Events from the year 1797 in Germany.
Incumbents
Holy Roman Empire
Francis II (5 July 17926 August 1806)
Important Electors
Bavaria- Charles I (30 December 1777 – 16 February 1799) Saxony- Frederick Augustus I (17 December 176320 December 1806)
Kingdoms
Kingdom of Prussia
Monarch –
Frederick William II of Prussia (17 August 1786 – 16 November 1797)
Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 17977 June 1840)
Grand Duchies
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Frederick Francis I– (24 April 17851 February 1837) Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Charles II (2 June 17946 November 1816) Grand Duke of Oldenburg Wilhelm (6 July 17852 July 1823) Due to mental illness, Wilhelm was duke in name only, with his cousin Peter, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, acting as regent throughout his entire reign. Peter I (2 July 182321 May 1829) Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar Karl August (1758–1809) Raised to grand duchy in 1809
Principalities
Schaumburg-Lippe
George William (13 February 17871860) Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Louis Frederick II (13 April 179328 April 1807) Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 179419 August 1835) Principality of Reuss-Greiz Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz (12 May 1778-28 June 1800) Waldeck and Pyrmont Friedrich Karl August (29 August 176324 September 1812)
Duchies
Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
Leopold III (16 December 17519 August 1817) Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) - Frederick Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (16 September 1764 – 8 September 1800) Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Georg I (1782–1803) Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Frederick Charles Louis (24 February 177525 March 1816) Duke of Württemberg Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (20 May 1795 – 23 December 1797) Frederick I (22 December 179730 October 1816)
Other
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis I (6 April 179014 August 1806)
Events
26 January – The Treaty of the Third Partition of Poland is signed in St. Petersburg by the Russian Empire, Austria and the Kingdom of Prussia. 12 February – "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" is first performed, with the music composed in January by Joseph Haydn, which also becomes the tune to the Deutschlandlied, the German national anthem (Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, later Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit). 16 November – The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Fredrick William III.