Lands of Denmark

The three countries of Denmark were historically the Danish kingdom of the times its inception as a unified empire in the 9th century:

• Scania ( Skåne) with Halland and Blekinge, as the center of Lund
• Zealand ( Sjælland ) and the Danish islands with Roskilde as a center
• Jutland ( Jylland ) and Viborg as the center

The cleavage of Schleswig took place only with the Jarltum Süder Jutland, which became the Duchy of Schleswig. The rest of Jutland formed now continue Norder Jutland ( Nørrejylland ), which is not with North Jutland ( the northernmost part of Jutland ) to be confused.

Each country retained its own Thing and state law until the late Middle Ages ( Scho African law, Seeländisches right Jütisches law). Although Denmark was a united kingdom, the customs of the king homage at the three different meetings was maintained. A remnant is the current division of Denmark in two Supreme Court districts, Eastern and Western High Court.

Jutland, Øerne ( " The Islands " ) and Bornholm remains to this day a traditional division of the country, which is often used in meteorology and in public statistics. Bornholm is the only still part Danish Skåne, after the area was lost to Sweden in 1658.

In recent decades, the less specific terms East and West Denmark have also become popular, for example, when the logistic, economic or political patterns are described. However, Funen to both the eastern and the western part of the country are attributed to either the Great Belt and the Little Belt as a demarcation.