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99 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.

Arkebek

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

Barkenholm

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

Breklum

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

Brickeln

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

Buchholz, Dithmarschen

Buchholz is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, 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.

Eddelak

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

Eggstedt

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

Ellerau

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

Ellerbek

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

Elmenhorst, Stormarn

Elmenhorst 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.

Friedrichsgabekoog

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

Gettorf

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

Gudendorf

Gudendorf 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.

Hillgroven

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

Hoisdorf

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

Humptrup

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

Jersbek

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

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.

Kellenhusen

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

Klein Wesenberg

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

Kolkerheide

Kolkerheide 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.

Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf

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

Lägerdorf

Lägerdorf 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

Lensahn

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

Lockstedt

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

Lohbarbek

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

Meddewade

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

Mehlbek

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

Mönkhagen

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

Mühlenbarbek

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

Neritz

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

Neuendorf bei Elmshorn

Neuendorf bei Elmshorn is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Neukirchen, Ostholstein

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

Nienwohld

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

Nindorf

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

Nortorf, Steinburg

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

Ockholm

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

Oeschebüttel

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

Oesterwurth

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

Oldenborstel

Oldenborstel 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.

Ostenfeld, Nordfriesland

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

Ostenfeld, Rendsburg-Eckernförde

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

Osterrade

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

Oststeinbek

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

Peissen

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

Pöschendorf

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

Quarnstedt

Quarnstedt 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.

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.

Rümpel

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

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-Holstein-Sonderburg

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Strübbel

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

Süderau

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

Tating

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

Tellingstedt

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

Toni Rothmund

Toni Rothmund (2 October 1877, Barlt (Schleswig-Holstein)- 22 August 1956) was a German writer and journalist.

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.

Travenbrück

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

Tremsbüttel

Tremsbüttel 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.

Warringholz

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

Weddingstedt

Weddingstedt 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.

Westermoor

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

Windbergen

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

Winseldorf

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

Wulfsmoor

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


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.

Angeln Saddleback

The Angeln Saddleback, also known as the Angler Sattelschwein (Danish: Angler sadelsvin), is a rare breed of domestic pig grown mainly in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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.

Bergewöhrden

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

Borgdorf-Seedorf

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

Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden

Augusta Maria of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf

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.

Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar

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

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.

Johan Ernst van Nassau-Siegen

John Ernst of Nassau came with his 3,100 men, including his brother William and Joachim Ernst of Schleswig-Holstein, for Gradisca d'Isonzo, a small but powerful Hapsburg city in the county of Gorizia and Gradisca, on the River Isonzo.

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.

Kronsmoor

Kronsmoor 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.

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.

Oelixdorf

Oelixdorf 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.

Peißen

Peissen, a municipality in the district of Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein

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.

Prince's Mansion, Copenhagen

Geographer and explorer Carsten Niebuhr, who had returned to Copenhagen as the only surviving member of the Danish Arabia Expedition in 1768, lived there from 1773 until 1778 when he accepted a position in the civil service of Danish Holstein.

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 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

Richardis of Schwerin

Richardis of Schwerin, Duchess of Schleswig (d. bef. 1386), wife of Valdemar III of Denmark (Valdemar V, Duke of Schleswig) and daughter of Günzelin VI, Count of Schwerin-Wittenburg.

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.

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.

Schrum

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

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.

Störkathen

Störkathen 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.

Westerland

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