District of Duchy of Lauenburg

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Duchy of Lauenburg
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Capital	Ratzeburg
Government
• District admin.	Christoph Mager (CDU)
Area
• Total	1,263 km2 (488 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)[1]
• Total	203,712
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	RZ
Website	herzogtum-lauenburg.de

Duchy of Lauenburg (‹See Tfd›German: Herzogtum Lauenburg; German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁt͡soːktuːm ˈlaʊ̯ənˌbʊʁk] ^ⓘ) is the southernmost Kreis, or district, officially called District of Duchy of Lauenburg (‹See Tfd›German: Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg; German pronunciation: [kʁaɪ̯s ˈhɛʁt͡soːktuːm ˈlaʊ̯ənˌbʊʁk] ^ⓘ), of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bordered by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Stormarn, the city of Lübeck, the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (districts of Nordwestmecklenburg and Ludwigslust-Parchim), the state of Lower Saxony (districts of Lüneburg and Harburg), and the city state of Hamburg. The district of Herzogtum Lauenburg is named after the former Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg.