Saturday, June 26, 2004

Google Search: Angeln in North germany

the tribal birthplace of the Andlish or English language

a difficult google word because fishing is angeln in German

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN: "The peninsula of Angeln, between the Gulf of Flensburg and the Schlei, is supposed to have been the original seat of the English, and observers profess to see a striking resemblance between this district and the counties of Kent and Surrey.

The peasants of Dithmarschen in the south-west also retain many of their ancient peculiarities.

The boundary between the Danish and German languages is approximately a line running from Flensburg south-west to Joldelund and thence north-west to Tondern and the North Sea coast; not more than 15% of the entire population of the province speak Danish as their mother-tongue, but the proportion is far larger for Schleswig alone, where there is also a considerable bilingual population. The chief educational institution in Schleswig-Holstein is the university of KieL"

in 1911 part of Prussia

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