Soderup, Rodekro, Sonderjylland, Denmark
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Søderup is a hamlet in Denmark and has about 14 residents. Søderup is situated nearby to Alslev, and northwest of Mellerup.
Rødekro (German: Rothenkrug) is a railway town which was the seat of the former Rødekro Municipality (Danish, kommune) in Aabenraa Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark.
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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 Viborg and Urnehoved). Southern Jutland is mentioned for the first time in the Knýtlinga saga.
In the 13th century South Jutland became a duchy. The first duke was Canute Lavard (Knud Lavard). In the late 14th century it took the name of the Duchy of Schleswig. The duchy was named after the city of Schleswig (Slesvig). The dukes of Schleswig also became kings of Denmark. |
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With the demise of the Holy Roman Empire in the 19th century, the term "Sønderjylland" was revived by Denmark and became the subject of a naming dispute between Danes and Germans (the latter continuing the centuries-old "Schleswig") – part of the struggle over possession of the territory itself, resulting in the Schleswig Wars, fought in 1848–1852 and again in 1864. Though Denmark was militarily defeated in the first conflict, pressure from the Great Powers prevented the region being relinquished to the German Confederation.
