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99 unusual facts about Schleswig


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.

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

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.

Delingsdorf

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

Full Metal Village

Full Metal Village is a 2007 documentary film about the lives of the residents of a small village in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, Wacken, in a series of interviews and visual tableaux as it prepares for the annual Wacken Open Air Festival.

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.

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.

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.

Jevenstedt

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

Kasseedorf

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

Kellenhusen

Kellenhusen 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.

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.

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.

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

Neritz

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

Neuenbrook

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

Neuendorf bei Elmshorn

Neuendorf bei Elmshorn 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.

Nienbüttel

Nienbüttel is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, 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.

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.

Peter Harry Carstensen

After the Elections of 27 September 2009 Carstensen was reelected on 27 October 2009.

Carstensen was the CDU's candidate for premier of Schleswig-Holstein in the state election of 20 February 2005, but the coalition of the CDU and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) failed to obtain a majority by some 700 votes.

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.

Pöschendorf

Pöschendorf 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.

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.

Risum-Lindholm

Risum-Lindholm is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, 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.

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.

Sarzbüttel

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

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.

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

Concerts are in arrange in the cities Lübeck, Kiel, Flensburg and the smaller towns of the state like Eutin or Plön, as well as in the countryside in castles, manors, old barns or little Brick Gothic village churches.

Schleswig-Holstein Question

Its potential solution (or lack thereof) also forms part of the solution to the mystery at the centre of Kim Newman's short story 'Tomorrow Town'.

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.

Seefeld

Seefeld, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde 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

Steinhorst, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein

Steinhorst, Schleswig-Holstein

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

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.

Torsten Albig

In the Schleswig-Holstein state election 2012 Albig became the Minister-President of state Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany.

Tramm

Tramm, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Trappenkamp

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

Uphusum

Uphusum 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.

Wennbüttel

Wennbüttel is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, 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.

Wesselburener Deichhausen

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

Wewelsfleth

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

Wittenbergen

Wittenbergen 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.

Andries Stockenström

# Anders Stockenström *6 January 1757 Filipstad in Värmland, Sweden x 1 June 1786 Maria Geertruyda Broeders (baptised 11 March 1764), daughter of Peter Caspar Brodersen (or Broders), from Rantrum, a North Frisian town in Schleswig, and Elsabe Cornelia Colijn.

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.

Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg

In the following years, Queen Margaret acquired large parts of Schleswig as security (Tønder fief, Frisland, episcopal manors in Svabsted and Stubbe) and by purchase (Trøjborg, Skinkelborg and Grødersby); King Erik took over Haderslev fief as security from the fiefholder Helene Ahlefeldt, and the queen, Flensborg.

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.

Ellerau

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

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.

Hüon und Amande

It was published in "Flensburg, Schleswig and Leipzig" in 1789 (the same year as Seyler's death), and was dedicated to the actor Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, a long-time friend and collaborator of Seyler and her husband Abel Seyler, the founder of the Seyler theatrical company (see also Seyler family).

Ivan Monighetti

He also appeared with such musicians as Anner Bylsma, Nancy Argenta, Simon Standage, Ronald Brautigam, Wieland Kuijken, Alexei Lubimov and many others and on such American festivals as Ravinia and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festivals and German ones such as Schleswig-Holstein Musik and Berliner Festspiele.

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.

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

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.

Second Schleswig War

Near Stolk-Helligbek, about 10 kilometers north of Schleswig, pursuing Austrians reached them, and in heavy fighting near Oversø, the 9th and 20th Regiments of the 8th Brigade lost 600 men dead, injured and captured.

SMS Schleswig-Holstein

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

Süderau

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