you fail to mention that haithebu also called hedeby (danish) was the biggest town in denmark during the viking age. the nydam ship was taken by the germans from denmark after we lost the battle of 1864 ; whence we lost southern schleswig to germany. germans have never been vikings
Hello, thank you for comment. First all, yes, you are right about Hedeby, however I'd argue just from looking at the plates in both museums it is fairly obvious that everybody there is very aware of the Danish past of that place and indeed parts of Schleswig, not the least also due to the rights granted to the Danish minority in Schleswig Holstein. I don't think I ever made any claims about German vikings. That would have been wrong on many counts not the least that there were no Germans in the 9th century. Or at least nobody who would call themselves Germans. Germans as people and Germany as country come into existence much later (how much later can be discussed). Hence we'd be talking in anachronisms. I'm not an ethnologist either so I can't really make a call on whether there is an overlap in this period between Germanic and Nordic peoples. There was one for sure in earlier centuries, just to give an example look at the Cimbri who came from Jutland. At least they were still culturally very close in the early middle ages and looking at the History of Schleswig this are has been pretty much the border region between say a danish and germanic/german culture and later the German and the Danish sphere of rule for more than a millenium. For me the museums offer a very interesting view into the early medieval age as well as the later history of the regions.
Nice Video! I must visit this museum.
Definitely worth it, always check out their website for additional events in the village.
you fail to mention that haithebu also called hedeby (danish) was the biggest town in denmark during the viking age. the nydam ship was taken by the germans from denmark after we lost the battle of 1864 ; whence we lost southern schleswig to germany. germans have never been vikings
Hello, thank you for comment. First all, yes, you are right about Hedeby, however I'd argue just from looking at the plates in both museums it is fairly obvious that everybody there is very aware of the Danish past of that place and indeed parts of Schleswig, not the least also due to the rights granted to the Danish minority in Schleswig Holstein.
I don't think I ever made any claims about German vikings. That would have been wrong on many counts not the least that there were no Germans in the 9th century. Or at least nobody who would call themselves Germans. Germans as people and Germany as country come into existence much later (how much later can be discussed). Hence we'd be talking in anachronisms. I'm not an ethnologist either so I can't really make a call on whether there is an overlap in this period between Germanic and Nordic peoples. There was one for sure in earlier centuries, just to give an example look at the Cimbri who came from Jutland. At least they were still culturally very close in the early middle ages and looking at the History of Schleswig this are has been pretty much the border region between say a danish and germanic/german culture and later the German and the Danish sphere of rule for more than a millenium.
For me the museums offer a very interesting view into the early medieval age as well as the later history of the regions.