- Lands of Denmark
The three lands of Denmark historically formed the Danish kingdom from its unification and consolidation in the
9th century :*Scania ("Skåneland") on the
Scandinavian peninsula , withLund as a centre
*Zealand ("Sjælland") and other islands of theDanish Straits , withRoskilde as a centre
*Jutland ("Jylland"), the western peninsula, with Viborg as a centreEach of the lands retained their own thing and statute laws until late medieval time (
Scanian Law ,Zealandic Law andJutlandic Law ). Although Denmark was a unified kingdom, the custom of renderinghomage to the King at the three individual assemblies remained. A remnant is the current division of Denmark into two High Court districts, the Eastern and Western High Court."Jutland", "The Islands" and "Bornholm" is a traditional subdivision of the country till this day, often used in e.g.
meteorology and publicstatistics .Bornholm is the only part to represent Scania after the rest of the region was lost toSweden in 1658.In recent decades, the less specific division between "Eastern" and "Western" Denmark has also become common, for example when describing logistic, economic and political patterns. Funen may be attributed to both the eastern and western part of the country, the border line being either the
Great Belt or theLittle Belt .ee also
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Traditional districts of Denmark
*Subdivisions of Denmark
*Lists of unofficial regions by country
*Lands of Sweden
*Regions of Norway
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