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 Denmark - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Denmark is north of Germany and Poland, southwest of Sweden and southeast of Norway.
After the Second War of Schleswig in 1864 Denmark was forced to cede Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia, in a defeat that left deep marks in the Danish national identity.
The courts of Denmark are functionally and administratively independent of the executive and the legislature.
open-encyclopedia.com /Denmark   (1123 words)

  
 j. Scandinavia. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Scandinavia consists of the five geographical regions of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland.
Denmark also controlled Schleswig-Holstein despite continued efforts within the latter to gain independence and join the Germanic Confederation.
Whereas the Finnish students suffered suspensions as the result of their activities, Denmark and Sweden were marked by growing cooperation.
www.bartleby.com /67/1075.html   (461 words)

  
 Encyclopedia topic: Lands of Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Denmark (A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea) was historically divided into three land (The solid part of the earth's surface) s:
Zealand (The largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen) and the islands
Jutland (An indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark)
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lands_of_denmark.htm   (96 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Protestantism
From this time forward the progress of Protestantism is on political rather than on religious lines; the people are not clamouring for innovations, but the rulers find their advantage in being supreme bishops, and by force, or cunning, or both impose the yoke of the new Gospel on their subjects.
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, England, and all the small principalities and imperial towns in Germany are examples in point.
The supreme heads and governors were well aware that the principles which had brought down the authority of Rome would equally bring down their own; hence the penal laws everywhere enacted against dissenters from the state religion decreed by the temporal ruler.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/12495a.htm   (7344 words)

  
 How to use the Belarus SIG website to find your Belorussian ancestors and their shtetls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
So how do you find out what his original given name was?
For each European region, these data bases include the Hebrew, Yiddish, and local and other-European-country secular names used, as well as the new vernacular names used in foreign countries.
How can I find out what records may exist for my shtetl?
www.jewishgen.org /belarus/research_tool.htm   (1709 words)

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