Free City of Lübeck

The Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck (German: Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck) was a city-state from 1226 to 1937, in what is now the German states of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck (German)
1226–1811
1815–1937
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of the Free City of Lübeck within the German Empire
Territory of the Free City of Lübeck, 1815–1937
StatusFree imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire
Member of the German Confederation
Member of the North German Confederation
State of the German Empire
State of the Weimar Republic
CapitalLübeck
Official languagesGerman
Religion
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the State of Lübeck
GovernmentRepublic
History 
 Gained Imperial immediacy
    from Emperor Frederick II
1226
 Annexed by French Empire
1811
 Regained sovereignty under
    Congress of Vienna

1815
 Abolished by the
    Greater Hamburg Act
1 April 1937
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Holstein
Province of Schleswig-Holstein
Today part ofGermany
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