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Lauenburg (sh)




Region and former duchy, northern Germany.

It was established as a duchy under the Ascanian dynasty in the 13th century. In 1728 George Louis, elector of Hanover, became its ruler, thereby attaching it to Hanover. It came under Prussia after the Danish-Prussian War of 1864. The duchy was abolished in 1918, and the region has been part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein since 1946.