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Swania (German:
Schwansen, Danish:
Svans or Svansø,
meaning "swan island/peninsula") is a
peninsula in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany,
protruding into the...
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Schwansen was an Amt ("collective muni****lity") in the
district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It
covered most of the peninsula...
- bays and swamps. It
separates the
Angeln peninsula to the
north from the
Schwansen peninsula to the south. The
important Viking settlement of
Hedeby was...
- Ages. It was
termed the
Danish Wold.
North of Eckernförde Bay is the
Schwansen region; at the end of the bay is the city of Eckernförde. The bay itself...
- Østervolden),
between the
Schlei and Eckernförde inlets,
defended the
Schwansen peninsula.
According to
written sources, work on the
Danevirke was started...
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Anglia is
separated from the
neighbouring peninsula of
Swania (Ger.
Schwansen, Dan.
Svans or Svansø) by the Sly
Firth (Ger. Schlei, Dan. Sli), and to...
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across the
Schlei inlet,
which separates the two
peninsulas of
Angeln and
Schwansen, and
founded the town of Schleswig.
After the
settlement was abandoned...
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significant po****tions origin:
southern Jutland:
Schleswig (Anglia,
Schwansen,
Danish Wahld,
North Frisia/North
Frisian Islands)
Holstein (Eiderstedt...
- (including Alsisk). The
former variant in
Angeln (Danish: Angel) and
Schwansen (Svansø) was
known as
Angel Danish. The
other dialects classified as belonging...
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North Frisia on the
North Sea side, and the
peninsulas of
Danish Wahld,
Schwansen, and
Anglia on the
Baltic side.
There is a
considerable North Frisian...
