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I vaguely remember this area from my history classes. Was it one of the two areas grabbed from Holland?


There 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


> 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


Ah my bad! Thanks for the clarification. The name is pretty special so it brought forward some memory.


Haha 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


Not quite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig%E2%80%93Holstein_que...


No


You're probably thinking of Denmark. TL;DR:

    Saxons => Danes ================> Prussia => Germany
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig%E2%80%93Holstein_que...




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