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Jutland native Maren Madsen (1872-1965) emigrated to the American town of Yarmouth, Maine, in the late 19th century. She wrote a memoir documenting the transition, From Jutland's Brown Heather to the Land Across the Sea. [21] Publisher Frederick William Anthoensen was born in Torland, South Jutland. He moved to the United States with his ...
The Jutland Peninsula, possible homeland of the Jutes. The Jutes (/ dʒuːts / JOOTS) [a] were one of the Germanic tribes who settled in Great Britain after the departure of the Romans. According to Bede, they were one of the three most powerful Germanic nations, along with the Angles and the Saxons: Those who came over were of the three most ...
Jutlandic, or Jutish (Danish: jysk; pronounced [ˈjysk]), is the western variety of Danish, spoken on the peninsula of Jutland in Denmark. Generally, Jutlandic can be divided into two different dialects: general or Northern Jutlandic (nørrejysk; further divided into western and eastern) and Southern Jutlandic (sønderjysk). [3]
294,424 (2020) Pop. density. 63.32/km 2 (164/sq mi) The North Jutlandic Island (Danish: Nørrejyske Ø), Vendsyssel-Thy, or Jutland north of the Limfjord (Jylland nord for Limfjorden) is the northernmost part of Denmark and of Jutland. It is more common to refer to the three traditional districts of Vendsyssel, Hanherred, and Thy.
Until around the 6th century, Jutland was the homeland of two other Germanic tribes: the Jutes in what is now North Jutland, and the Angles in South Jutland (especially Angeln). The Widsith mentions two semi-mythical kings in relation to the Danes of the Iron Age. Sigar who ruled the "Sea-Danes" and Offa who ruled both Danes and Angles ...
Mors (island) Mors or Morsø (the latter more formal) is an island in the shallow sound called Limfjorden within Denmark's Jutland peninsula. It has an area of 367.3 km 2 and as of 1 January 2019, it had a population of 20,373. [1] The main town on the island is called Nykøbing Mors. Geologically Mors is unique.
Southern Jutland (Danish: Sønderjylland; German: Südjütland) is the name for the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The region north of the Kongeå is called Nørrejylland, 'Northern Jutland'. Both territories had their own ting assemblies in the Middle Ages (in ...
Northern Jutland. 1710 map of Northern Jutland, depicting the borders of the dioceses of Aalborg (in blue), Aarhus (red), Viborg (yellow), and Ribe (green). Northern Jutland (Danish: Nørrejylland) is a historical region in Denmark, defined as Jutland north of the Kongeå (with the region south of the Kongeå called Southern Jutland ...