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I vaguely remember this area from my history classes. Was it one of the two areas grabbed from Holland?
by markus_zhang 1y ago
I vaguely remember this area from my history classes. Was it one of the two areas grabbed from Holland?
- MarcusE1W 1y agoNo
- jamesblonde 1y agoThere was a war over it in 1864, as the Prussians grew to become Germany taking the land from Denmark. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Schleswig_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Schleswig_War
- throw-qqqqq 1y ago> Was it one of the two areas grabbed from Holland? Denmark, but being dutch vs danish is very commonly confused/conflated in the US :D
- markus_zhang 1y agoAh my bad! Thanks for the clarification. The name is pretty special so it brought forward some memory.
- throw-qqqqq 1y agoHaha sorry if I came across salty, I just wanted to joke around. It is true though. Can’t count how many times I’ve had this exchange “Oh danish huh? I love Amsterdam!” (the dutch capital) Europe is full of tiny countries and I absolutely can’t name all 50 US states or place even half on the map. No intention of shaming
- flohofwoe 1y agoYou're probably thinking of Denmark. TL;DR: Saxons => Danes ================> Prussia => Germany See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig%E2%80%93Holstein_question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig%E2%80%93Holstein_que...
- Podrod 1y agoNot quite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig%E2%80%93Holstein_question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig%E2%80%93Holstein_que...