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Comment by markus_zhang | Hacker News Reader

I vaguely remember this area from my history classes. Was it one of the two areas grabbed from Holland?

There was a war over it in 1864, as the Prussians grew to become Germany taking the land from Denmark.

> Was it one of the two areas grabbed from Holland?

Denmark, but being dutch vs danish is very commonly confused/conflated in the US :D

Ah my bad! Thanks for the clarification. The name is pretty special so it brought forward some memory.

Haha sorry if I came across salty, I just wanted to joke around.

It is true though. Can’t count how many times I’ve had this exchange “Oh danish huh? I love Amsterdam!” (the dutch capital)

Europe is full of tiny countries and I absolutely can’t name all 50 US states or place even half on the map. No intention of shaming

Not quite.

You're probably thinking of Denmark. TL;DR:

    Saxons => Danes ================> Prussia => Germany