Culture Schleswig-Holstein
shared neighboring denmark: rødgrød served in schleswig-holstein milk or custard
schleswig-holstein combines scandinavian , german aspects of culture. castles , manors in countryside best example tradition; dishes rødgrød (german: rote grütze, literal english red grits or red groats ) shared, surnames such hansen.
the important festivals schleswig-holstein musik festival, annual classic music festival on state, , lübeck nordic film days, annual film festival movies scandinavian countries, held in lübeck.
the annual wacken open air festival considered largest heavy metal rock festival in world.
the state s important museum of cultural history in gottorf castle in schleswig.
the wagnerian tenor klaus florian vogt schleswig - holstein.
symbols
the coat of arms shows symbols of 2 duchies united in schleswig-holstein, i.e., 2 lions schleswig , leaf of nettle holstein. supposedly, otto von bismarck decreed 2 lions face nettle because of discomfort bottoms have resulted if lions faced away it.
the motto of schleswig-holstein ewich ungedeelt (middle low german: forever undivided , modern high german: auf ewig ungeteilt ). goes vertrag von ripen or handfeste von ripen (danish: ribe håndfæstning) or treaty of ribe in 1460. ripen (ribe) historical small town @ north sea coast in northern schleswig. see history of schleswig-holstein.
the anthem 1844 called wanke nicht, mein vaterland ( don t falter, fatherland ), referred first line schleswig-holstein meerumschlungen (i.e., schleswig-holstein embraced seas ) or schleswig-holstein-lied (schleswig-holstein song).
the old city of lübeck unesco world heritage site.
languages
helgoland island in north sea
danish, german, low german , north frisian official languages of state.
historically, low german (in holstein , south of schleswig), danish (in schleswig), , north frisian (in north frisia in western schleswig) spoken. during language change in 19th century danish , north frisian dialects in southern schleswig replaced german.
low german still used in many parts of state, pidgin of low , standardised german (missingsch) used in areas, , pidgin of german , danish (petuh) used in flensburg-area. danish used danish minority in southern schleswig, , north frisian spoken north frisians of north sea coast , northern frisian islands in southern schleswig. north frisian dialect called heligolandic (halunder) spoken on island of heligoland.
high german introduced in 16th century, official purposes, today predominant language.
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