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- Prussia responded by invading, thus beginning the First Schleswig War, which ended in a victory for Denmark and the signing of the 1852 London Protocol. But the fight broke out again in 1864 (the Second Schleswig War), and this time Prussia and Austria won and the territory was absorbed into Prussia in 1867.
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Between 1460 and 1864, Flensburg was, after Copenhagen, the Kingdom of Denmark's second-biggest port, but it passed to the Kingdom of Prussia after the Second Schleswig War in 1864. The Battle of Flensburg was on February 6, 1864: near the city a small Hungarian mounted regiment chased a Danish infantry and Dragoon regiment.
First mentioned in 1240, it was chartered in 1284 and was frequently pillaged by the Swedes after 1643. It became the capital of Schleswig under Danish rule in 1848 and was occupied by Prussia after the German-Danish War of 1864. In the plebiscite held in 1920, Flensburg voted to remain in Germany.
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The imposed Second Peace of Thorn (1466) split Prussia into the western Royal Prussia, becoming a province of Poland, and the eastern part, called the Duchy of Prussia from 1525, a feudal fief of the Crown of Poland up to 1657.
In 1795, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ceased to exist and a large area (including Warsaw) to the south and east of East Prussia became part of Prussia.
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The Province of Schleswig-Holsteinwas a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1868 to 1946.From the 1400s to 1866, the dukedoms of Schleswig and Holsteinwere ruled by the Danish Oldenburg royal family.In 1865, the German Confederation, led by Prussia and Austria, defeated the Danes in the Second War of Schleswig. Prussia and Austria then assumed administration of Schleswig and Holstein respectiv...However, tensions between the two powers culminated in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. The victorious Prussians annexed both Schleswig and Holstein, creating the province of Schleswig-Holsteinin 1...Most of the information you need to identify you ancestors and their families will be found in two major record groups: civil registration and church records. To locate these records, follow the instructions in these Wiki articles.
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Prussian troops in Flensburg during the German-Danish War, the first in a series of three German Wars of Unification (the others followed in 1866 and 1870–71). The occupation of Flensburg marked one of the first phases in the victorious Austro-Prussian campaign against Denmark. Wood engraving after a drawing, February 27, 1864. Prussian military.
