Second Schleswig War
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Was a war caused by the status of the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, that were Dnish possession but at the same also part of the German confederation. When the Danish King died without an heir acceptable to the German Confederation, Prussian and Austrian troops invaded and occupied the duchies.
Chronology
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February 1864: Battle of Sankelmark.
February 1864: The Austrian troops reached the Sorge River.
February 1864: On February 3, 1864, heavy fighting broke out near Ober-Selk, Jagel, on the Königshügel and near Wedelspang, during which the Danes were pushed back into their entrenchments.
February 1864: In 1864, during the Second Schleswig War, Austrian forces led by General Ludwig von Gablenz captured Vejle after intense house-to-house combat against Prussian and Danish defenders. The town was then placed under military occupation by Prussia and Austria.
February 1864: On February 11 and 12, the Prussian army corps under Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia took up position on the Sundewitt peninsula, six to eight kilometers from the Schanzen.
February 1864: Some Prussian hussars, in the excitement of a cavalry skirmish, crossed the north frontier of Schleswig into Denmark proper and occupied the town of Kolding.
April 1864: The Danish army commanded by General Niels Christian Lunding, on direct order from the Minister of War, abandons Fredericia.
July 1864: Another advance of Prussian troops after crossing the Limfjord after a short fight reached the northern tip of Jutland on July 11, whereby the entire Danish mainland, a large part of the Danish kingdom itself, was occupied by Prussian and Austrian troops.
February 1864: The Prussian army, led by General Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein, crossed the Schlei River near Arnis on February 6, 1864. This marked the beginning of the military occupation of the territory by Prussia and Austria during the Second Schleswig War.
February 1864: Christian Julius de Meza had the Danewerk evacuated on February 6, 1864 in order to escape the Prussian encirclement and, leaving the heavy artillery behind, retreated via Flensburg to the Düppeler Schanzen, a fortification located across from Sonderburg between Flensburg Fjord and Alsensund. return.
February 1864: On February 1, 1864, the Allies 8Prussia and Austria) crossed the Eider, the border river between Holstein and Schleswig.
Was a military action by Prussia and Austria to occupy the Danish possessions of Holstein and Lauenburg at the beginning of the Second Schleswig War. It was based on a decision by the German Confederation (the two duchies were fiefs of the Confederation) and is therefore known as "Bundesexekution" (Federal execution).
1.1.German Confederation occupies Lauenburg and Holstein
Was the military occupation of the Danish possessions of Holstein and Lauenburg by Prussia and Austria at the beginning of the Second Schleswig War.
December 1863: The forces of the German Confederation occupy Kiel-Nortorf.
December 1863: The forces of the German Confederation occupy Jevenstedt.
December 1863: The forces of the German Confederation occupy Rendsburg and thus whole Holstein and Lauenburg.
December 1863: The forces of the German Confederation occupy Bad Oldesloe.
December 1863: The forces of the German Confederation occupy Büchen, Schwarzenbek, Wandsbek.
December 1863: The forces of the German Confederation occupy Altona, Pinneberg, Uetersen, Trittau.
December 1863: The forces of the German Confederation occupy Elmshorn, Itzehoe, Bramstedt, Ahrensbök.
December 1863: The forces of the German Confederation occupy Glückstadt, Neumünster, Plön.
In the Treaty of Vienna, 30 October 1864, Denmark ceded Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg to Prussia and Austria. Denmark was also forced to surrender the enclaves in western Schleswig that were legally part of Denmark proper and not part of Schleswig.
October 1864: In the Treaty of Vienna Denmark ceded Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg to Prussia and Austria. Denmark was also forced to surrender the enclaves in western Schleswig that were legally part of Denmark proper and not part of Schleswig, but was allowed to keep the island of Ærø (which had been administered as part of Schleswig), the town of Ribe and its surrounding land, and eight parishes from Tyrstrup Herred south of Kolding.
October 1864: The Peace of Vienna in 1864 ended the Second Schleswig War between Denmark and the German states of Austria and Prussia. The treaty resulted in the territory of Schleswig being placed under a condominium of Austria and Prussia.
Was an agreement between Prussia and Austria over the occupied duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Saxe-Lauenburg. .
August 1865: A subsequent treaty between Austria and Prussia on August 14, 1865 known as the Gastein Convention provided that Prussia would administer Schleswig Austria also sold its rights to Lauenburg to Prussia.
August 1865: Austria would govern Holstein.
Selected Sources
Gerd Stolz: Das deutsch-dänische Schicksalsjahr 1864. 2. Auflage. 2013, Husum 2010, ISBN 978-3-89876-499-5, p. 32.
