Editing Wismar (section)

===Under Swedish rule===
{{main|Swedish Wismar}}

[[File:Atlas Van der Hagen-KW1049B10 065-De Belegeringh van Wismar.jpeg|thumb|left|Siege of Wismar of 1675]]
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
| Part_of     = Historic Centres of [[Stralsund]] and Wismar
| Image       = Wismar, Marktplatz mit dem Staffelgiebelhaus, Haus der Alte Schwede und der wiederaufgebauten Gaststätte Reuterhaus.jpg
| Caption     = ''Alter Schwede'', c. 1380
| Criteria    = Cultural: ii, iv
| ID          = 1067-002
| Year        = 2002
| Area        = 88 ha
| Buffer_zone = 108 ha
}}
With the [[Peace of Westphalia]] of 1648 Wismar came under the territorial control of [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]]. Through the acquisition of Wismar and other [[Dominions of Sweden|dominions]] in the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the [[Monarchy of Sweden|Kings of Sweden]] in their role as [[Princes of the Holy Roman Empire|imperial princes]] were entitled to a seat in the [[Reichstag (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]]. Wismar became administrative center of Wismar town and the districts of Pod and [[Neukloster]], and after 1653 the ''Fürstenhof'' (prince's court) served as the seat of the supreme court for all Swedish dominions in the Holy Roman Empire. Wismar's fortifications were extended into an effective all-round defence system under the supervision of Field Marshal [[Erik Dahlbergh]]. Remains of these fortifications have been preserved, among other places, in the ‘Lindengarten' to the east of the wall of the old city.{{sfn|Dumrath|1911|p=203}}<ref name="wismar-stralsund1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wismar-stralsund.de/en/the_cities/history/swedish_era |title=Swedish era - Zwei Städte - Ein Erbe |publisher=Wismar-stralsund.de |archive-date=2014-02-02 |access-date=2021-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123043/http://www.wismar-stralsund.de/en/the_cities/history/swedish_era}}</ref> During the [[Scanian War]], the town was besieged and captured by [[Denmark|Danish]] forces in 1675.

In 1803, Sweden ceded both the town and lordship to the [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] for 1,258,000 [[Riksdaler]]s, but reserved the right of redemption after 100 years. In view of this contingent right of Sweden, Wismar was not represented at the [[Diet (assembly)|diet]] of [[Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] until 1897. In 1903, Sweden finally renounced its claims to the town. Wismar still retains a few relics of its old privileges, including the right to fly its own flag.<ref name="EB1911"/><ref name="Tober2007">{{cite book |author=Philip Tober |title=Wismar im Dreißigjährigen Krieg 1627 - 1648: Untersuchungen zur Wirtschafts-, Bau- und Sozialgeschichte |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Voz3IvsI0ewC&pg=PA53 |year=2007 |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |isbn=978-3-8258-0101-4 |pages=53–}}</ref><ref name="Giese2001">{{cite book|author=Gerd Giese|title=Wismar: Portrait einer Stadt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zbbRirM4F4YC&pg=PA67|year=2001|publisher=Sutton Verlag GmbH|isbn=978-3-89702-370-3|pages=67–}}</ref>