- Eider River
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name = Eider
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country = Germany
state = Schleswig-Holstein
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tributary_right = Treene, Sorge
city = Bordesholm | city1 = Kiel | city2 = Rendsburg | city3 = Friedrichstadt | city4 = Tönning
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source = Klaster Teich
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mouth = North Sea
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mouth_lat_d = 54 | mouth_lat_m = 18 | mouth_lat_s = 52.27 | mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 8 | mouth_long_m = 57 | mouth_long_s = 16.34 | mouth_long_EW = E
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map_caption = The Eider as borderline between the Danes, Saxons and Frisians
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footnotes =The Eider (German: "Eider"; Danish: "Ejderen";
Latin : "Egdor" or "Egdore") is the longest river of the German state ofSchleswig-Holstein . The river starts nearBordesholm and reaches the southwestern outskirts ofKiel on the shores of theBaltic Sea , but flows to the west, ending in theNorth Sea . The middle part of the Eider was appropriated for use as part of theKiel Canal . [cite web
title=The History of the City of Kiel, 1243 - 1945
work=British Kiel Yacht Club
url=http://www.bkyc.de/html/kiel_1243_-_1945.html
accessdate=2006-03-16]In the
Early Middle Ages the river is believed to have been the border between the related Germanic tribes theJutes and theAngles who during this period, along with the neighboring Saxons crossed theNorth Sea from this region and settled themselves inEngland . During theHigh Middle Ages the Eider was the border between the Saxons and the Danes, as reported byAdam of Bremen in1076 . For centuries it dividedDenmark and theHoly Roman Empire . [cite book
first=M.K.
last=Lawson
year=1993
title=Cnut, The Danes in England in the Early Eleventh Century
publisher=Longman
location=New York
id=ISBN 0-582-05969-0 ] Today it is the border betweenSchleswig andHolstein , the northern and southern parts, respectively, of the modern German state of Schleswig-Holstein.The Eider flows through the following towns:
Bordesholm ,Kiel ,Rendsburg ,Friedrichstadt andTönning . Near Tönning it flows into the North Sea. Theestuary has tidal flats andbrackish water . The mouth of the river is crossed by a closeablestorm surge barrier .References
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