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98 unusual facts about Holstein


Akvavit

An exception, however, is Northern Germany, and in particular the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, which was controlled by the kings of Denmark until the 19th century (see: History of Schleswig-Holstein) and still has a notable Danish minority.

Alexander von Staël-Holstein

Two Lamaistic pantheons, edited with introduction and indexes by Walter Eugene Clark from materials collected by the late Baron A. von Staël-Holstein, Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series 3 and 4, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1937

Alexandra of Glucksburg

Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1887–1957), wife of Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia

Almdorf

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

Arkebek

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

August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

August died in Beck and was succeeded as duke first by his oldest son, August, and later by his second son, Frederick Louis.

Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

The funeral of Augusta Victoria is reflected upon in the novel by Katherine Anne Porter, Ship of Fools.

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.

Bargenstedt

Bargenstedt 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.

Bevern

Bevern, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein

Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania

Early in 1625 he became ruler of all West Pomerania on the death of the last Duke of Wolgast, Philipp Julius, and on the 19 February he was married to Elisabeth (24 September 1580 - 21 December 1653), fifth daughter of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, by his first wife, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen.

Borgdorf-Seedorf

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

Buchholz, Dithmarschen

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

Bunsoh

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

Busenwurth

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

Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Ærø

His father had combined the small farms on the island into three manors: Gråsten, Søbygård, and Gudsgave.

Christoph Wilhelm Megander

She married Duke Frederick as his second wife in 1632.

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.

Frederick William I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Frederick William I, Duke of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (2 May 1682 – 16 June 1719) was a son of Duke August and his wife, Philippa Louisa of Lippe-Buckburg.

Since he had no male heir, he was succeeded as Duke of Beck by his uncle Frederick Louis.

August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

This list will eventually include the British royal family as Friedrich is the male-line ancestor of The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Cambridge.

Friedrichsgabekoog

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

Hamberge

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

Hammoor

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

Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar

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

Hoisdorf

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

Holstein

Gottorp ducal share in Holstein and Schleswig, partitioned from ducal Holstein in 1544, acquired half of Haderslev share in 1580 (thus thereafter simply called ducal share), merged into the royal share in 1773 with its ruler receiving in return the prior Danish-held County of Oldenburg.

Jevenstedt

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

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.

John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

Duke John Adolphus died on 2 July 1704 in Ruhleben, a few days after his son, Adolphus Augustus, had been killed in a riding accident.

John, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein

He went to Russia in 1602 as the bridegroom of Boris Godunov's daughter Ksenia (Xenia), but fell ill and died before the marriage could take place.

Kasseedorf

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

Kolkerheide

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

Kotzenbüll

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

Krempdorf

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

Kremperheide

Kremperheide is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, 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.

Lägerdorf

Lägerdorf 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.

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.

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.

Neuenbrook

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

Neuwittenbek

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

Neville Lewis

He married Countess Rosa Cecilie Karoline-Mathilde Irene Sibylla Anna zu Solms-Baruth, daughter of Friedrich, 3rd Prince of Solms-Baruth and his wife Princess Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, on 3 November 1955 and settled on Rowan Street, Stellenbosch where their children Caroline and Frederick Henry Lewis attended school.

Nienbüttel

Nienbüttel 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.

Ockholm

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

Oelixdorf

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

Osterrade

Osterrade is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, 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.

Peissen

Peissen is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, 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.

Philip Louis of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (born: 27 October 1620 in Beck; died: 10 March 1689 in Schneeberg) was the founder and first duke of the line Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg.

He lived until his death on 10 March 1689 with his old friend Veit Hans Schnorr von Carolsfeld in Schneeberg.

Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Dorothea married Georg Frederick Karl of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach, later Margrave of Bayreuth, on 17 April 1709 in Reinfeld.

Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Her employee, Paul Dall, responsible for the setting of her table, was a contact of the German Abwehr in Copenhagen, and was after the war judged guilty as a spy.

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Karoline Mathilde married Friedrich Ferdinand, the eldest son of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and a nephew of Christian IX of Denmark, on 19 March 1885 at Primkenau.

Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1866-1952), daughter of Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, wife of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia

Rantrum

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

Rehhorst

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

Rethwisch, Steinburg

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

Rethwisch, Stormarn

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

Riepsdorf

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

Sankt Margarethen, Germany

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

Sarzbüttel

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

Schenefeld, Steinburg

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

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.

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

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.

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

Schlichting, Germany

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

Schrum

Schrum 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.

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.

Stiftung Louisenlund

Advised by Kurt Hahn, in 1949 Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg decided to build a boarding school on the grounds and established the Louisenlund Foundation.

Stördorf

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

Süderdeich

Süderdeich 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.

Warringholz

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

Wenningstedt-Braderup

The term was coined when List, the northernmost village on the island, was part of the Danish realm.

Wesenberg, Schleswig-Holstein

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

Wewelsfleth

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

Wolmersdorf

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

Wulfsmoor

Wulfsmoor 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.

40.6 cm SK C/34 gun

The Schleswig Holstein Battery from Hel, (German unit MKB 2 / MAA 119) in France recalled as Battery Lindemann (German unit MKB 6 / MAA 244) saw considerable service, with the three guns emplaced singly in turrets, protected by massive concrete encasements in places four metres thick.

Battle of Stellau

The Battle of Stellau was a battle that took place in the year 1201 near the village of Stellau, now part of Barsbüttel, near Wrist, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Brickeln

Brickeln 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.

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.

Gettorf

Gettorf (Danish: Gettorp) is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 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.

Johann Albert Heinrich Reimarus

Johann Albert Heinrich Reimarus (11 November 1729, Hamburg - 6 June 1814, Rantzau, Holstein) was a German physician, natural historian and economist.

Joldelund

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

Kabelhorst

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

Karlum

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

Mönkhagen

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

Nutteln

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

Oeschebüttel

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

Osterhever

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

Pahlen, Germany

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

Poyenberg

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

Schülp, Dithmarschen

Schülp 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.

Süderau

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

Uphusum

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

Wennbüttel

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