Approximately 15,000 people in Denmark belong to an autochthonous ethnic German minority traditionally referred to as hjemmetyskere, meaning "Home Germans" in Danish, and as Nordschleswiger in German. [1] . They are Danish citizens and most self …

The Danish ethnic minority in Southern Schleswig, Germany, has existed by this name since 1920, when the Schleswig Plebiscite split German-ruled Schleswig into two parts: Northern Schleswig with a Danish majority and a German minority was united with Denmark, while Southern Schleswig remained a part of Germany and had a German majority and ...

May 6, 2019 · While Germany garnered a quarter of the votes in the plebiscite, approximately 15% of the North Schleswig population identified with the German minority in the interwar period, and only six to eight percent do now. Thus, the German minority in Denmark is noticeably weaker today than it was in 1920.

The German minority in Denmark comprises approximately 10-15,000 people, who reside mainly in the southern and western parts of South Jutland. Members of the German minority in Denmark are Danish nationals and speak both Danish and German. They account for about 7 per cent of the population in region of South Jutland.

Southern Schleswig (German: Südschleswig or Landesteil Schleswig, Danish: Sydslesvig; North Frisian: Söödslaswik) is the southern half of the former Duchy of Schleswig [1] in Germany on the Jutland Peninsula.

The Minority Competence Network of Schleswig-Holstein/South Denmark (MKN) has been active as a network of national and regional minorities in the German-Danish borderland since it was founded in 2020.

In 1945 the minority arrange-ment was put under pressure on both sides of the border. The special rights of the German minority, which was introduced at the end of the 1930s and during the German occupation, were lifted in Denmark, when the Germans sur-rendered in 1945.

The minorities e.g. are significant partners in the Danish-German Region Sønderjylland-Schleswig. The good relations in the last few decades have also had an impact on the Danish minority's identity, especially among younger generations.

The positive development in the border region is largely due to the great commitment of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, the municipalities in Northern Schleswig, the Southern Denmark Region and a large number of committed actors in the region, including not least the national minorities.

Mar 7, 2022 · This book analyzes the resiliency of the German community in southern Denmark in a period of national strife. It explores the experience of a small minority that was not primarily separated...