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It encompasses the northern half of Schleswig-Holstein Land (state) in northern Germany and Sønderjylland region in southern Denmark. Schleswig became a Danish duchy in the 12th century and remained a fief associated with Denmark until it was forcibly annexed by Austria and Prussia after the German-Danish War (1864).
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Schleswig-Holstein (pronounced [ˌʃleːsvɪç ˈhɔlʃtaɪn] ⓘ; Danish: Slesvig-Holsten [ˌsle̝ːsvi ˈhʌlˌste̝ˀn]; Low German: Sleswig-Holsteen; North Frisian: Slaswik-Holstiinj) 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.
- 15,763.17 km² (6,086.19 sq mi)
- Kiel
- Germany
- Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
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Historical Map of Northwest Europe (24 March 1848 - First Schleswig War: The Danish-ruled Duchy of Schleswig was claimed by both Danish and German nationalists. Inspired by the revolutionary movements of 1848, German politicians in Schleswig and the neighboring Duchy of Holstein asserted their independence from Denmark by proclaiming a ...
Southern Schleswig ( German: Südschleswig or Landesteil Schleswig, Danish: Sydslesvig; North Frisian: Söödslaswik) is the southern half of the former Duchy of Schleswig [1] in Germany on the Jutland Peninsula. The geographical area today covers the large area between the Eider river in the south and the Flensburg Fjord in the north, [2 ...
Hedeby, the largest Viking settlement in Scandinavia was close to the modern City of Schleswig at the end of the Schlei, a long, narrow inlet of the Baltic Sea, which probably gave its name to the Duchy, Schlei -Vik. Vik in old Norse means a bay or creek, as does vig in modern Danish. Other examples are Reykjavik and Wick in Scotland.
Holstein-Glückstadt. Holstein-Glückstadt or Schleswig-Holstein-Glückstadt is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein that were ruled by the Kings of Denmark in their function as dukes of Schleswig and Holstein, thus also known as Royal Schleswig-Holstein.
