Denmark includes the Duchy of Schleswig, and …
Years: 1848 - 1848
Denmark includes the Duchy of Schleswig, and the king of Denmark rules the duchies of Holstein and Saxe-Lauenburg within the German Confederation at the beginning of 1848.
The majority of the ethnic Germans in Denmark live in these areas.
Germans make up a third of the country's population, and the three duchies are behind half of Denmark's economy.
The Napoleonic Wars, which had ended in 1815, had fanned both Danish and German nationalism.
The majority of the ethnic Germans in Denmark live in these areas.
Germans make up a third of the country's population, and the three duchies are behind half of Denmark's economy.
The Napoleonic Wars, which had ended in 1815, had fanned both Danish and German nationalism.
People
Groups
- Germans
- Frisians
- Danes (Scandinavians)
- Schleswig, Duchy of
- Holstein, Duchy of
- Denmark-Norway, Kingdom of
- Lauenburg, Duchy of
- German Confederation
