The Second Schleswig War was the second military conflict as a result of the
Schleswig-Holstein Question. It began on 1 February 1864, when Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig.
Denmark fought
Prussia and
Austria. Like the
First Schleswig War (1848窶51), it was fought for control of the duchies because of succession disputes concerning the duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg when the Danish king died without an heir acceptable to the
German Confederation. Decisive controversy arose due to the passing of the
November Constitution, which integrated the Duchy of Schleswig into the Danish kingdom in violation of the
London Protocol.
Reasons for the war were the
ethnic controversy in Schleswig and the co-existence of conflicting political systems within the Danish unitary state.[citation needed]
The war ended on 30 October 1864, when the
Treaty of Vienna caused Denmark's cession of the Duchies of
Schleswig,
Holstein, and
Saxe-Lauenburg to
Prussia and
Austria. It was the last victorious conflict of the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary in its history.[6]
The
Danish pastry was created (accidentally) in Denmark by bakers from Vienna, who were brought in to fill a labor shortage created by striking Copenhagen bakers.[9][10]
The trade between Austria and Denmark increased from January to August 2010. Austrian exports to Denmark increased by almost 4%, mainly due to export growth in industrial sectors. Exports of
pharmaceutical products increased by 8% and 20%.[11]
Melchior Lorck was a
renaissancepainter,
draughtsman, and
printmaker of Danish-German origin. He produced the most thorough visual record of the life and customs of
Turkey in the 16th century, to this day a unique source. He was also the first Danish artist of whom a substantial biography is reconstructable and a substantial body of artworks is attributable. Lorck returned to Western Europe in the autumn of 1559. In 1560, he was documented in Vienna, where he stayed until 1566.[12]
Expatriates
806 Danes lived in Austria in 2001, and 1,307 Austrians lived in Denmark in 2005.[13]
^Anne-Marie Mohr Nielsen (15 May 2007).
"Vienna children remember Denmark". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Kristeligt Dagblad.
Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
^"Wienerbrテクd". Arbejdsgiverforeningen Konditorer, Bagere og Chocolademagere. Archived from
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^Inger Abildgaard (1 February 2007).
"De danske kager er en fantastisk historie". Samvirke (in Danish). Archived from
the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014. Interview with Bi Skaarup, a Danish food-historian and former president of "Det Danske Gastronomiske Akademi" (The Danish Gastronomical Academy).