EIDER  , a See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

Schleswig-See also:

• HOLSTEIN
• HOLSTEIN, FRIEDRICH VON (1837–1909)

Holstein . It rises to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• KIEL

Kiel, in See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Redder, flows first See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, then See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west (with wide-sweeping curves), and after a course of 117 M. enters the North See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea at Tonning . It is navigable up to See also:

• RENDSBURG

Rendsburg, and is embanked through the marshes across which it runs in its See also:

• LOWER

lower course . Since the reign of See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne, the Eider (originally Agyr D0—See also:

• NEPTUNE
• NEPTUNE (Lat. NEPTUNUS)

Neptune's See also:

• GATE

gate) was known as Romani See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus imperii and was recognized as the boundary of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire in 1027 by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• CONRAD (d. 955)
• CONRAD, JOSEPH (1856– )
• CONRAD, or KONRAD (M. H. Ger. Kuonrdl, i.e. " keen in counsel," Lat. Conradus, It. Corrado, cf. the A.S. Ccenred)

Conrad II., the founder of the Salian See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty . In the controversy arising out of the Schleswig-Holstein Question, which culminated in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria and Prussia against See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark in 1864, the Eider gave its name to the " Eider Danes," the intransigeant Danish party which maintained that Schleswig (Sonderjylland, South See also:

• JUTLAND (Danish Jylland)

Jutland) was by nature and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical tradition an integral See also:

• PART

part of Den-See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark . The Eider See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal (Eider-Kanal), which was constructed between 1777 and 1784, leaves the Eider at the point where the river turns to the west and enters the See also:

• BAY

Bay of Kiel at Holtenau . It was hampered by six sluices, but was used annually by some 4000 vessels, and until its See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion in 1887-1895 into the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal afforded the only See also:

• DIRECT

direct connexion between the North Sea and the Baltic .