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| '''Southern Schleswig''' ({{lang-de|Südschleswig}} or ''Landesteil Schleswig'', {{lang-da|Sydslesvig}}) denotes the southern half of the former ] on the ]. The geographical area today covers the thirty or forty northernmost kilometers of ] up to the ], where it borders ]. Northern Schleswig, congruent with the former ], forms the southernmost part of Denmark. | '''Southern Schleswig''' ({{lang-de|Südschleswig}} or ''Landesteil Schleswig'', {{lang-da|Sydslesvig}}) denotes the southern half of the former ] on the ]. The geographical area today covers the thirty or forty northernmost kilometers of ] up to the ], where it borders ]. Northern Schleswig, congruent with the former ], forms the southernmost part of Denmark.] Castle]] | ||
| ==History== | |||
| The Schleswig lands north of the ] river and the ] had been a ] of the ] since the Early Middle Ages. The southern ] region belonged to ] and later to the ], it was however held as an Imperial fief by the Danish kings since the 1460 ]. Both Schleswig and Holstein were therefore administered from ], even after the Empire's dissolution, when the Danish kings as dukes of Holstein became monarchs of the ] in 1815. | |||
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| The ] at first culminated in the course of the ], when from 1848 to 1851 revolting German-speaking ] backed by ] fought for the separation of Schleswig and Holstein from Denmark in the ]. Though the ''status quo'' was restored, the conflict lingered on and on 1 February 1864 the German Confederation, i.e. Prussian and ] troops crossed the Eider sparking off the ], after which Denmark had to cede Schleswig and Holstein according to the ]. After the ] of 1866, victorious Prussia took control over all Schleswig and Holstein but was obliged by the ] to hold a referendum in predominantly Danish-speaking Northern Schleswig, which it never did. | |||
| Not until the German defeat in ] the ] were decreed by the ], after which the present-day German-Danish border was drawn taking effect on 15 June 1920, dividing Schleswig in a southern and northern part and leaving a considerable Danish and German minority on both sides. | |||
| ==Today== | |||
| Southern Schleswig is part of the German ] (''Bundesland'') of ], therefore its denotation as ''Landesteil Schleswig''. It does not however form an administrative entity, but consists of the ] (''Landkreise'') of ], ], the ] (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') of ] and the northern part of ]. | |||
| Beside Standard German, ] dialects (]) are spoken, as well as ] (''Sydslesvigsk'' or ''Sydslesvigdansk'') and its ] variant, furthermore ] in the west. Many of the inhabitants who only speak German and not Danish do not consider the region any different from the rest of Schleswig-Holstein. This notion is disputed by those defining themselves as ], South Schleswigans or Schleswigans, particularly historians and people organised in the institutions of the ], such as the ]. Last names found in the region are very often of Scandinavian or Danish form, with the ''-sen'' endings like Petersen. | |||
| The major cities of Southern Schleswig are ], ], the city of ], and ]. | |||
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Revision as of 17:57, 8 July 2013
Southern Schleswig (Template:Lang-de or Landesteil Schleswig, Template:Lang-da) denotes the southern half of the former Duchy of Schleswig on the Jutland Peninsula. The geographical area today covers the thirty or forty northernmost kilometers of Germany up to the Flensburg Fjord, where it borders Denmark. Northern Schleswig, congruent with the former South Jutland County, forms the southernmost part of Denmark.
54°44′N 9°05′E / 54.733°N 9.083°E / 54.733; 9.083
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