The plenipotentiaries of the high powers who signed the treaty, ACT, No. VI.—Treaty between Prussia and Hanover… (1815)
“ ART. IV. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of Hanover, cedes to his Majesty the king of Prussia, to be possessed by him and his successors, in full property and sovereignty; That part of the duchy of Lauenburg situated upon the right bank of the Elbe, with the villages of Luneburg situated upon the same bank. That part of the duchy upon the left bank, remains to the kingdom of Hanover. The states of that part of the duchy which passes under the Prussian government shall preserve their rights and privileges ”
