Who are the Danish minority living in Southern Schleswig?

The Danish minority of Southern Schleswig is an ethnic Danish community residing in northern Germany near the Danish border. Their existence under this specific name dates back to the 1920 Schleswig Plebiscite, which divided the former duchy between Denmark and Germany. Today, the community maintains its own schools and cultural organizations with financial support from the Danish state.

What we know

• The Danish ethnic minority in Southern Schleswig has existed by that name since the 1920 Schleswig Plebiscite split the region. [2]
• Denmark continues to provide financial support for Danish schools and organizations run in the region since 1920 and 1926. [2]
• Members of the minority community speak Southern Schleswig Danish, a variety of Standard Danish influenced by German. [4]
• Before the Weimar Constitution, teaching in schools in any language other than German was prohibited, with the exception of religious education. [2]

Where to go next

• what caused itHow did the 1920 Schleswig Plebiscite divide the region?
• whenWhat caused the 1864 war over Schleswig?
• how it workedWhat is Southern Schleswig Danish?
• compared withHow does the German minority live in Northern Schleswig?
• the bigger pictureWhat is the broader history of the Duchy of Schleswig?
• an unexpected connectionHow did a border plebiscite trigger a political crisis in Copenhagen?The loss of Flensborg during the border plebiscite that established the minority's modern boundaries sparked the major Danish political crisis known as Påskekrisen.

Sources

• [1]Danish minority of Southern Schleswig (Wikidata Q682109) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Danish minority of Southern Schleswig · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Southern Schleswig · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Southern Schleswig Danish · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]German minority in Denmark · CC BY-SA 4.0

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