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May 13, 2024 · 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. Along its eastern coast is the Baltic Sea, and along its western coast is the North Sea.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The northern boundary crosses through dark forest relieved by high wetlands and lakes. The rich prairie becomes increasingly hilly from east to west in southern Wisconsin. There are few large tracts of level land west of Madison. The northern forest is very dense past central Wisconsin.
Wisconsin, located between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, is home to a wide variety of geographical features. The state can generally be divided into five distinct regions— Lake Superior Lowland , Northern Highland , Central Plain , Western Upland , and Eastern Ridges & Lowlands .
Schleswig-Holstein borders Denmark ( Southern Denmark) to the north, the North Sea to the west, the Baltic Sea to the east, and the German states of Lower Saxony, Hamburg, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to the south. In the western part of the state, the lowlands have virtually no hills.
- 15,763.17 km² (6,086.19 sq mi)
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- Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the land between the seas. The North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts characterise the northernmost federal state more than anything else. But if you dare to take a look at the green land behind the dikes, you will be rewarded with long-established cultural landscapes and wilderness, art and music, history, crafts and culinary ...
Holstein, historic and cultural region occupying the southern part of the Jutland Peninsula between the Eider and Elbe rivers, now comprising the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein Land (state) in northern Germany. Holstein was created as a county of the Holy Roman Empire in 1111.
