The understanding of the differences in flags and coats of arms requires an understanding of the perspective of identity. For some, the German residents, it is the north of the country of Schleswig, for the other, the Danish residents, it is the south of the country of Jutland. In addition, between 1970 and 2007 there was an official Danish administrative level, the Sønderjyllands Amt. The flag of North Schleswig shows a diagonal from the upper left to the lower right passing white bar between yellow (above) and blue (below). The colours have its roots in the coat of arms.
The coat of arms of the German North Schleswig Region shows a golden bordered blue shield, on it two golden lions, and the stylized Bridge of Immerwatt in gold. The coat of arms of Sønderjyllands Amt showsed s golden shield, on it two blue lions, holding a Danish flag.
1914–1918 · First World War, the German Empire with the Central Powers is defeated to the troops of Entende
1919 · Diktate of Versailles, in the outskirts of the German Empire, in which minorities live, become esablished in 1920 voting areas in which should make referenda about the political affiliation, Schleswig becomes divided into three zones
1920 · plebiscite, zone 1 (North Schleswig) - 74,2% for Denmark, zone 2 (Middle Schleswig) - 19,8% for Denmark, zone 3 (South Schleswig) - no plebiscite, North Schleswig comes to Denmark
1939–1945 · Second World War, at the time of surrender (7th to 9th of May in 1945), Schleswig-Holstein is to the largest parts still in the hand of the German war-might. The government of the German Empire seats still until the 23rd of May in 1945 in Flensburg. After the demobilization of the war-might squads gets the Province of Schleswig-Holstein occupied by the British, and becomes transformed to the Land of Schleswig-Holstein on 23rd of August in 1946.
1949 · Schleswig-Holstein becomes a federal country of the FRG
1955 · German-Danish Policy statements
1st of January 2007 · the Administrative District of Nord Schleswig (Sonderjylland) becomes dissolved und transformes into one of five regions in Denmark
The name of the country "Schleswig" has its roots in the town with the same name, the capital of the country. It actually consists of two parts, "Schlei" and "wig". Schlei is the name of the river on which the town is located, and the word "wig" comes from the Old High German word "wih", meaning "place" or "housing". Schleswig is thus the "Place on the Schlei".
