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    Danevirke (redirect from Danewerk)
    (modern Danish spelling: Dannevirke; in Old Norse: Danavirki, in German: Danewerk, literally meaning earthwork of the Danes) is a system of Danish fortifications...
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    Location Danewerk, Schleswig, Denmark Result Danish strategic retreatment and Austro-prussian military advance Territorial changes Danewerk and most of...
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    which is also the location of the interlocking fortifications known as the Danewerk or Danevirke. Its construction, and in particular its great expansion around...
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     68–69. ISBN 978-82-8422-020-8. Retrieved 24 July 2020. Media related to Danewerk Museum at Wikimedia Commons Official website (in German and Danish) v t...
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    The Roman limes are the best known examples of earlier landwehrs. The Danewerk is another example of this type of barrier. Many of these landwehrs have...
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    well-defended barrier; the Great Wall of China, Hadrian's Wall, and the Danewerk are famous examples. Such barriers have also included trench lines and...
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    brigade "Canstein", Gondrecourt's unit stormed the area in front of the Danewerk during the Battle for Königshügel near Selk. For the successful capture...
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    marched into Schleswig. The Danes evacuated the ancient defense line of Danewerk and instead fortified the flank position of Dybbøl. Throughout early April...
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    (starting at the west) up the Treene river, along the Danevirke (also known as Danewerk), then cutting across from the Schlei estuary to Eckernförde, and leaving...
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  • in Schleswig Burg Böge-Schloss in Ausacker Burg in Brodersby (Angeln) Danewerk (mostly in Dannewerk. Margarethenwall in Brodersby and Waldemarsmauer in...
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    as the division was partly to ensure the Army's possible advance in the Danewerk position, and partly to keep the population in check, all the while threatening...
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    Theatre Puppets Buddenbrookhaus (in Lübeck) Gottorf Castle (in Schleswig) Danewerk Museum (near Schleswig) Haithabu Viking Museum (near Schleswig) Theodor...
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