Province of Schleswig-Holstein

Province of Schleswig-Holstein

Infobox Former Subdivision
conventional_long_name = Schleswig-Holstein
common_name = Schleswig-Holstein
subdivision = Province
nation = Prussia






image_map_caption = The Province of Schleswig-Holstein (red), within the Kingdom of Prussia, within the German Empire
capital = Kiel (1866-1879) Schleswig (1879-1917) Kiel (1917-1946)
stat_area1= 19004
stat_pop1 = 1504339
stat_year1=1905 (?)
stat_area2= 15682
stat_pop2 = 1598328
stat_year2 = 1939
p1 = Duchy of Schleswig
image_p1 =
p2 = Duchy of Holstein
image_p2 =
p3 = Duchy of Lauenburg
image_p3 =
p4 = Free City of Lübeck
image_p4 =
s1 = Schleswig-Holstein
flag_s1 = Flag of Schleswig-Holstein (state).svg
s2 = Aabenraa County
image_s2 =
s3 = Haderslev County
image_s3 =
s4 = Sønderborg County
image_s4 =
s5 = Tønder County
image_s5 =
year_start = 1868
event_start = Established
year_end = 1946
event1 = North Schleswig ceded to Denmark
date_event1 = 15 June 1920
event2 = Greater Hamburg Act
date_event2 = 1 April 1937
today = Schleswig-Holstein Region Syddanmark

The Province of Schleswig-Holstein ( _de. Provinz Schleswig-Holstein) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946. It was created from the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, which had been conquered by Prussia and the Austrian Empire from Denmark in the Second War of Schleswig in 1864. Following the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, which ended in Austrian defeat, Schleswig and Holstein were annexed by Prussia. The province was created in 1868 and also included the Duchy of Lauenburg.

Following the defeat of Imperial Germany in World War I, the Allied powers organised two plebiscites in Northern and Central Schleswig on 10 February and 14 March 1920, respectively. In Northern Schleswig 75% voted for reunification with Denmark and 25% for staying with Germany. In Central Schleswig the situation was reversed with 80% voting for Germany and 20% for Denmark. No vote ever took place in the southern third of Schleswig.

On 15 June 1920, Northern Schleswig was officially reunited with Denmark (see: South Jutland County). The remainder of Schleswig remained part of Schleswig-Holstein, now a province of the Free State of Prussia.

With the Greater Hamburg Act of 1937, the Free City of Lübeck was incorporated into the Schleswig-Holstein province, while the city districts of Altona and Wandsbek were incorporated into the Hansestadt Hamburg.

After World War II, Schleswig-Holstein was part of the British occupation zone, although a small part of Schleswig-Holstein east of Ratzeburg was reallocated to Mecklenburg in the Soviet occupation zone. The British-occupied section became the new German state of Schleswig-Holstein in 1949.

ee also

*Schleswig-Holstein
*Schleswig-Holstein Question
*History of Schleswig-Holstein
*Peace of Prague (1866)
*Schleswig Plebiscites

External links

* [http://www.gemeindeverzeichnis.de/gem1900//gem1900.htm?schleswig/schleswig1900.htm Gemeindeverzeichnis Deutschland 1900] de icon
* [http://www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de/provinz_schleswig-holstein.htm Deutsche-Schutzgebiete.de] de icon


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