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'''Angeln''', also known as '''Anglia''' (
German language German: ''Angeln'',
Danish language Danish: ''Angel'',
Latin language Latin: ''Anglia'',
English language English: may follow German or Latin), is a
peninsula in
Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany, protruding into the
Bay of Kiel. It is separated from the neighbouring peninsula of
Schwansen (Danish: ''Svansö'') by the
Schlei inlet, and from the
Denmark Danish island of
Als by the
Flensburger Förde ("Firth of
Flensburg").
History
The region was home to the small
Germanic tribe of
Angles who, together with a few
Saxon people Saxon tribes, left their home when
migrating to
Britain in the 5th-6th centuries. For the year 449, the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states: ''"From Anglia, which has ever since remained waste between the
Jutes and the
Saxons, came the East Angles, the Middle Angles, the
Mercians, and all of those north of the
Humber."'' ([http://omacl.org/Anglo/part1.html Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 449 AD]) The phrase "north of the Humber" refers to the northern kingdom of
Northumbria.
Mercia was located in central England.
Following the departure of the Angles from Anglia, the region was occupied by Danish
Vikings not later than the 8th century. This is reflected in the large number of place names ending in ''-by'' which characterise the map of the region today. In the Viking period, the chronicler
Aethelweard reports that the most important town in Angeln was
Hedeby.
In subsequent history, Angeln's history is subsumed in that of the larger surrounding region which came to be known as
Jutland Southern Jutland or
Schleswig (Danish: ''Slesvig''). Up until the 19th century, the area primarily belonged to Denmark. However ethnically and linguistically a mixed German/Danish population evolved. Denmark lost Schleswig to Austria and Prussia in 1864 as a result of the
second war of Schleswig. In 1920, following Germany's defeat in
World War I, a
plebiscite was held to determine which areas should return to Danish control. As a result of the plebiscite, much of Schleswig returned to Denmark, but Angeln remained in Germany. See "
Schleswig-Holstein Question" for a detailed history.
The word
The name ''Angeln'' itself means "hook", e.g. as in
angling for
fish.
The words ''
England'', ''
English (disambiguation) English'' are derived from the tribe of the Angles, and thus ultimately from the Angeln peninsula. The terms ''
Anglo'' and ''
Anglo-Saxon'' also go back to this origin.
The
English language is ultimately also derived from the
West Germanic language spoken by the Angles.
See also
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Anglo-Saxons
Category:Anglo-Saxon England
Category:England
Category:English language
Category:Schleswig-Holstein
bg:Ð?нгелн
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