|date_start = <!--- Optional: Date of establishment, as [[1 January]], [[1801]]--->
|event_end = [[Secularisation|Secularised]] to [[Mecklenburg-Schwerin|M-Schwerin]]
|date_end = <!--- Optional: Date of disestablishment --->
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|p1 = Duchy of Saxony
|image_p1 = [[File:Coat of arms of Saxony.svg|20px|Duchy of Saxony]]
|s1 = Mecklenburg-Schwerin
|flag_s1 = Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg
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|capital = Schwerin
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|footnotes = <!--- Accepts wikilinks --->
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'''Schwerin''' is the [[capital (city)|capital city]] of the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]]. It has a [[population]] of 97,000. It is the second biggest [[city]] (behind [[Rostock]]) in the state. It is the smallest capital of a German state.
