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Schleswig (UK: / ˈ ʃ l ɛ s v ɪ ɡ /, US: /-w ɪ ɡ,-w ɪ k,-v ɪ k, ˈ ʃ l eɪ s v ɪ k /, German: [ˈʃleːsvɪç] ⓘ; Danish: Slesvig; South Jutlandic: Sljasvig; Low German: Sleswig) is a town in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis (district) Schleswig-Flensburg. It has a population of ...
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The area of Schleswig (Southern Jutland) was first inhabited by the mingled West Germanic tribes Cimbri, Angles and Jutes, later also by the North Germanic Danes and West Germanic Frisians. Holstein was inhabited mainly by the West Germanic Saxons, aside Wends (such as Obotrites) and other Slavic peoples in the East.
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List of rulers of Schleswig-Holstein. The following is a list of rulers (usually dukes) who ruled both Schleswig and Holstein, starting from the first Holstein count who received Schleswig, until both territories were annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866; and afterwards, titular dukes.
Hedvig of Holstein (German: Heilwig, Danish: Hedevig; 1398–1436) was a duchess of Schleswig and a countess of Holstein from the family of Schauenburg. She was the mother of King Christian I of Denmark and ancestor of the Danish Royal houses of Oldenburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (German: Karl Ludwig Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck; 18 September 1690 – 22 September 1774) was a Lieutenant General in the Prussian Army and Governor of Reval in the Governorate of Estonia.
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Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital city is Kiel; other notable cities are Lübeck and Flensburg.
Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts gingen wichtige politische Impulse von Schleswig-Holstein aus: Der Kieler Matrosenaufstand leitete die Novemberrevolution von 1918 ein und damit das Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs in Deutschland. Als Folge des Versailler Vertrags entschied sich der nördliche Teil der Bevölkerung Schleswigs in einer Volksabstimmung 1920 ...
