippe Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Schaumburg-Lippe (German) | |||||||||
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1647–1918 | |||||||||
Anthem: Heil unserm Fürsten, heil Hail to our Prince, hail! | |||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire(1789-1806) State of the Confederation of the Rhine(1806-1813) State of the German Confederation(1815-1866) State of the North German Confederation(1867-1871) State of the German Empire(1871-1918) | ||||||||
Capital | Bückeburg | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Prince | |||||||||
• 1807–1860 | George William (first) | ||||||||
• 1911–1918 | Adolf II (last) | ||||||||
Historical era | Early modern Europe | ||||||||
1647 | |||||||||
1777 | |||||||||
• Raised to principality | 1807 | ||||||||
1918 | |||||||||
1946 | |||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1861 | 29,000[1] | ||||||||
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Schaumburg-Lippe, also called Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807 and a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg and an area of 340 km2 (131 sq mi) and over 40,000 inhabitants.
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