Was Holstein in Germany or Denmark?

Holstein was created as a county of the Holy Roman Empire in 1111. It came under a personal union with the Danish king in 1459, an arrangement which caused much unrest among the German majority. In 1474 Holstein was raised to the rank of a duchy in the Holy Roman Empire and after 1815 in the German Confederation

German Confederation
The German revolutions of 1848–49, motivated by liberal, democratic, socialist and nationalist sentiments, attempted to transform the Confederation into a unified German federal state with a liberal constitution (usually called the Frankfurt Constitution in English).
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Is Schleswig-Holstein in Denmark or Germany?

Schleswig became a Danish duchy in the 12th century and remained a fief associated with Denmark until it was forcibly annexed by Austria and Prussia after the German-Danish War (1864). After the Seven Weeks' War (1866), Schleswig was incorporated with Holstein as a single Prussian province.

Is Holstein in Denmark?

Schleswig-Holstein lies on the base of Jutland Peninsula between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. ... Schleswig-Holstein borders Denmark (Southern Denmark) to the north, the North Sea to the west, the Baltic Sea to the east, and the German states of Lower Saxony, Hamburg, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to the south.

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