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Historical area of Holstein ( Holsten ), sometimes considered part of Jutland Peninsula – south to the Elbe and the Elbe-Lübeck Canal. The history of Schleswig-Holstein consists of the corpus of facts since the pre-history times until the modern establishing of the Schleswig-Holstein state.
May 13, 2024 · Schleswig-Holstein, Land (state) located in northwestern Germany. Schleswig-Holstein extends from the lower course of the Elbe River and the state of Hamburg northward to Denmark and thus occupies the southern third of the Jutland Peninsula.
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Schleswig-Holstein (pronounced [ˌʃleːsvɪç ˈhɔlʃtaɪn] ⓘ; Danish: Slesvig-Holsten [ˌsle̝ːsvi ˈhʌlˌste̝ˀn]; Low German: Sleswig-Holsteen; North Frisian: Slaswik-Holstiinj; English: Sleswick-Holsatia) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the ...
Carl Christian Hall. Knud Kristensen. Schleswig-Holstein question, 19th-century controversy between Denmark, Prussia, and Austria over the status of Schleswig and Holstein. At this time the population of Schleswig was Danish in its northern portion, German in the south, and mixed in the northern towns and centre.
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War and the final settlement of the Schleswig-Holstein question. Danewirk. A section of the Danewirk, near Dannewerk, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Prussia and Austria declared war upon Denmark. Their action was governed by a request on January 16, 1864, for Denmark to rescind its November 1863 constitution; within days, Denmark refused to do so.
The Battle of Westerplatte was the first battle of the German invasion of Poland, marking the start of World War II in Europe. It occurred on the Westerplatte peninsula in the harbour of the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland ).
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The resulting compromise steadily eroded until in 1863 Denmark announced a new constitution including Schleswig. German nationalists accused Denmark of plotting the annexation of Schleswig in defiance of international law. The German Confederation voted armed sanctions with ruffles and flourishes.
