What is Angeln?
[[File:Angeln.svg|thumb|right|Map of Angeln and Schwansen]] [[File:AngelnAngel.png|thumb|right|Map of Angeln / Angel - with German and Danish placenames]] Modern '''Angeln''', ([[Danish language|Danish]]: '''Angel'''; [[Latin language|Latin]]: '''Anglia''', which also means in direct translation from Latin: England), is a [[peninsula]] in [[Schleswig-Holstein]], [[Germany]]. Ancient Angeln may have been somewhat larger than the Angeln of today, but following the ancient [[:wikt:source|sources]] it included the territory of modern Angeln. Angeln has an importance far beyond its small area, as it seems to have been the original home of the [[Angles]] who [[invasion|invaded]] the southern part of [[Great Britain]], which was named after them, [[England]]. And so the name of the major world language, [[English language|English]], seems to have taken its name from this little region. Following the departure of the Angles from Anglia about 350,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geschichte-s-h.de/vonabisz/angelsachsen.htm |title=Gesllschaft für schleswig-holsteinische Geschichte:Angelsachsen |access-date=2008-09-25 |archive-date=2009-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209221441/http://www.geschichte-s-h.de/vonabisz/angelsachsen.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> the region was occupied by Danish settlers not later than the 8th century. == References == {{reflist}} ==Related pages== * [[Angles]] * [[Germanic peoples]] * [[Anglo-Saxons]] == Other websites == {{commonscat|Angeln (peninsula)}} *[http://archiv.fgk.org/Report/angeln_e.html Crop circles in Angeln] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311035244/http://archiv.fgk.org/Report/angeln_e.html |date=2007-03-11 }} *[http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/angeln/index.htm Angeln cattle] *[http://www.germany-tourism.de/ENG/infocenter/german_tourist_boards_dummy.htm?site=search&STYPE=ORT&LAN=EN&REGION=Angeln%20(Ostsee) Tourism in Angeln] *[http://www.uni-kiel.de/cinarchea/prod/unewatt-e.htm Cinarchea (Archaeological films of Schlesvig-Holste