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County (Principality) of Schaumburg-Lippe Grafschaft (Fürstentum) Schaumburg-Lippe (German) | |||||||||
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| Anthem: Heil unserm Fürsten, heil Hail to our Prince, hail! | |||||||||
.svg) Schaumburg-Lippe within the German Empire | |||||||||
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| Capital | Bückeburg | ||||||||
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• 1807–1860 | George William (first) | ||||||||
• 1911–1918 | Adolf II (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern Europe | ||||||||
| 1647 | |||||||||
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• Raised to principality | 1807 | ||||||||
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• 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, an area of 340 km2 (130 sq mi) and over 40,000 inhabitants.
- ^ A Treatise on Modern Geography, in which are Presented, Under Distinct Heads, the Natural Features, Productions, Zoology, and History of the Various Countries Throughout the World. Dublin: Congregation of the Christian Brothers. 1861. p. 121.