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 Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Skåne, Blekinge and Halland were part of Denmark for most of its early history, but were lost to Sweden in 1658.
Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula named Jutland (Jylland) attached to Northern Germany, the islands of Funen (Fyn), Zealand (Sjælland), Bornholm (Bornholm) and many smaller islands, often referred to as the Danish Archipelago.
Fearing German irredentism, Denmark refused to consider the return of the area and insisted on a plebiscite concerning the return of Schleswig.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark   (2194 words)

  
 Denmark. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
See K. Miller, Government and Politics in Denmark (1968); W. Jones, Denmark (1970); P. Glob, Denmark: An Archaeological History (tr.
Denmark was involved in numerous wars with Sweden and other neighbors; the participation of Christian IV (reigned 1588–1648) in the Thirty Years War (1618–48) and the wars of Frederick III (reigned 1648–70) with Sweden caused Denmark to lose its hegemony in the north to Sweden.
The cabinet of ministers is responsible to the Folketing and must have the support of the majority of that body.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/de/Denmark.html   (1996 words)

  
 History of Schleswig-Holstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eider-Danes, panicked over the possibility of being separated from their mother country, agitated against the German element, and demanded that Denmark declare Schleswig and Holstein, or at least Schleswig, as an integral part of Denmark.
This was the time when almost all of Denmark came under the supremacy of the Counts of Holstein, who possessed different parts of Denmark as pawns for their credits.
1806 - 1815 the government of Denmark had claimed Slesvig and Holstein to be parts of Denmark, which wasn't popular among the Germans.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Schleswig-Holstein   (1996 words)

  
 Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scania, Blekinge and Halland were part of Denmark for most of its early history, but were lost to Sweden in 1658.
In 1849 Denmark became a constitutional monarchy with the adoption of a new constitution.
Denmark is north of Germany, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark   (1996 words)

  
 Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scania, Blekinge and Halland were part of Denmark for most of its early history, but were lost to Sweden in 1658.
In 1849 Denmark became a constitutional monarchy with the adoption of a new constitution.
Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germany named Jutland (Jylland), the islands Funen (Fyn), Zealand (Sjælland), Bornholm and many smaller islands, the waters of which are often referred to as the Danish Archipelago.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark   (1802 words)

  
 Schleswig Holstein
This "November constitution" meant that Schleswig was annexed to Denmark, in contravention of the agreements of 1851 and 1852.
When the liberal German-speaking population in Schleswig opposed autocratic rule and demanded a free constitution and affiliation to Holstein and the German Confederation, a Danish National Liberal movement emerged and demanded that Schleswig be incorporated in Denmark (the Eider Policy, named for the Eider River, which formed the southern boundary of Schleswig).
Christian IX of Denmark had to relinquish his claims to Schleswig and Holstein.
http://www.biermannfamilyhistory.com/Webpages/schleswigholstein.htm   (1802 words)

  
 Short History of Schleswig-Holstein
The following is a history of the events in Schleswig-Holstein during the period in which the Bothmanns left Germany.
The legitimate reason Bismark found for his move to support Holstein was the November constitution that broke the promises which Denmark made to Schleswig-Holstein in 1851-5216.
Den-mark went on with its plans to incorporate Schleswig by producing a Denmark-Schleswig constitution in September, and the Rigsraad approved it in November.
http://www.bothmann.org/bothmann/shthist.html   (1802 words)

  
 Search Encyclopedia.com
Schleswig-Holstein -> History With respect to the history of Schleswig-Holstein, Lord Palmerston once proclaimed it to be so complicated that only three men had ever fully understood it—one being Prince Albert, who was dead; the second, a professor, who had become insane; the third, Palmerston himself, who had forgotten it.
Denmark -> Land and People The southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, Denmark proper includes most of the Jutland peninsula; several major islands, notably Sjælland, Fyn, Lolland, Falster, Langeland, Als, Møn, Bornholm, and Amager; and about 450 other islands.
Denmark -> Economy Once essentially an agricultural country and still possessing a visibly rural landscape, Denmark after 1945 greatly expanded its industrial base so that by the 1990s industry contributed over 25% of the gross domestic product and agriculture less than 5% (Denmark's other traditional industries of fishing and shipbuildi...
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 European Friends
The Germans united in the “Federation of Germans in northern Schleswig” and confess to the loyalty towards Denmark and the principle of the democrats.
The treaty of ripen (1460) does not allow a separation of the two duchies, therefore The Federation of German counties instruct Preussen to fight a campaign against Denmark but Russia, England and France call for a truce.
Schleswig and Holstein try to come loose from Denmark without the help of Preussen.
http://www.mayk.edu.hel.fi/comenius/sivu22.html   (459 words)

  
 LLRX.com - Online Legal Information in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden - Updated
New laws [love], treaties [traktater], and regulations [bekendtgørelser] binding on citizens are required to be published in the Law Gazette of the Kingdom of Denmark [Lovtidende] in order to enter into force.
Appendices at the end of the article contain separate tables listing the major legislative history, statutory, administrative, and case law sources for each country.
It should be noted that, while Denmark and Sweden are members of the European Union, this article does not cover the databases in either country specifically devoted to European Union law.
http://www.llrx.com/features/scanda.htm   (459 words)

  
 Decision To Invade Norway and Denmark
Even though the occupation of Norway and Denmark had no significant effect on the outcome of the war, it established a milestone in the history of warfare by demonstrating the effective reach of modern military forces.
The Krancke staff had assumed that the necessary bases in Denmark could be secured by diplomatic pressure reinforced with the threat of a military occupation; but after the von Falkenhorst staff had been installed it was decided not to rely on half measures of that sort.
After the Commander in Chief of the Finnish Army, Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, appealed for help on 29 January, the Allied Supreme War Council decided to send an expedition timed for mid-March.
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/70-7_02.htm   (459 words)

  
 Historians in the News: Latest
Historian Sentenced to Death: Iran's Supreme Court has, for the second time, overturned a death sentence on a history professor convicted of apostasy for attacking clerical rule.
Iran's hard-line judiciary backed off from the death sentence issued against a history professor, his lawyer said Monday.
The sentencing of Hashem Aghajari had sparked days of protests in 2002.
http://hnn.us/articles/1120.html   (459 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Denmark
Main article: History of Denmark Ancient Denmark See also: Neolithic and Bronze Age People lived in what is today Denmark more than 100,000 years ago, but they were likely forced to leave for a time because of the ice cap that covered the land for some of the intervening time during the ice age.
The Kingdom of Denmark – comprising Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands – no longer has a general unified judicial system, because of the Greenland and Faroe Islands home rule laws, though decisions of the highest courts of Greenland and the Faroe Islands may be appealed to one of the Danish High...
In 1849 Denmark became a constitutional monarchy with the adoption of a new constitution.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Denmark   (459 words)

  
 Austria - HISTORY
Austria and Prussia had together fought a brief war against Denmark in 1864 to secure the predominantly German duchies of Schleswig and Holstein for Germany.
Although the provisional government had declared the Austrian state to be a constituent state of the German republic, the treaty barred Austria from joining Germany without the consent of the League of Nations and compelled the new state to call itself the Republic of Austria rather than the German-Austrian Republic.
The territories that constitute modern Austria were, for most of their history, constituent parts of the German nation and were linked to one another only insofar as they were all feudal possessions of one of the leading dynasties in Europe, the Habsburgs.
http://www.mongabay.com/reference/country_studies/austria/HISTORY.html   (17939 words)

  
 ni... - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library
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English journalist and historian; professor of law at Oxford, 1846-67; visited America in 1864, supporting North during Civil War; left England in 1868 to become professor of English and Constitutional History at Cornell University, 1868-71; lived in Canada, 1871 et seq.
Danish writer on esthetics and the history of literature; docent at the University of Copenhagen; his university lectures in the first half of the 1870s brought accusations of radicalism and freethinking.
On accession of Charles II in 1660, was appointed King's chaplain, but left Church of England on the passage of the Act of Uniformity (1662) and retired in Acton.
http://www.mencken.org/files/text/me1908biographies.htm   (17939 words)

  
 Schleswig-Holstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The former Duchy of Schleswig, (Sønderjylland in Danish), has been divided between Denmark and Germany since 1920.
For extended periods the King of Denmark was also German Duke of Schleswig and/or Holstein.
The former Duchy of Holstein constitutes the southern part of Schleswig-Holstein, whereas Southern Schleswig constitutes the northern part.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein   (17939 words)

  
 Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scania, Blekinge and Halland were part of Denmark for most of its early history, but were lost to Sweden in 1658.
In 1849 Denmark became a constitutional monarchy with the adoption of a new constitution.
The monarch is formally head of state, a role which is mainly ceremonial, since executive power is exercised by the cabinet ministers, with the prime minister acting as the first among equals (primus inter pares).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark   (1666 words)

  
 Rescue of the Danish Jews
Denmark was a small idyllic country of 4 million people, with a history of taking in immigrants from countries such as Germany, Holland, Sweden, and Poland.
Georg Duckwitz after the war served as Germany's Ambassador to Denmark and was honored by Israel for his part in the rescue of Jews, he died in 1973.
King Christian X' grandchild, Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, was the patron of the events marking the 50th anniversary of the rescue operation of Danish Jews.
http://auschwitz.dk/Denmark.htm   (1666 words)

  
 Government (from Denmark) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Denmark is a constitutional monarchy, with a prime minister as head of government and a monarch as chief of state.
teacher and politician who was a leading agitator for agrarian reform and for the establishment of representative government in Denmark.
The word government is derived from a Greek verb meaning “to pilot a ship.” It is a fitting derivation, since, in metaphorical terms, it is the responsibility of government to steer the “ship of state.” Governments have been a part of human history for thousands of years.
http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-234208?tocId=234208   (626 words)

  
 Pomerania History
In the Treaty of Kiel (1814), Sweden exchanged Pomerania with Denmark in return for Norway, but at the Congress of Vienna (1815) Denmark ceded its share of Pomerania to Prussia, receiving the duchy of Lauenburg in return.
The German part constituted the Prussian province of Pomerania (Ger.
In 1815 the Congress of Vienna united all of Pomerania under Prussia.
http://www.richware.net/rohde/pomerania_history.htm   (626 words)

  
 Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Norway - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research
History of Denmark, by P. Wittmann, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol.
The Catholic Church in Denmark (unofficial) / La Chiesa cattolica in Danimarca
History of the Catholic Church in Norway (in English)
http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-FIN-SWE-NOR-DEN-ICE.htm   (626 words)

  
 Denmark - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Denmark
During the 16th century Denmark was one of the great powers of Europe, the reign of Frederick II (1559–88) and the early part of the reign of Christian IV (1588–1648) being the period of the country's greatest strength, although in 1563–70 there was a disastrous attempt to regain Sweden.
Vikings from Denmark also raided extensively in northern and western France, until in 911 they were ceded Normandy (‘land of the Norse’) by the French king; the Normans, as the Vikings who settled in France became known, were to play an important role in the history of Western Europe over the next few centuries.
Denmark thus became a member of the EEC in 1973, resigning from EFTA at the same time.
http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Denmark   (626 words)

  
 Denmark
Vikings from Denmark also raided extensively in northern and western France, until in 911 they were ceded Normandy (‘land of the Norse’) by the French king; the Normans, as the Vikings who settled in France became known, were to play an important role in the history of Western Europe over the next few centuries.
Denmark thus became a member of the EEC in 1973, resigning from EFTA at the same time.
During the 16th century Denmark was one of the great powers of Europe, the reign of Frederick II (1559–88) and the early part of the reign of Christian IV (1588–1648) being the period of the country's greatest strength, although in 1563–70 there was a disastrous attempt to regain Sweden.
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019722.html   (3923 words)

  
 Denmark - encyclopedia article about Denmark.
Scania, Blekinge and Halland were part of Denmark for most of its early history, but were lost to Sweden in 1658.
In 1849 Denmark became a constitutional monarchy with the adoption of a new constitution.
Denmark is north of Germany Germany or the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Deutschland or Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the world's leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Denmark   (3846 words)

  
 The 1849 constitution (from Denmark) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
After the death of Christian VIII in January 1848 and under the influence of the February revolution in Paris and the March revolution in Germany, the new king, Frederick VII (1848–63), installed the March Cabinet, in which the National Liberal leaders Orla Lehmann and Ditlev Gothard Monrad were given seats.
The Constitution is usually counted among the great newspapers of the United States.
More results on "The 1849 constitution (from Denmark)" when you join.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-33889?tocId=33889   (3846 words)

  
 Rootdigger - Emigrants Database - Genealogy in Schleswig-Holstein
He had hired 4000 fierce mercenaries, the Black Guard, who were followed by 2000 knights of all noble houses of Schleswig, Holstein and Denmark, and another 5000 armed subjects.The Dithmarschers, highly outnumbered, battled for their independence once more, and did so successfully, for the last time.
Conflicting views about the rightful succession for the office of the Duke of Schleswig.
Denmark imposed the all-Danish constitution upon the Duchy Schleswig.
http://www.rootdigger.de/HistoryMain.htm   (3846 words)

  
 Danish Kings · Frederik 7.
When, in spite of this, he still became one of the most popular kings in the history of Denmark, it was first and foremost because he gave up the Absolute Monarchy and gave Denmark a free constitution by signing Junigrundloven (the June Constitution).
Under the slogan Denmark to the Ejder (a river south of Schleswig,) a big protest demonstration, led by the Citizen’s representatives, was held at the castle courtyard.
The King declared to the new cabinet that he regarded the Absolute Rule as finished and himself as a constitutional King.
http://www.danskekonger.dk/eng/biografi/FreVII.html   (3846 words)

  
 Danish Kings · Frederik 7.
When, in spite of this, he still became one of the most popular kings in the history of Denmark, it was first and foremost because he gave up the Absolute Monarchy and gave Denmark a free constitution by signing Junigrundloven (the June Constitution).
Under the slogan Denmark to the Ejder (a river south of Schleswig,) a big protest demonstration, led by the Citizen’s representatives, was held at the castle courtyard.
to keep his old cabinet and ordered him to issue a shared constitution for Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein.
http://www.danskekonger.dk/eng/biografi/FreVII.html   (3846 words)

  
 Denmark, Kansas, USA - A Danish Settlement on the Prairie 16 Miles North of Exit 216 on Interstate 70
We would like to document the people of Denmark, Kansas, USA by describing the history and sociology of the community and possibly bringing together the families of immigrants.
The book is a very interesting and touching account of numerous details of the history, folklore and traditions of the small community with many interesting pictures.
Karstensen had asked to send a wonderful book written by Ruth Sorensen: BEYOND THE PRAIRIE WIND, HISTORY, FOLKLORE AND TRADITIONS FROM DENMARK, KANSAS published by Partnership Book Services, Hillsboro, Kansas, Library of Congress catalog number 96-068921.
http://plab.ku.dk/tcbh/denmarkkansas.htm   (1645 words)

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