Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A historical region and former duchy of northern Germany and southern Denmark in southern Jutland. The duchy was created in 1115 and passed, along with the duchy of Holstein, to Christian I of Denmark in 1460. After subdivisions caused by complex hereditary holdings, the duchies were once more reunited under the Danish crown in 1773. Denmark, Prussia, and Austria contended for the region until 1866, when it was annexed by Prussia. In 1920 the northern part of Schleswig was returned to Denmark by plebiscite. The southern portion became (1946) part of the West German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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- proper noun The region between the rivers Eider and Kongeå / Königsau, to the north of
Holstein .
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Examples
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The Angles came from a territory known as Angeln, ‘the Angle’ or ‘the Narrows’, in Schleswig; just as the Stoors came from ‘the Angle’ between the rivers Hoarwell and Loudwater.
superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010
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Emily Matthews, a supporter of raw milk and a registered nurse, keeps a cow so her family can produce its own raw milk in Schleswig, Wis.
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The same policy governed Bismarck in Schleswig-Holstein, and when he forged the Ems despatch, one of the most despicable pieces of business in diplomacy anywhere.
Some War Revelations 1915
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Two had been killed in Schleswig-Holstein, and the other wounded.
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Article 5 of the Treaty of Prague, which dealt with the taking of a plébiscite in Danish Schleswig.
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In the fifth century of the Christian era a region in what is now called Schleswig was known by the name of
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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The Queen must draw Lord John Russell's attention to the accompanying draft [31] with regard to Schleswig, which is evidently intended to lay the ground for future foreign armed intervention.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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It is 1848, and Denmark is waging war against Germany for the territories of Schleswig and Holstein.
Going to Sea Once More Sam Sacks 2011
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Having survived the rest of Schleswig War, after his spectacular brush with death, Laurids Madsen signs on with a Dutch ship and never returns.
Going to Sea Once More Sam Sacks 2011
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Earlier this week a learned friend and colleague of mine asked me if I was familiar with the fiction of Theodor Storm, the nineteenth-century German lawyer, man of letters, and committed advocate of the removal of his native Schleswig-Holstein from Danish hegemony.
Theodor Storm 2009
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