The Lübeck/Lauenburg region consists of territory of both the Imperial City and Principality of Lübeck when the Holy Roman Empire was terminated in 1806, and the territory of the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg that was absorbed into Guelphic Germany in 1789. All of the current Stadt Lübeck is included. In the current Kreis Ostholstein, ambiguous cases were resolved as follows:
- Four noncontiguous villages awarded to the City of Lübeck in 1802 that had previously been under Holstein sovereignty are included.
- Other villages and adlige Güter administered by citizens or institutions of Lübeck that remained under Holstein sovereignty are excluded (see Southern Holstein region).
- Other villages and Fideikommißgüter that were owned by the Bishop or Prince of Lübeck but that were under Holstein sovereignty are excluded.
Several villages in Kreis Ostholstein had divided jurisdiction. Portions of such villages were assigned to regions independently of each other–for example, a Holstein portion would be assigned to the Holstein region, but a portion in the Bishopric of Lübeck would be assigned to the Lūbeck/Lauenburg region.
As for Lauenburg, the definition includes most of the territory of the current Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg (excepting only the city of Geesthacht and a few villages that belonged to Mecklenburg-Strelitz), some contiguous territory south of the Elbe, and the noncontiguous Amt Neuhaus. It excludes the territory of Land Hadeln. (Hadeln, Geesthacht, and the rest of the Lübeck/Hamburg condominium of Bergedorf are part of the Hamburg region.)
The data base covers different years for each of the three main countries in the region. The start dates are as follows:
- Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg—1554, when it became Protestant;
- Imperial City of Lübeck—1531, when the Cathedral Chapter surrendered its territory in the city;
- Bishopric/Principality of Lübeck—1535, when it became Protestant.
The end dates are as follows:
- Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg (and Lübeck exclaves)—1803, when it fell to France;
- Imperial City of Lübeck (excluding exclaves in Lauenburg but including exclaves in Holstein)—1806, when it fell to France; and
- Bishopric/Principality of Lübeck
- Southern section (Amt Kaltenhof and most of Amt Großvogtei)—1806, when it fell to France; and
- Northern section (Amt Eutin, Amt Kollegiatstift, and exclaves of Amt Großvogtei—1864, when Denmark lost Holstein (which surrounded the northern section) to Austria.
Sources for the Lübeck/Lauenburg region
Countries
in Imperial Germany
- Lübeck Imperial City of Lübeck
in Ecclesiastical Germany
- Lübeck-Eutin Bishopric of Lübeck
in Ascanian Germany
- Lauenburg Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg
- Lauenburg-Gottorp Duchy of Saxe Lauenburg (adm. Holstein-Gottorp)
in Guelphic or British Germany
- Lüneburg-Celle Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg/Principality of Celle
- Hannover Electorate of Hannover
in Oldenburgian or Danish Germany
- Lübeck-Oldenburg Principality of Lübeck
- Oldenburg Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
- Holstein Duchy of Holstein
- Holstein-Lübeck Duchy of Holstein (adm. Lübeck subjects)
- Holstein-Gottorp Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
Subdivisions
Imperial City of Lübeck
- Stadtamt Stadtamt Lübeck
- Travemünde Amt Travemünde
- Ritzerau Amt Ritzerau
- Behlendorf Amt Behlendorf
- Woltersdorf Amt Woltersdorf
- Holstentor Quasi-Amt Holstentor
- Strecknitz Quasi-Amt Strecknitz
- Krummesse Amt Krummesse
- Burgtor Quasi-Amt Burgtor
- Kücknitz St. Johanniskloster (Gericht Kūcknitz)
- Blankensee St. Johanniskloster (Gericht Blankensee)
- Falkenhusen Heiligen Geist Hospital (Gericht Falkenhusen)
- GD Kastorf Lübsche Güter (Samtgericht Kastorf)
- Gut Kummesse
- Gut Rondeshagen
- Gut Schenkenberg
Bishopric or Principality of Lübeck
- Eutin Stadt or Amt Eutin
- Großvogtei Amt Großvogtei
- Kaltenhof Amt Kaltenhof
- Kollegiatstift Amt Kollegiatstift
- Schwartau Amt Schwartau
- Benz Gut Benz
- Wydole Gut Wydole
Lauenburg
- Lauenburg Stadt or Amt Lauenburg
- Franzhagen Vogtei Franzhagen
- Geest Vogtei Geest
- Obermasch Vogtei Obermasch
- Untermasch Vogtei Untermasch
- Vorstädte Vorstadt Gemeinden
- Mölln Stadt Mölln
- Ratzeburg Stadt or Amt Ratzeburg
- Schwarzenbek Amt Schwarzenbek
- Steinhorst Amt Steinhorst
- Neuhaus Amt Neuhaus
- Hausvogtei Hausvogtei
- Haar Vogtei Haar
- Pinnau Vogtei Pinnau
- GD Elbmarsch Quasi-Güterdistrikt Elbmarsch
- Gut Lüdersburg
- GD Lauenburg Quasi-Güterdistrikt Lauenburg
- Gut Basthorst
- Gut Gudow
- Gut Gützow
- Gut Kogel
- Gut Kulpin
- Gut Müssen
- Gut Niendorf am Schaalsee
- Gut Schenkenberg
- Gut Seedorf
- Gut Stintenburg
- Gut Thurow
- Gut Tüschenbek
- Gut Wotersen
- Gut Zecher
- GD Neuhaus Quasi-Güterdistrikt Neuhaus
Holstein (including Holstein-Lübeck)
- Ahrensbök Amt Ahrensbök
- Cismar Amt Cismar
- Rethwisch Amt Rethwisch
- Trittau Amt Trittau
- Weissenrode Lübsche Güter (Gericht Weissenrode)
- Heringsdorf St Johanniskloster (Gericht Heringsdorf)
- Scharbeutz Heiligen Geist Hospital (Gericht Scharbeutz)
- Röbel Stadtstiftsdörfer (Gericht Röbel)