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Holstein. The peninsula is almost at its narrowest (36 m.) at the frontier, but Jutland has an extreme breadth of I lo m. and the extent from the See also:

south-western point (near Ribe) to the Skaw is 18o m. Jutland embraces nine amter (counties), namely, See also:

HJORRING

Hjorring, Thisted, See also:

AALBORG

Aalborg, Ringkjobing, See also:

Viborg, See also:

RANDERS

Randers, See also:

AARHUS

Aarhus, Vejle and Ribe. The See also:

main See also:

WATER

water-See also:

SHED

shed of the peninsula lies towards the east See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast; therefore such elevated ground as exists is found on the east, while the western slope is See also:

GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle and consists of a See also:

low sandy See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of slight undulation. The North See also:

Sea coast (western) and See also:

SKAGERRACK

Skagerrack coast (north-western) consist mainly of a sweeping line of See also:

DUNES

dunes with wide lagoons behind them. In the south the northernmost of the North Frisian Islands (See also:

FANG (FAN, FANWE, PANWE, PAHOUIN, PAOUEN, MPANGWE)

Fang) is Danish. Towards the north a narrow mouth gives entry to the Limfjord, or Liimfjord, which, wide and ramifying among islands to the west, narrows to the east and pierces through to the See also:

CATTEGAT, or KATTEGAT (Scand. " cat's-throat ")

Cattegat, thus isolating the counties of Hjorring and Thisted (known together as Vendsyssel). It is, however, bridged at Aalborg, and its See also:

DEPTH

depth rarely exceeds 12 ft. The seaward See also:

banks of the lagoons are frequently broken in storms, and the narrow channels through them are constantly shifting.

The east coast is slightly bolder than the west, and indented with true estuaries and bays. From the south-east the See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of islands forming insular Denmark ex-tends towards See also:

Sweden, the strait between Jutland and Funen having the name of the Little See also:

Belt. The low and dangerous coasts, off which the seas are generally very shallow, are efficiently served by a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of lifeboat stations. The western coast region is well compared with the See also:

LANDES

Landes of See also:

GASCONY (Wasconia)

Gascony. The interior is low. The Varde, Omme, Skjerne, Stor and Karup, sluggish and tortuous streams draining into the western lagoons, rise in and flow through marshes, while the eastern Limfjord is flanked by the swamps known as Vildmose. The only xv. 2Cconsiderable See also:

RIVER

river is the Gudenaa, flowing from S.W. into the Randersfjord (Cattegat), and rising among the picturesque lakes of the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Aarhus, where the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal elevated ground in the peninsula is found in the Himmelbjerg and adjacent hills (exceeding 50o ft.). The German portion of the peninsula is generally similar to that of western Jutland, the main difference lying in the occurrence of islands (the North Frisian) off the west coast in See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

sand-bars and lagoons. Erratic blocks are of frequent occurrence in south Jutland. (For See also:

GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology, and the See also:

general See also:

CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of Jutland in connexion with the whole kingdom, see DENMARK.) Although in ancient times well wooded, the greater portion of the interior of Jutland consisted for centuries of barren See also:

DRIFT (from "drive ")

drift-sand, which See also:

GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew nothing but heather; but since 1866, chiefly through the instrumentality of the patriotic See also:

Heath association, assisted by See also:

ANNUAL

annual contributions from the See also:

state, a very large proportion of this region has been more or less reclaimed for cultivation. The means adopted are: (i,) the See also:

PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation of trees; (ii.) the making of See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation canals and irrigating meadows; (iii.) exploring for, extracting and transporting See also:

LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

loam, a See also:

PROCESS

process aided by the construction of See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

LIGHT

light See also:

RAILWAYS

railways; and (iv.), since 1889, the experimental cultivation of fenny districts.

The activity of the association takes the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form partly of giving gratuitous See also:

ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice, partly of experimental attempts, and partly of See also:

MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model See also:

WORKS

works for imitatnion. The state also makes annual grants directly to owners who are willing to place their plantations under state supervision, for the See also:

sale of See also:

PLANTS

plants at See also:

HALF

half See also:

price to the poorer peasantry, for making protective or sheltering plantations, and for See also:

FREE

free transport of See also:

MARL (from O. Fr. marle, Late Lat. margila, dim. of marga; cf. Du. and Ger. Mergel)

marl or loam. The See also:

SPECIES

species of See also:

TIMBER

timber almost exclusively planted are the red' See also:

fir (Picea excetsa) and the See also:

mountain See also:

PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine (Pines See also:

MONTANA

montana). This admirable See also:

WORK

work quickly caused the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population to increase at a more rapid See also:

RATE

rate in the districts where it was practised than in any other See also:

PART

part of the Danish kingdom. The counties of Viborg, Ringkjobing and Ribe See also:

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the principal heath See also:

DISTRICT

district. Jutland is well served by railways. Two lines See also:

CROSS

cross the front tier from See also:

Germany on the east and west respectively and run northward near the coasts. The eastern touches the portsof See also:

KOLDING

Kolding, See also:

FREDERICIA (FRIEDERIc1A)

Fredericia; Vejle, See also:

HORSENS

Horsens, Aarhus, Randers, Aalborg on Limfjord, Frederikshavn and Skagen. On the west the only See also:

PORT

port of first importance is See also:

ESBJERG

Esbjerg. The line runs past Skjerne, Ringkjobing,Vemb and Holstebro to Thisted. Both throw off many branches and are connected by lines east and west between Kolding and Esbjerg, Skanderborg and Skjerne, Langaa and Struer on Limfjord via Viborg. Of purely inland towns only Viborg in the midland and Hjorring in the extreme north are of importance.

End of Article: JUTLAND (Danish Jylland)

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