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Danish–German land and maritime borders. The Denmark–Germany border (Danish: Grænsen mellem Danmark og Tyskland; German: Grenze zwischen Dänemark und Deutschland) is a land and maritime border between the modern countries of Denmark and Germany. It includes Denmark's only land border, which is 68 kilometres (42 mi) long.
Denmark is in Germany. The border between the countries, which lies in the Schleswig region, has changed several times through history, the present border was determined by referendums in 1920. The Danish-German border area has been named as a positive example for other border regions. [1]
Following the German defeat in World War I, the Schleswig plebiscites of in February and March 1920 resulted in a partition of the Schleswig region, establishing the current German-Danish border. Reunification between Denmark and South Jutland (North Schleswig) was signed into Danish law effective 9 July 1920. [ 2 ]
The Danish/German border was the only one of the borders imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I that was never challenged by Adolf Hitler. In 1937, the Nazis passed the so-called Greater Hamburg Act ( Groß-Hamburg-Gesetz ), where the nearby Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg was expanded, to encompass towns that had ...
The 1864 border was confirmed in the 1907 German-Danish Optant Treaty, but Danish North Schleswigers continued to argue for a plebiscite citing the 1866 Peace of Prague. Danes campaigning for implementation of the plebiscite promise, in the hope that it would result in the area being restored to Danish rule, often made a comparison with the ...
The Duchy of Schleswig (/ ˈ ʃ l ɛ s w ɪ ɡ /; German: [ˌʃleːsvɪç]; Danish: Hertugdømmet Slesvig; German: Herzogtum Schleswig; Low German: Hartogdom Sleswig; North Frisian: Härtochduum Slaswik) was a duchy in Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland) covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km (45 mi) south of the current border between Germany and Denmark.
Flensburg is in the north of the German state Schleswig-Holstein, very close to the German-Danish border. After Glücksburg and Westerland, it is Germany's northernmost town. Flensburg lies at the innermost tip of the Flensburg Firth, an inlet of the Baltic Sea.
German, Danish leaders launch construction of new ammunition plant as Europe ramps up production. February 12, 2024 at 6:22 AM. BERLIN (AP) — The leaders of Germany and Denmark joined in a ...