Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
County (Principality) of Schaumburg-Lippe | |||||||||
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| 1647–1918 | |||||||||
| Anthem: Heil unserm Fürsten, heil Hail to our Prince, hail! | |||||||||
Schaumburg-Lippe within the German Empire | |||||||||
| Status |
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| Capital | Bückeburg | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
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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.