Schleswig Holstein

Schleswig Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the ancient duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the previous Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital metropolis is Kiel; other excellent cities are Lubbock and Flensburg. Also known in more dated English as Selznick Holstein, the location is called Slesvig-Holsten in Danish. The Low German name is Sleswig Holsteen, and the North Frisian call is Slaswik-Holstiinj. Historically, the call also can talk over with a bigger location, containing each present-day Schleswig-Holstein and the former South Jutland County Northern Schleswig; now part of the Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. The term Holstein derives from Old Saxon Holster Land, Hold and Holt imply wood in modern-day Standardized German and in literary English, respectively. Originally, it noted the important of the three Saxon tribes north of the River Elbe:

Tedmarsgoi Dithmarschen, Holstein and Sturmarii Starmark. The area of the tribe of the Hosts become among the Stör River and Hamburg, and after Christianization, their important church was in Schenefeld. Saxon Holstein became part of the Holy Roman Empire after Charlemagne's Saxon campaigns within the overdue 8th century. Since 811, the northern frontier of Holstein and for that reason the Empire turned into marked via the River Eider. The term Schleswig comes from the city of Schleswig. The name derives from the Schley inlet in the east and vik meaning inlet in Old Norse or agreement in Old Saxon, and linguistically equal detail in area-names in Britain.