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Schleswig

Duchy of Schleswig
Hertugdømmet Slesvig
Herzogtum Schleswig
Fiefdom of the Danish Crown (partly between 1544 and 1713/20)
1058–1866


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Capital Schleswig, Flensburg, Copenhagen
Languages Danish, German, Low German, North Frisian
Religion Catholicism, Lutheranism and Mennonitism (from 16th century), Judaism
Government Duchy
Duke
 •  1058–1095 Olaf I of Denmark
 •  1863–66 Christian IX of Denmark
History
 •  Established 1058
 •  Disestablished 1866
Currency Schleswig-Holstein speciethaler, Danish rigsdaler, Pfennig
Preceded by
Succeeded by
North Sea Empire
Province of Schleswig-Holstein
Today part of  Denmark
 Germany


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The Duchy of Schleswig (Danish: Hertugdømmet Slesvig; German: Herzogtum Schleswig; Low German: Sleswig; North Frisian: Slaswik) was a duchy in Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland) covering the area between about 60 km north and 70 km south of the current border between Germany and Denmark; the territory has been divided between the two countries since 1920, with Northern Schleswig in Denmark and Southern Schleswig in Germany. The region is also called Sleswick in English.

The area's traditional significance lies in the transfer of goods between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, connecting the trade route through Russia with the trade routes along the Rhine and the Atlantic coast (see also Kiel Canal).

Roman sources place the homeland of the Jute tribe north of the river Eider and that of the Angles to its south, who in turn abutted the neighbouring Saxons. By the early Middle Ages, the region was inhabited by three groups:


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