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Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein a state of NW Germany, occupying the southern part of the Jutland peninsula, comprising the former duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, annexed by Prussia in 1866. The complexity of the Schleswig-Holstein question was proverbial in 19th-century politics. The British Whig statesman Lord Palmerston (1784–1865) is said to have asserted that only three men in Europe had ever understood it, and of these the Prince Consort was dead, an unnamed Danish statesman was in an asylum, and he himself had forgotten it.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Schleswig-Holstein." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Schleswig-Holstein." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-SchleswigHolstein.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Schleswig-Holstein." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-SchleswigHolstein.html |
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Schleswig‐Holstein
Schleswig‐Holstein, Germany A state established in 1946 as a successor to the Prussian province of that name. The former German‐speaking Duchy of Holstein takes its name from Holt ‘wood’ and sittan ‘to be settled’. The name started as Holtsetar and was corrupted, inexplicably, to Holstein with Stein ‘stone’. See Schleswig.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Schleswig‐Holstein." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Schleswig‐Holstein." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-SchleswigHolstein.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Schleswig‐Holstein." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-SchleswigHolstein.html |
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