Nørrejylland

In the Middle Ages, Nørrejylland (like Sønderjylland) had its own Landsting

Location of Jutland on the Cimbrian Peninsula .
Northern Jutland (Nørrejylland):      and the islands of Fanø , Morsø , Læsø , Samsø (green) also belong to Nørrejylland. Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland):     

    

Nørrejylland (German: Northern Jutland , historically Norderjutland ) refers to the part of Jutland north of Königsau . Jutland south of the Königsau is called Sønderjylland ( southern Jutland , German mostly North or South Schleswig , very rarely also South Jutland ), politically this was the Duchy of Schleswig . The southern border was the Eider .

Since 2007, the administrative regions of Region Nordjylland and Region Midtjylland and the western half of Region Syddanmark have been located in Nørrejylland .

In the Middle Ages, Nørrejylland in Viborg had its own Landsting . Landstinge also existed for Sønderjylland, on the Danish islands between the Little Belt and Öresund and in Skåne (now part of Sweden). On a Landsting, among other things, the king was paid homage .

As an administrative term, the name only occurs in the collection area of ​​the “Landesarchiv für Nørrejylland” ( Landsarkivet for Nørrejylland ), located in Viborg.

North Jutland

Location of North Jutland (black) and Northwest Jutland (green) in Denmark

As a historical landscape , Nørrejylland (Northern Jutland) should not be confused with the geographical name of Nordjylland ( Northern Jutland ). North Jutland covers an area north of the Limfjord plus Himmerlands . Depending on the context, a distinction is made between Northwest Jutland (marked in green on the map). Both areas together roughly coincide geographically with the administrative region of North Jutland .

literature

• Steen Bo Frandsen: Opdagelsen af ​​Jylland. Den regional dimension i Danmarkshistorien 1814–1864 , Universitetsforlag, Aarhus 1995. ISBN 87-7288-685-4
• Hans Lyngby Jepsen: Nordjylland , ed. by Svend Cedergreen Bech. Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1986
• Edvard Erslev: Jylland. Studier og Skildringer til Danmarks Geografi , Copenhagen 1886

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Steen Bo Frandsen: Opdagelsen af ​​Jylland. Den regional dimension i Danmarkshistorien 1814–1864 , Aarhus Universitetsforlag, Aarhus 1995, pp. 38–41
2. ↑ Compare entry Jylland in: Den store danske encyklopædi , Volume 10. Gyldendal Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen 1998, p. 212