Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany . Neighboring districts were (from the north clockwise) Demmin , Ostvorpommern Uecker-Randow , the districts Uckermark , Oberhavel and Ostprignitz-Ruppin in Brandenburg , and the district Müritz . The district-free city Neubrandenburg was nearly surrounded by the district.
5-592: Joseph Zedner (10 February 1804 – 10 October 1871) was a German Jewish bibliographer and librarian. After completing his education, he acted as teacher in the Jewish school in Strelitz ( Mecklenburg ), where the lexicographer Daniel Sanders was his pupil. In 1832 he became a tutor to the family of the book-seller A. Asher in Berlin, and later engaged in the book-trade himself; but being unsuccessful he accepted in 1845
10-633: A position as librarian of the Hebrew department of the British Museum in London. There he remained until 1869, when ill health compelled him to resign and to retire to Berlin, where he spent the last two years of his life. Shortly after his appointment, the British Museum acquired the library of the bibliophile Heimann J. Michael of Hamburg, which Zedner catalogued. Zedner was the author of
15-537: The duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . This duchy was established in 1701 after the former duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow ceased to exist. The area of the district is roughly identical with the old duchy's main territory, the Stargarder Land . The old duchy included an exclave around Ratzeburg , which is today situated in Schleswig-Holstein . Southern parts of the older Mecklenburg-Strelitz, including
20-581: The following works: He contributed to Asher's edition of the Travels of Benjamin of Tudela (London, 1840), and wrote poems on two collections of portraits ( Ehret die Frauen, and Edelsteine und Perlen, Berlin, 1836–45). While in London, he published a second edition of Ibn Ezra 's commentary on the Book of Esther , to which he wrote an introduction entitled "Wa-Yosef Abraham." Mecklenburg-Strelitz (district) The name of this district traces back to
25-563: The town of Fürstenberg , today belong to Brandenburg 's Oberhavel district. The capital of the duchy was the town of Strelitz, which was completely destroyed in a fire in 1712. After this disaster the duke ordered a new town built at the shore of a small lake called the Zierker See. This town became Neustrelitz (= "New Strelitz"). Mecklenburg-Strelitz District was established by merging the three previous districts of Neubrandenburg, Neustrelitz and Strasburg in 1994. On 4 September 2011, it
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