By which geographic names has Schaumburg-Lippe been known and what is its LDS Library reference place name?
At the time of the Thirty Years War, Schaumburg was divided into Schaumburg and Schaumburg-Lippe. Schaumburg became known as Hesse-Kassel and Schaumburg-Lippe became a democratic republic until it was suppressed by the Nazis. After WW II, in 1946, the British administration united Schaumburg-Lippe, Hannover, Braunschweig and Oldenburg to form a new state of Lower Saxony. In 1977 Schaumburg and Schaumburg-Lippe again were merged. Since unification in 1990 Lower Saxony is one of the sixteen states in the Federal Republic of Germany. The reference place name is Germany, Schaumburg-Lippe.
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