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100 unusual facts about Schleswig-Holstein


Ahlefeld-Bistensee

Ahlefeld-Bistensee is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Almdorf

Almdorf is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Averlak

Averlak is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Badendorf

Badendorf is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Bargfeld-Stegen

Bargfeld-Stegen is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Barkenholm

Barkenholm is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Barnitz, Germany

Barnitz is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Bergewöhrden

Bergewöhrden is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Björklinge runestones

It has been suggested that, due to the assumed date of the inscription in the late eleventh or early twelfth century, that the actual city referred to may have been that of Schleswig.

Breitenburg

Breitenburg is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Breklum

Breklum is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Brügge

Brügge is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Delingsdorf

Delingsdorf is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Delve

Delve is a municipality belonging to the Amt Kirchspielslandgemeinde ("collective municipality") Eider in the district Dithmarschen in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany.

Dingen

Dingen is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Dörpling

Dörpling, a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, was first mentioned in a document in 1320.

Eggstedt

Eggstedt is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Ellerbek

Ellerbek is a municipality in the district of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.

Feldhorst

Feldhorst is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Fockbek

Fockbek (Danish: Fokbæk) is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Friedrichsgabekoog

Friedrichsgabekoog is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Goldelund

Goldelund is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Großensee

Großensee is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Hamberge

Hamberge is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Heringsdorf, Schleswig-Holstein

Heringsdorf is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Hohenlockstedt

Hohenlockstedt is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Itzstedt

Itzstedt is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kabelhorst

Kabelhorst is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kasseedorf

Kasseedorf is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kollmoor

Kollmoor is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Köthel

Köthel is a village in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kotzenbüll

Kotzenbüll is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kremperheide

Kremperheide is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kronsmoor

Kronsmoor is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf

Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Krummendiek

Krummendiek is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kudensee

Kudensee is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Landrecht, Germany

Landrecht is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Lehe

Lehe, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein

Lockstedt

Lockstedt is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Lutzhorn

Lutzhorn is a small municipality, part of the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany.

Manhagen

Manhagen is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Meddewade

Meddewade is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Mikhail Shultz

M. Shultz was a descendant of the German sculptor, the Danish royal medallist Anton Schultz (Anton Schultz — Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, Hamburg, Denmark, XVII–XVIII cc.) who carried out orders the Russian Court as early as Copenhagen, and arrived at the service in Russia with Peter the Great.

Mönkhagen

Mönkhagen is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Moorhusen

Moorhusen is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Mühlenbarbek

Mühlenbarbek is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Nahe

Nahe, Schleswig-Holstein, municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Nordermeldorf

Nordermeldorf is a borough in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Nortorf, Steinburg

Nortorf is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Nütschau Priory

Nütschau Priory (in German Kloster Nütschau or Priorat Sankt Ansgar) is a house of the Benedictine Order located at Travenbrück near Bad Oldesloe, Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.

Odderade

Odderade is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Oelixdorf

Oelixdorf is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Olderup

Olderup is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Oststeinbek

It is situated approximately 13 kilometres east of the center of Hamburg, directly on the border between Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.

Ottenbüttel

Ottenbüttel is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Peter Rühmkorf

Peter Rühmkorf (Dortmund, 25 October 1929 – Roseburg, Schleswig-Holstein, 8 June 2008) was a German writer who significantly influenced German post-war literature.

Pölitz

Pölitz is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Quarnstedt

Quarnstedt is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Rantrum

Rantrum is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Riepsdorf

Riepsdorf is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Rümpel

Rümpel is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Sankt Margarethen, Germany

Sankt Margarethen is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Sarlhusen

Sarlhusen is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Sascha Görres

He transferred to TSB Flensburg in 2002, and played 32 games for the team in the fifth-tier Schleswig-Holstein-Liga in 2002/03, while simultaneously studying at the University of Flensburg.

Schashagen

Schashagen is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Schenefeld, Steinburg

Schenefeld is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Schieren, Germany

Schieren is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

# The older line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, founded by Duke Philip, who resided in Glücksburg Castle in Glücksburg.

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Family members of this branch up to the present day are members of the European aristocracy and include the current royal houses of Denmark and Norway, as well as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the prince consort of Queen Elizabeth II.

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# The line of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Ærø, founded by Duke Christian, who resided in Ærøskøbing.

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The seat of the duke was Sonderburg, but parts of the domain were located in Denmark (in the Duchy of Schleswig), mainly on the islands of Als and Ærø and around Glücksburg, whilst other lands were part of the Holy Roman Empire (in the Duchy of Holstein), including the Ämter of Plön, Ahrensbök, and Reinfeld.

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

The possessions were confiscated, and Plön's castles at Reinfeld, Ahrensbök and Rethwisch were demolished.

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In 1671 there was a further division of assets after the death of Duke Joachim Ernest, and the Duchy of Rethwisch was created around the place of the same name under his second son, Duke Joachim Ernest; this reverted to the line of the first born in 1729.

Schlichting, Germany

Schlichting is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Schwentinental

Schwentinental is a town in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Sierksdorf

Sierksdorf is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Silzen

Silzen is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Sommerland

Sommerland is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Stapelfeld

Stapelfeld is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Stedesand

Stedesand is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Steinhorst, Schleswig-Holstein

Steinhorst (which roughly translates as Stone Refuge) is a municipality in Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein.

Süderau

Süderau is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Tellingstedt

Tellingstedt is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Trappenkamp

Trappenkamp is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Travenbrück

Travenbrück is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Uphusum

Uphusum is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Vaalermoor

Vaalermoor is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Vollstedt

Vollstedt is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Warringholz

Warringholz is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Wentorf, Sandesneben

Wentorf (Amt Sandesneben) is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Wesenberg

Wesenberg, Schleswig-Holstein, part of the Amt Nordstormarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Wesenberg, Schleswig-Holstein

Wesenberg is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Wesselburener Deichhausen

Wesselburener Deichhausen is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Wesselburenerkoog

Wesselburenerkoog is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Westermoor

Westermoor is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Wewelsfleth

Wewelsfleth is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Willenscharen

Willenscharen is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Zarpen

Zarpen is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Ziethen

Ziethen, Schleswig-Holstein, in the district of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein


1614 Low German Bible

The coat of arms of Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein also appears in the 1614 Bible on the back cover.

Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

On 15 June 1651, at Copenhagen, she married her first cousin Ernest Günther (14 October 1609 – 18 January 1689), son of Duke Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and his wife Countess Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

Buchholz, Dithmarschen

Buchholz is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff

Ever since the conclusion of the Great Northern War, Danish statesmen had been occupied in harvesting its fruits, namely, the Gottorp portions of Schleswig definitely annexed to Denmark in 1721 by the Treaty of Nystad, and endeavouring to bring about a definitive general understanding with the House of Gottorp as to their remaining possessions in Holstein.

County of Schaumburg

In 1110, Adolf I, Lord of Schauenburg was appointed by Lothair, Duke of Saxony to hold Holstein and Stormarn, including Hamburg, as fiefs.

Ellerau

Ellerau is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Ferdinand Tönnies

Ferdinand Tönnies was born into a wealthy farmer's family in North Frisia, Schleswig (today Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein), then under Danish rule.

Flora Danica

The original plan was to cover all plants, including bryophytes, lichens and fungi native to crown lands of the Danish king, that is Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein, Oldenburg-Delmenhorst and Norway with its North Atlantic dependencies Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Formula of Concord

The Formula of Concord was not accepted by Lutherans in Hesse, Zweibrücken, Anhalt, Pommeranian (Land), Holstein, Denmark, Sweden, Nürnberg, Strassburg, and Magdeburg, and the government of Queen Elizabeth I of England lobbied in its German embassies to prevent acceptance of it among the German estates.

Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

In Augustenburg on 4 June 1763 Frederick Albert married Louise Albertine (b. Plön, 21 July 1748 - d. Ballenstedt, 2 March 1769), daughter of Frederick Carl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön and a princess of Denmark by birth as a descendant in the male line of King Christian III.

Gudendorf

Gudendorf is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Hammoor

Hammoor is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Heinz Reinefarth

After the war Reinefarth became the mayor of the town of Westerland and member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag.

Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar

Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Johannes Narssius

After the general exile of Remonstrants from the Netherland he was at the Arminian colony of Friedrichstadt in Holstein.

John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp

# Dorothea Auguste (12 May 1602 – 13 March 1682), married in 1633 to Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön.

Joldelund

Joldelund is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Karlum

Karlum is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Krempermoor

Krempermoor is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Leezen

Leezen is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Ostenfeld, Nordfriesland

Ostenfeld is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Osterhever

Osterhever is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg

He married for the third time in Greiz on 28 July 1688 Christine Magdalene (1652–1697), daughter of Count Henry I of Reuss to Obergreiz.

Poyenberg

Poyenberg is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Rethwisch, Steinburg

Rethwisch is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Royal Flash

The story features Lola Montez, and Otto von Bismarck as major characters, and fictionalises elements of the Schleswig-Holstein Question, 1843, 1847 and 1848.

Sarzbüttel

Sarzbüttel is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Schafstedt

Schafstedt is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Schleswig Plebiscites

In addition, Clausen believed that it would minimize the risk of future conflict if the future border in the marshy West Schleswig followed either the Vidå river or a dyke.

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

His domain included inter alia the territories of Sonderburg, Norburg, Ærø, Plön and Ahrensbök together with their assigned Ämter or administrative offices.

Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

The territorial centres of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön were the districts (Ämter) of Ahrensbök and Reinfeld established after the Reformation by the merging of the former abbeys at Ahrensbök and Reinfeld.

Schülp, Dithmarschen

Schülp is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

SMS Schleswig-Holstein

Ernst Gunther, the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, gave the commissioning speech.

Stördorf

Stördorf is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Westerland

Westerland, Germany, a town on the island Sylt, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany