Kiel Treaty (1867)

The Kiel Treaty was a treaty signed on February 23, 1867 between Grand Duke Peter II of Oldenburg and Prussia , in which Prussia ceded part of Holstein .

background

As a result of the German-Danish War of 1864, Holstein fell to Austria and Schleswig to Prussia in 1865 . After the German War of 1866, Prussia annexed the Duchy of Holstein in 1867 , whereupon Peter II (as Gottorper ) asserted his inheritance claims to parts of Holstein against Prussia , which had already been made in 1864 . The aim of Oldenburg was to round off the principality of Lübeck , which had been made up of two parts since the Plön Treaty of 1843, and to unite it into one area.

Content of the contract

With the Kiel Treaty , concluded in Kiel on February 23, 1867 , Prussia ceded Peter II of Oldenburg in return for a waiver of his inheritance claims:

• The Office Ahrensbök (without the village Travenhorst ) (with the stain community Ahrensbök , with the Vorwerk Ahrensbök , Barg Horst , Barkau , Curau , Dakendorf , Ekelsdorf , Gießelrade , Gnissau , Grebe Hagen , Grone Mountain , United Steinrade , Haffkrug , Havekost , Hohenhorst , Holsten village , Kesdorf , Lebatz , Middelburg , Neuhof , Ottendorf , Pönitz , Schwienkuhlen , Siblin , Spechserholz , Steenrade , Süsel with the Vorwerk Süsel , Tankenrade and Woltersmühlen ).
• The Eckhorst , Mori (with Klein Steinrade and Ravensbusch ) and Stockelsdorf (with Mariental and Fackenburg ) estates that belong to Holstein and are owned in Lübeck
• The Holstein- owned villages Böbs and Schwochel, which are owned by the Heilig-Geist-Hospital in Lübeck
• The sovereignty over the Dieksee
• In addition, Prussia paid compensation of one million thalers .

Association with the Principality of Lübeck

On June 19, 1867, the areas ceded by Prussia became part of the Principality of Lübeck , which thus formed a closed unit and also had access to the Baltic Sea .

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• Walter Körber - Churches in Vizelins Land, Eutin 1977
• Otto Rönnpag - How four Baltic seaside resorts came to the North Sea region of Oldenburg; in: Jahrbuch für Heimatkunde - Eutin, Eutin 1987 (pages 74–78)
• Otto Rönnpag - Why are there “Oldenburg Baltic Sea Baths” on the Bay of Lübeck ?; in: Jahrbuch für Heimatkunde - Eutin, Eutin 2005, (pages 175–177)
• Private website for the "Large Eutin District"
• Schleswig-Holstein Province at the Leibniz Institute for European History in Mainz (PDF; 28 kB)