Angeln

Modern Angeln, (Danish: Angel; 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 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 invaded the southern part of Great Britain, which was named after them, England. And so the name of the major world language, English, seems to have taken its name from this little region.

Following the departure of the Angles from Anglia about 350, the region was occupied by Danish settlers not later than the 8th century.

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Related pages
 Angles
 Germanic peoples
 Anglo-Saxons

 Other websites 

Crop circles in Angeln 
Angeln cattle
Tourism in Angeln
Cinarchea (Archaeological films of Schlesvig-Holstein) 
County and Municipal Flags (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) 
Genealogy in Schleswig Holstein, Germany

Category:Geography of Schleswig-Holstein
Category:Regions of Germany