- This article is about the region of Denmark. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe For the World War I naval battle, see Battle of Jutland. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All fix various bugs per WikipediaHow to fix bunched-up edit links --> For the equine breed, see Jutland (horse). The Jutland horse is a Draft horse breed
Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland; Low German: Jüütland; pronounced /ˈdʒʌtlənd/ in English) is the western, continental part of Denmark as well as one of the three historical Lands of Denmark, dividing the North Sea from the Kattegat and the Baltic Sea. Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Northern Low Saxon (in Low German Noordneddersassisch) is a West Low German dialect The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The three lands of Denmark historically formed the Danish kingdom from its unification and consolidation in the 9th century: Scania ( The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. The Kattegat ( Danish) or Kattegatt ( Swedish) is a sea area bounded by Jutland ( Denmark and extreme north Germany) The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. The Jutland Peninsula or Cimbrian Peninsula also comprises the northernmost part of Germany. The Cimbri were a Celtic or Germanic tribe who together with the Teutones and the Ambrones threatened the Roman Republic in the late Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
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History
- Main articles: History of Denmark and History of Schleswig-Holstein. This article covers the history of the Kingdom of Denmark and of the areas comprising modern-day Denmark. The Jutland Peninsula is a long peninsula in Northern Europe, and the current Schleswig-Holstein is its southern part
Jutland has historically been one of the three lands of Denmark, the other two being Scania and Zealand. The three lands of Denmark historically formed the Danish kingdom from its unification and consolidation in the 9th century: Scania ( Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( Zealand (also Sealand Danish: Sjælland;) is the largest Island (7031 km² of Denmark (excluding Greenland Before that, according to Ptolemy, Jutland or the Cimbric Chersonese was the home of Teutons, Cimbri and Charudes. Claudius Ptolemaeus ( Greek: Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; after 83 &ndash ca The Teutons or Teutones (from Proto-Germanic * Þeudanōz) were mentioned as a Germanic tribe by Greek and Roman authors The Cimbri were a Celtic or Germanic tribe who together with the Teutones and the Ambrones threatened the Roman Republic in the late Charudes is the scholarly Latinization of an ethnic identity known in Ptolemy as the Charoudes.
Some Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Vandals moved from continental Europe to Great Britain starting in c. The Angles is a modern English word for a Germanic-speaking people who took their name from the cultural ancestral region of Angeln, a modern district located in The Saxons or Saxon people were a Confederation of Old Germanic tribes. The Jutes, Iuti, or Iutae were a Germanic people who according to Bede were one of the three most powerful Germanic peoples of the time Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the Continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands 450 AD. For the area code see Area code 450. Events By Place Eastern Roman Empire August 25 — Marcian is proclaimed The Angles themselves gave their name to the new emerging kingdoms called England (Angle-land). This is thought by some to be related to the drive of the Huns from Asia across Europe, although the arrival of the Danes would more likely have been a major contributory factor, since conflicts between the Danes and the Jutes were both many and bloody. The Huns were an early confederation of Central Asian equestrian nomads or semi-nomads with a Turkic core of aristocracy
The Danes took considerable steps to protect themselves from the depredations of the Christian Frankish emperors, principally with the building of the Danevirke, a wall stretching across South Jutland at the shortest distance from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group The Dannevirke (in Old Norse Danavirki; in German Danewerk &ndash all meaning "Danish creation" or "Danes' work" is a The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude.
Charlemagne removed pagan Saxons from the southernmost part of the peninsula at the Baltic Sea — the later Holstein area — and moved Abodrites (or Obotrites), a group of Wendish Slavs who pledged allegiance to Charlemagne and who had for the most part converted to Christianity, into the area instead. Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "country dweller rustic" is a word used to refer to various religions and religious beliefs from across the world Holstein (ˈhɔlʃtain ( Low German: Holsteen, Danish: Holsten, Latin and historical English: Holsatia) The Obotrites (Abodriten also commonly known as the Obodrites, Abotrites, or Abodrites, were a confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes The historical phenomenon of Christianization (or Christianisation &mdash see spelling differences) the conversion of individuals to Christianity
To speed transit between the Baltic and the North Sea, canals have been built across the peninsula, notably the Eiderkanal in the late 18th century and the Kiel Canal, completed in 1895 and still in use. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal until 1948 known as the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal, is a 61 miles (98 kilometres long Canal in the German Bundesland Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
During World War I, the Battle of Jutland was one of the largest naval battles in history. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All fix various bugs per WikipediaHow to fix bunched-up edit links --> In this pitched battle, the British Royal Navy engaged the German Navy leading to heavy casualties and ship losses on both sides. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) The battle was initially portrayed by the German Kaiser as a German victory, and in fact, based on the number of capital ships sunk and the number of sailors killed, it was. However, the British navy was much larger and could more easily sustain the losses, also, a number of German ships were damaged and put out of commission for many months, and ultimately Jutland was considered a British victory. The German Navy never again presented a threat.
Geography
Its terrain is relatively flat, with heaths, plains and peat bogs in the west and a more elevated and slightly hilly terrain in the east. Peat is an accumulation of partially Decayed Vegetation matter. The Danish portion has an area of 29,775 km² (11,496 square miles) and a population of 2,513,601 (2007). Population density is 84 per km² (218 per sq. mi. ).
The northernmost part of Jutland is separated by the Limfjord from the mainland, but is still commonly reckoned as part of the peninsula. This is in Denmark. For the sea inlet in Croatia, see Lim (Croatia. Mainland is usually the Continental part of a region as opposed to the Islands nearby It only became an island following a flood in 1825. An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The area is called the North Jutlandic Island, Vendsyssel-Thy (after its districts) or simply Jutland north of the Limfjord; it is only partly coterminous with the region called North Jutland. The North Jutlandic Island Vendsyssel is the northernmost traditional district of Denmark and of Jutland. North Jutland and Nordjylland redirect here For the current administrative region see Region Nordjylland.
The islands Læsø, Anholt and Samsø in Kattegat and Als at the rim of the Baltic Sea South are administratively and historically tied to Jutland, although especially the latter two are also regarded traditional districts of their own. Læsø is the largest island in the North Sea bay of Kattegat, and is located off the northeast coast of the Jutland Peninsula, the Danish Anholt (ˈanhɔlˀd is a Danish island in the Kattegat. The island covers an area of 2175 km² and has 160 permanent inhabitants Samsø (Samso or Samsoe in English is a Danish island in the Kattegat 15 kilometers (9 miles off the Jutland Peninsula. The Kattegat ( Danish) or Kattegatt ( Swedish) is a sea area bounded by Jutland ( Denmark and extreme north Germany) The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. Inhabitants of Als would agree to be South Jutlanders, but not necessarily Jutlanders.
The Danish Wadden Sea Islands and the German North Frisian Islands stretch along the southwest coast of Jutland in the German Bight. The Danish Wadden Sea Islands are a group of islands on the western coast of Jutland, Denmark. The North Frisian Islands are a group of islands in the Wadden Sea, a part of the North Sea, off the western coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany German Bight (Deutsche Bucht Tyske Bugt Duitse Bocht Dútske bocht is the south-eastern bight of the North Sea bounded by the Netherlands and Germany
Southern border
The southern third of the Cimbrian Peninsula is made up of the German Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein, comprising the former duchies of Schleswig (also: South Jutland) and Holstein, both of which have passed back and forth between the Danes and various German rulers. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular is the northernmost of the 16 ''Bundesländer'' in Germany. The former English name was Sleswick-Holsatia the Danish name is South Jutland (Sønderjylland is the name for the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland. Holstein (ˈhɔlʃtain ( Low German: Holsteen, Danish: Holsten, Latin and historical English: Holsatia) The term Dane may refer to People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity whether living in Denmark, emigrants or the descendants of emigrants The last adjustment of the border followed the Schleswig Plebiscites in 1920 and resulted in Denmark's regaining Northern Schleswig (Danish: Nordslesvig or more commonly today: Sønderjylland). The Schleswig Plebiscites were two Plebiscites organized according to section XII articles 109 to 114 of the Treaty of Versailles of June 28 Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Short description of South Jutland South Jutland county is also known as Northern Schleswig ( Danish: Nordslesvig, German: Nordschleswig Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the
The historical southern border of Jutland is the river Eider, which is also the border between the former duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, as well as the historical border between the Danish and German realms from c. The Eider ( German: Eider; Danish: Ejderen; Latin: Egdor or Egdore) is the longest river of the German 800 to 1864. Events By Place Europe September 15 - Oldest known mention of Monkey. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Although the German part of Schleswig is historically Jutland, most residents would disagree or regard the question as irrelevant. The medieval Code of Jutland applied for Schleswig until 1900 when it was replaced by the Prussian Civil Code. Codex Holmiensis is the Manuscript of the Danish Code of Jutland, codified under Valdemar II of Denmark. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (or BGB) is the Civil code of Germany. Some rarely used clauses of the Jutlandic Code still apply north of the Eider today, but not south of the Eider.
Dialect
- See also: Danish language: Dialects
Typical of Jutland are the distinctive Jutish (or Jutlandic) dialects which differ substantially from Standard Danish, especially West Jutlandic and South Jutlandic. Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the Jutlandic or Jutish (Danish jysk or in old spelling jydsk) is a term for the western Dialects of Danish, spoken on the A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος dialektos) is a variety of a Language that is characteristic of a particular group of Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the Dialect usage, although in decline, is better preserved in Jutland than in eastern Denmark and the dialect-speaking Jutlander remains a stereotype among many Copenhageners and eastern Danes.
Cities
The largest cities in the Danish section of Jutland are:
The largest cities in the German part of Jutland or the Jutland Peninsula are:
Administratively, Jutland consists of Region Nordjylland, Region Midtjylland, and the western half of Region Syddanmark which also covers Funen. Region Nordjylland ( English: Region North Jutland) is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part Region Midtjylland ( English: Region Central Jutland) is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as Region Syddanmark ( English: Region South Denmark) is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part Funen ( Danish: Fyn; ˈfyːˀn with a size of 2984 km² (1152 sq
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Frisia ( West Frisian: Fryslân; North Frisian: Fraschlönj, Freesklöön, Freeskluin, Fresklun, and Jutlandic or Jutish (Danish jysk or in old spelling jydsk) is a term for the western Dialects of Danish, spoken on the The Jutes, Iuti, or Iutae were a Germanic people who according to Bede were one of the three most powerful Germanic peoples of the timeDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic