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:This article is about the region of Schleswig on the German/Danish border. There is also Schleswig, Iowa in the United States of America.The region of Schleswig (Slesvig in Danish) covers the area about 30 km north and 40 km south of the border between Germany and Denmark. Traditionally, the area's significance lies in the transfer of goods between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, connecting the trade route through Russia with the trade routes along Rhein and the Atlantic coast.
Schleswig was together with Holstein the cause for several disputes between Germany and Denmark in the 19th century. The Duchy of Schleswig was a fief under the Danish Crown until 1864, from 1460 in personal union with Denmark. From 1864 Schleswig-HolsteinFlag Statistics Capital: Kiel Area:ca 15,776 km² Inhabitants:2,777,000 1999 pop. density:176 inh. km² Homepage: ISO 3166-2:DE-SH Politics Minister-President: Heide Simonis ( SPD) Ruling party: SPD/ Green coalition Map Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmos was part of PrussiaThe word Prussia ( German: Preussen (Preussen Polish: Prusy Lithuanian: Prusai Latin: Borussia has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia until a referendumA referendum (plural: referendums or referenda or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may be the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the r in 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu resulted in Northern Schleswig joining Denmark, whereas Southern SchleswigSouthern Schleswig is a name for the geographical area covering the 30-40 most northern kilometers of Germany where Germany borders to Denmark. Together with Northern Schleswig which is the most southern part of Denmark it constitutes the region Schleswig voted for staying to be a part of Germany.
See also: City of SchleswigSchleswig is a town at the Schlei firth in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis (district) Schleswig-Flensburg. Today, it has a population of about 25,000. Schleswig is a very old town. The Viking settlement, History of Schleswig-HolsteinJutland is a long peninsula. From the old Sagas we get the impression that Jutland "always" has been divided in a northern and a southern part at the Kongea River. However, if archeology and Roman sources are balanced, one can assume that the Jutes inhabi
