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    The Danevirke or Danework (modern Danish spelling: Dannevirke; in Old Norse; Danavirki, in German; Danewerk, literally meaning earthwork of the Danes)...
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    fortifications of Danevirke were evacuated by the Danish army in 1864. This marked the last military use of the ancient defence structure of Danevirke, which has...
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    Danevirke Museum (German: Danewerkmuseum) is a museum located a few kilometers just outside the city of Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, and the text inside...
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    Godfred strengthened the Danevirke, an earthen wall that stretched across the south of the Jutland peninsula. The Danevirke joined the defensive walls...
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    De Meza was responsible for the withdrawal of the Danish army from the Danevirke, an event which shocked the Danish public and resulted in the loss of...
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    (including assimilated Jutes[citation needed]), who lived north of the Danevirke and the Eckernförde Bay, North Frisians, who lived in most of North Frisia...
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    contains the ruins of the old Danish Viking "capital" Hedeby and the Danevirke fortification; its first sections were built around 400–500 AD, possibly...
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    Harald Bluetooth. His wife, Thyra, is credited with the completion of the Danevirke, a wall between Denmark's southern border and its unfriendly Saxon neighbors...
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    000 men attempted to break through and outflank the Danish defenses at Danevirke, but were repulsed by the fortification garrison and two battalions of...
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  • southern border zone between the Eider and Schlei rivers, known as the Danevirke. The origin of the Danes remains undetermined, but several ancient historical...
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