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  Encyclopedia: Jutland
Billund is a municipality in the center of the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark, in the county of Ribe.
Esbjerg is a municipality in south-west Denmark, in the county of Ribe on the peninsula of Jutland.
Ribe is a municipality in south-west Denmark, in Ribe (county) on the peninsula of Jutland.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jutland   (1959 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Jutland, Scandinavia (Scandinavian Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
The east coast of Jutland is fertile and densely populated.
Dairying and livestock raising are the main occupations of E Jutland; arhus and alborg are the chief ports.
Jutland was known to the ancients as the Cimbric Peninsula (Lat.
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 Jutland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the mainland part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea.
The largest cities in the Danish part of the Jutland Peninsula are Århus, Aalborg, Billund, Esbjerg, Frederikshavn, Randers, Kolding, Ribe, Vejle, Viborg, and Horsens.
Jutland has historically been one of the three main parts or lands of Denmark.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jutland   (543 words)

  
 DENMARK - LoveToKnow Article on DENMARK
The Cattegat is divided from the Baltic by the Danish islands, between the east coast of the Cimbric peninsula in the neighborhood of the German frontier and south-western Sweden.
In the district of Aalborg, in the north of Jutland, a cold and dry N.W. wind called skai prevails in May and June, and is exceedingly destructive to vegetation; while along the west coast of the peninsula similar effects are produced by a salt mist, which carries its influence from 15 to 30 m.
Jutland was acquired by Dan, the eponymous ancestor of the Danes.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DE/DENMARK.htm   (20575 words)

  
 Jutland - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Jutland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It is separated from Norway by the Skagerrak and from Sweden by the Kattegat strait, with the North Sea to the west.
Dairying and livestock raising are the main occupations of eastern Jutland; Århus and Ålborg are the chief ports.
Jutland is divided by a central glacial ridge into two sections.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Jutland   (195 words)

  
 Jutland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jutland (Jylland) was historically one of the three main parts or Lands of Denmark.
Charlemagne removed pagan Saxons from east Jutland at the Baltic Sea— the later Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg areas— and moved Abodrites (or Obotrites), a group of Wendish Slavs who pledged allegiance to Charlemagne and who had for the most part converted to Christianity, into the area instead.
Summerhouse in Northern Jutland The house is located nord to the canal Limfjorden, 20 km.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Jutland.html   (412 words)

  
 South Jutland County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sønderjyllands Amt (English: South Jutland County) is a county (Danish, amt) on the Jutland peninsula in southern Denmark.
The name refers specifically to the southernmost 30 kilometers of the Danish part of the Jutland Peninsula that used to be a part of the former Duchy of Schleswig (Danish: Slesvig), a fief under the Danish Crown.
Denmark lost the Duchy of Schleswig, as well as the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg, to Prussia and Austria in 1864 in the Second War of Schleswig.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Jutland_County   (281 words)

  
 Little Hoof's Draft Horse Page!
Like the Suffolk, the coat is usually chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail, and the breed's connection with the Suffolk is evident in the compact, round body, the deep girth, and the massive quarters.
In one respect, it differs entirely from the Suffolk, for the Jutland's legs carry a heavy feather that is not found in the former.
The joints on the Jutland are inclined to be fleshy.
www.angelfire.com /ns/littlehoof/jutland.html   (316 words)

  
 Der Kieler Kreis -- Kiel
The center of the peninsula is a sandy upland, which rises to the steep, rocky eastern coast.
Jutland (Danish Jylland), in physical geography, peninsula in northern Europe, extending northward from the Eider River, and bounded on the north by the Skagerrak strait, on the east by the Kattegat strait and the Lillebælt channel, and on the west by the North Sea.
In the 5th century the peninsula was occupied by the Jutes, a Germanic tribe that participated, along with the Angles and Saxons, in the invasion of Britain.
www.geocities.com /redmidnightcat/schleswig.htm   (2247 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Jutland
Jutland (Danish Jylland), in physical geography, peninsula in northern Europe, extending northward from the Eider River, and bounded on the north by...
Jutland, Battle of, major naval engagement fought between the British and German fleets during World War I. The British Grand Fleet was under the...
Europe is a highly fragmented landmass consisting of a number of large peninsulas, such as the Scandinavian, Iberian, and Italian, as well as smaller...
encarta.msn.com /Jutland.html   (99 words)

  
 Jutland Breed Information & Picture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Jutland is a Danish heavy horse breed.
There is some evidence to suggest that the Jutlands could have even been in existence as early as the 9th century during the Viking era.
The Jutland was used as an early influence in the breeding of the Suffolk Punch.
www.terrific-horses.com /breeds/jutland.asp   (212 words)

  
 Jutland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The luxury stereo designer based in Struer in Jutland will be opening a store in Chennai after New Year's with two more stores expected in Jaipur and Ahmedabad...
Danish newspaper Jydske Vestkysten reported soldiers were moved from their regular barracks at Jutland, more than 100km away, so the salute could be perfectly...
Stable electricity prices on Zealand are a thorn in the eye of businesses in Jutland and on the island of Funen, who pay nearly 75 percent more for their energy...
www.wikiverse.org /jutland   (390 words)

  
 Northern Jutland
Northern Jutland is as the name indicates the part of Denmark situated in the northernmost region of the Jutland peninsula.
Northern Jutland is also the name of Denmarks northernmost county a regional public authority consisting of 27 municipalities.
The rest of Northern Jutland is occupied by roughly 9.000 farms.
www.workindenmark.dk /Northern   (216 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Jutland, Denmark
Jutland, a peninsula on the European continent, forms the main body of Denmark.
Jutland features a varied landscape, ranging from imposing cliffs on the east coast to dunes and meadows in the west.
This picture portrays an outdoor scene in central Jutland.
encarta.msn.com /media_461513660/Jutland_Denmark.html   (42 words)

  
 Jutland
Dairying and livestock raising are the main occupations of E Jutland; Århus and Ålborg are the chief ports.
Sønderjylland (South Jutland) or Nordslesvig is the name applied in Denmark to the northern part of the former duchy of Schleswig, including the towns of Åbenrå, Haderslev, and Sønderborg.
Jutland, battle of - Jutland, battle of, only major engagement between the British and German fleets in World War I. Jylland - Jylland: see Jutland, peninsula, Denmark.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0826821.html   (326 words)

  
 Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Peninsula -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jutland Peninsula in Northern Germany and southern Denmark
San Francisco Peninsula separating the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.
Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/pe/Peninsula   (86 words)

  
 Jutland Peninsula - Wikipedia
The Jutland Peninsula stretches north from the continent of Europe from between (roughly) Hamburg and Bremen.
The Danes took considerable steps to protect themselves from the depredations of the Christian Frankish emperors, principally with the buiilding of the Danewerk, a wall stretching from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea.
Charlemagne removed pagan Saxons from east Jutland at the Baltic Sea - the later Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg areas - and moved Abodrites, Obotrites (Wendish Slavs), who pledged allegiance to Charlemagne, and who had for the most part converted to Christianity, into the area instead.
nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jutland_Peninsula   (266 words)

  
 Articles - History of Schleswig-Holstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jutland is a long peninsula in Northern Europe, and the current Schleswig-Holstein is its southern part.
In 1326, after a war between Denmark and Holstein, the underage Duke of Jutland (Valdemar of Slesvig) was made king of Denmark, and his guardian Count Gerhard of Holstein was entfeoffed with the Duchy of Jutland as a fief.
To add to the misery, the Danish government refused to allow the Danish optants expelled by Prussia to settle in Denmark, though this rule was modified by the Danish Nationality Law of 1898 in favour of the children of optants born after the passing of the law.
gaple.com /articles/History_of_Schleswig-Holstein?...   (10428 words)

  
 Jutland (Denmark)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
There is a sparsely used flag for Jutland, called "den Jyske Fane".
The white and red flag surfaced in 1972, but I am not sure whether it is still in use (or whether it ever was).
Jutland is the peninsula stretching northwards from continental Europe.
www.flagspot.net /flags/dk-jyll.html   (104 words)

  
 History of Schleswig-Holstein - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
There, on the narrowest part of southern Jutland, an important transit market (Haithabu, also known as Hedeby), close to the later City of Schleswig) was established, and protected by the fortification of Danevirke.
Knud Lavard (killed 1131) was called Duke of Jutland, and during the rule of his dynasty Southern Jutland functioned as the Duchy which provided for the expences of Royal Princes, which led to longlasting feuds between the Dukes and the Kings of Denmark 1253-1325.
In 1326, after a war between Denmark and Holstein, the underage Duke of Jutland was made king of Denmark, and his guardian Count Gerhard of Holstein was entfeofed with the Duchy as an inheritable fief.
www.netlexikon.akademie.de /History-of-Schleswig-Holstein.html   (1792 words)

  
 History - Denmark - Europe
Some historians believe that Danes inhabiting the southern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula migrated to the Jutland Peninsula and the adjacent islands in the Baltic Sea in the 5th and 6th centuries.
Evidence of major public structures—including a canal, a long bridge, and the ramparts across the neck of Jutland now called the Danevirke—in the 8th century attests to the presence of a fairly strong central authority in Jutland on the eve of the Viking age.
Within a century of their first raid on the British Isles in the 780s, the Danes were masters of the part of England that became known as the Danelaw.
www.countriesquest.com /europe/denmark/history.htm   (162 words)

  
 South Jutland : Introduction | Frommers.com
South Jutland (Jylland in Danish) is the part of Denmark that's on Continental Europe, with Germany its immediate neighbor to the south.
It's the southernmost part of the Jutland peninsula, dotted with heather-covered moors, fjords, farmlands, lakes, and sand dunes.
The meadows of Jutland are filled with rich bird life and winding rivers.
www.frommers.com /destinations/southjutland/1991010001.html   (463 words)

  
 Jutland Peninsula/Talk - Wikipedia
For more details see Jutland Juetland is the German name for the North German peninsula.
Some Angels Saxons and Juetes moved from continental Europe to Britain starting in 450 AD at the time of the onslaught of Huns (and later Slavs) from Asia onto Europe.
M.T. and JHK This "Jutland Penninsula" was left over from Sept 28, when the Jutland Peninsula was the outcome.
nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jutland_Peninsula/Talk   (683 words)

  
 Jutland, decendent of forest horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Jutland, Denmark's own breed of heavy horse, has been bred on the Jutland Peninsula since the Middle Ages and before.
Like other heavy horse breeds, the Jutland is derived from the coldblood Forest Horse of prehistory by the 12th century, it had been developed as a sturdy war-horse, up to weight, enduring, and economical to keep.
The Jutland is largely responsible for the neighboring Schleswig horse, and crosses were still being made well into the 20th century.
www.equineestates.com /library/breeds/j002.htm   (257 words)

  
 Nordic FAQ - 3 of 7 - DENMARK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It consists of the peninsula of Jutland (Jylland) in the west, and an archipelago of 406 islands in the east, of which the most important ones are Zealand (Sjælland) on which Copenhagen is located, and Funen (Fyn).
Scania, Jutland and the islands in-between had been ruled by the same king now and then, for instance under King Godfred in the early 800s, but first with the Christianization of kings and magnates the kingdom of Denmark seems to have become a stabile entity.
Jutland's main asset is nature, which spans a wide spectrum from lakes, hills, and forests (very like the landscape of Sealand and Funen) to heaths, moors, marsh and dunes, unique to the Jutland landscape.
www.faqs.org /faqs/nordic-faq/part3_DENMARK   (11687 words)

  
 Jutland Peninsula
The Jutland Peninsula (Danish, Jylland; German, Jütland) stretches north from the continent of Europe from between (roughly) Hamburg and Bremen.
Much of the peninsula is occupied by the country of Denmark.
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ju/Jutland_Penninsula.html   (93 words)

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