Schwansen (Danish: Svans or Svansø, meaning "swan island/peninsula") is a peninsula in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, protruding into the Baltic Sea. It...
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Schwansen was an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It covered most of the peninsula...
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Ages. It was termed the Danish Wold. North of Eckernförde Bay is the Schwansen region; at the end of the bay is the city of Eckernförde. The bay itself...
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bays and swamps. It separates the Angeln peninsula to the north from the Schwansen peninsula to the south. The important Viking settlement of Hedeby was...
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Als in Denmark, and on the south by the Schlei, which separates it from Schwansen. The landscape is hilly, dotted with numerous lakes. The largest towns...
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Østervolden), between the Schlei and Eckernförde inlets, defended the Schwansen peninsula. According to written sources, work on the Danevirke was started...
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across the Schlei inlet, which separates the two peninsulas of Angeln and Schwansen, and founded the town of Schleswig. After the settlement was abandoned...
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North Frisia on the North Sea side, and the peninsulas of Danish Wahld, Schwansen, and Anglia on the Baltic side. There is a considerable North Frisian...
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significant populations origin: southern Jutland: Schleswig (Angeln, Schwansen, Danish Wahld, North Frisia/North Frisian Islands) Holstein (Eiderstedt...
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(22 mi) southeast of Flensburg. For the eastern Angeln and the northern Schwansen, Kappeln has center function. Kappeln was first mentioned in records in...
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(including Alsisk). The former variant in Angeln (Danish: Angel) and Schwansen (Svansø) was known as Angel Danish. The other dialects classified as belonging...
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previous centuries: for example, Danish was still spoken on the peninsula of Schwansen around 1780 (the last known use of Danish was in the villages near the...
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Brodersby (redirect from Brodersby (Schwansen))
Brodersby may refer to several places in Germany: Brodersby, Rendsburg-Eckernförde Brodersby, Schleswig-Flensburg This disambiguation page lists articles...
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the Danes and the Frisians. During the 14th century, the population on Schwansen began to speak Low German alongside Danish, but otherwise the ethno-linguistic...
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of the Schlei Förde, which separates the two peninsulas of Angeln and Schwansen, and is on the western edge of the Schleswig-Holstein Uplands on the transition...
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the Bay of Kiel between the Danish Wahld peninsula in the south and the Schwansen peninsula in the north in the Baltic Sea off the lands of Schleswig-Holstein...
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was a variant of South Jutlandic spoken in the regions of Angeln and Schwansen in Southern Schleswig partly until the 20th century. Both landscapes belonged...
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Süderbrarup 4642 Kappeln an der Schlei 4643 Gelting (Angeln) 4644 Karby Schwansen 4646 Mohrkirch 4651 Sylt 4661 Niebüll 4662 Leck 4663 Süderlügum 4664 Neukirchen...
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Schleswig-Holstein, at one of its narrowest parts. The bridge thereby connects the Schwansen and Angeln regions. The steel bridge, that has been declared a monument...
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Gothic brick building is the cloister beside St Lawrence church ↑ Karby, Schwansen, Rendsburg-Eckernförde Village church 2nd half of 13th century ↓ Katharinenheerd...
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Old Norse Mjósund "narrow strait") is a village on the Schlei coast of Schwansen in Southern Schleswig in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, about 7 miles from...
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In 1807, the manor and village of Gereby by the Schlei near Kappeln in Schwansen was renamed Carlsburg in honour of Prince Charles. Charles had purchased...
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served as chairman of its advisory board. He resided in Grünholz near Schwansen where he had business interests in agriculture, forestry and real estate...
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wasn't part of the Amt. In January 2008, it was merged with the Ämter Schwansen and Schlei to form the Amt Schlei-Ostsee. The Amt Windeby consisted of...
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to: Svans, an ethnic subgroup of the Georgians The Danish name for the Schwansen peninsula in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. The large bird is correctly...
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forces struck the Danish fortifications at Mysunde (on the Schlei coast of Schwansen east of Schleswig town), trying to bypass the Danevirke by crossing the...
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territories of today's Germany and Denmark: Olpenitz (at Kappeln) Saxtorf (at Schwansen) Königsförde-Lindau (at the Eider Canal), the County of Langeland with...
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was the seat of the Amt. In January 2008, it was merged with the Ämter Schwansen and Windeby to form the Amt Schlei-Ostsee. The Amt Schlei consisted of...
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Tian'e Hu zhan), a station on the Linhe–Ceke railway in Inner Mongolia Schwansen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Swan Lake, Curonian Spit National Park...
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forces struck the Danish fortifications at Mysunde (on the Schlei coast of Schwansen east of Schleswig, trying to bypass the Danevirke by crossing the frozen...
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