Ratzeburg is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated in the middle of four lakes, that leave just narrow access paths to the town. Ratzeburg is the capital of the Kreis (district) of Lauenburg. Population 12,300 (1999). Ratzeburg coat of arms This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ... Lauenburg (in full Herzogtum Lauenburg, Duchy of Lauenburg) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ...

The town was founded in the 11th century. The name is believed to be derived from the local Slavic ruler Ratibor, who was nicknamed Ratse. In the year 1044 Christian missionaries under the leadership of the monk Ansverus came into the region and built a monastery. It was destroyed in a pagan rebellion in 1066, the monks were stoned to death. Today monuments to the missionaries in two of the town's churches commemorate these events. Ansverus was later sainted, his bones were entombed in the Ratzeburg cathedral. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Slavic peoples are the most numerous linguistic body of peoples currently living in Europe. ... Events King Anawrahta seizes the throne of Pagan, Myanmar Births Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known as The Cid (d. ... Within a Christian context, Paganism (from Latin paganus) and Heathenry are catch-all terms which have come to connote a broad set of spiritual/religious beliefs and practices of a natural religion, as opposed to the Abrahamic religions. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events January 6 - Harold II is crowned King of England the day after Edward the Confessor dies. ...

Henry the Lion became the ruler of the town in 1143 and established a bishopric in 1154. Later it became a Prince Bishopric, whose ruler was sovereign and as such had a vote at the Imperial Diet. Ratzeburg was the last catholic state in north Germany, until the death of Prince-Bishop Georg von Blumenthal in 1550. Later the city became part of the duchy of Sachsen-Lauenburg. The cathedral and its surroundings, however, became part of the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1648 to 1937. The town was almost completely destroyed in 1693, when Christian V of Denmark shot Ratzeburg to ashes. After this event it was rebuilt in Baroque style. Coronation of Henry the Lion and Matilda of England (1188) Henry the Lion (face of statue on his tomb in Brunswick Cathedral) Henry the Lion (1129 - August 6, 1195; in German, Heinrich der Löwe) was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony as Henry III since... Jump to: navigation, search Events Celestine II is elected pope. ... In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ... Events King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by his adopted son Henry Plantagenet who becomes King Henry II of England, aged 21. ... Jump to: navigation, search Von Blumenthal was a noble family from Brandenburg, Prussia. ... Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern Germany, roughly consisting of the present day district of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (the historical Stargarder Land), bordering areas of modern-day Brandenburg with the town of Fürstenberg and the area around Ratzeburg in modern Schleswig-Holstein. ... // Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christian V Christian V (April 15, 1646 - August 25, 1699), was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670-1699. ... Jump to: navigation, search Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that...

From 1945 to 1989 the Iron Curtain ran just east of the town, putting it on the border with East Germany. Jump to: navigation, search 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the summer of 1989, the foreign ministers of Austria and Hungary, Alois Mock and Gyula Horn, ceremonially cut through the border defences separating their countries. ... The German Democratic Republic (GDR) (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), also commonly known as East Germany, was a communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ...