Waren

Waren was the seat of Werle-Waren, a branch of the Mecklenburg family's Wendish lordship of Werle. It split from Werle-Güstrow in 1337, the year its lord John II the Bald died.

John's youngest son Bernard II ruled after the partition of 1347 and added Werle-Goldberg in 1374. His successors included the brothers Nicholas V and Christopher; Christopher died without heirs in 1425, and Waren reverted to Werle-Güstrow. In 1436 the whole lordship passed to the Duchy of Mecklenburg.