Grand ducal time

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The years from 1743 to 1773 in the ducal portions of the Duchy of Holstein , which were ruled from Oranienbaum during this time, are referred to as the grand ducal era .

Historical background

As a result of the Great Northern War , the ducal line Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf finally lost its shares in the Duchy of Schleswig, which had been occupied by Denmark since 1713, in the Peace of Frederiksborg . The ducal line ruled only over its shares in Holstein , the offices of Kiel , Neumünster , Bordesholm , Reinbek , Trittau and Cismar .

Peter III , who came from the House of Romanow-Holstein-Gottorp . Which since 1739 Duke of Holstein-Gottorf and since the end of 1742 Russian heir to the throne ( Grand Duke ) was united in 1762 in personal union the ducal title with the Russian Empire . The ducal shares in Holstein were ruled from Russia, the interests of the Tsar Dukes in the country were looked after by officials such as Caspar von Saldern or Friedrich von Buchwaldt .

Under Tsarina Catherine the Great , the Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo was concluded in 1773 , in which the ducal shares of Holstein were ceded to the Danish king, who was already duke of the royal shares, in an exchange of territory. This ended the grand ducal era and the nationwide era , i.e. the time when the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein belonged to the entire Danish state , began. During the grand ducal era - after the end of the Northern War - a long period of peace began in Holstein, which was characterized by economic prosperity .

literature

  • Carsten R. Rasmussen, Elke Imberger, Dieter Lohmeier, Ginger Mommsen: The princes of the country. Dukes and Counts of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg ("De slesvigske hertuger", 2005). Wachholtz, Neumünster 2008, ISBN 978-3-529-02606-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Olaf Klose : History of the Christian Albrechts University Kiel 1665-1965 . Volume 1, Part 2 [book review], Journal of the Society for Schleswig-Holstein History , Vol. 91, p. 304
  2. ↑ Walther Mediger: Moscow's way to Europe. The rise of Russia to a European power state in the age of Frederick the Great. Westermann, Braunschweig 1952, p. 739
  3. ^ Eckardt Opitz: Schleswig-Holstein - The country and its history in pictures, texts and documents. 3rd revised edition. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-8319-0084-1 . P. 124.