Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a Duchy (from 1815 a Grand Duchy) in northeastern Germany, formed by a partition of the Duchy of Mecklenburg. Ruled by the Nikloting dynasty, it was a relatively poor state along the Baltic littoral. After the fall of the monarchies in 1918, it remained a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. In 1933, after the onset of Nazi rule, it was united with the smaller neighboring state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz to form the united state of Mecklenburg.

Presidents of the State Ministry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1850-1919

• Hans Adolf Karl Graf von Bülow 1850-1858
• Jasper Joachin Bernhard Wilhelm von Oertzen 1858-1869
• Henning Carl Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz 1869-1885
• Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow 1886-1901
• Karl Heinrich Ludwig Graf von Bassewitz-Levetzow 1901-1914
• Adolf Ferdinand Helmut August Wilhelm Langfeld 1914-1918
• Hugo Wendorff (DDP) 1918-1919