The reason for that was Denmark had control at that time period. Denmark had control for several hundred years of this area. Changing in the mid 1800's I do not have date in front of me. It also rotated back and forth at various times. Ironically, my German Mother in law, never liked German food but would eat the Danish type food. When I told her family was probably more Danish than German, she was most offended. They are not around to ask so we will never really know. But it does make for a twist in the system.. It is like many other areas that moved boundaries on steady basis. :>) SusiCP@aol.com

SusiCP@aol.com wrote: > The reason for that was Denmark had control at that time period. > Denmark had control for several hundred years of this area. Changing > in the mid 1800's I > do not have date in front of me. It also rotated back and forth at > various times. > > Ironically, my German Mother in law, never liked German food but > would eat > the Danish type food. When I told her family was probably more > Danish than German, she was most offended. They are not around to > ask so we will never really know. > > But it does make for a twist in the system.. It is like many other > areas that moved boundaries on steady basis. :>) SusiCP@aol.com > The political history of the area, like much of Europe, has many changes and complications. There was a complete and detailed history of the area posted to this list some months ago. One of the many interesting twists is that at during one period when Schleswig-Holstein was part of Germany the King of Denmark also had the German title of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Ron Martell Microsoft MVP http://onlinehelp.bc.ca