HADERSLEBEN (

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• DAN

Dan. Haderslev)  , a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein, 31 M . N. from Flensburg . Pop . (1905) 9289 . It lies in a pleasant valley on the Hadersleben fjord, which is about 9 m. in length, and communicates with the Little Belt, and at the junction of the main line of railway from Woyens with three vicinal lines . The principal buildings are the beautiful church of St Mary, dating from the 13th century, the theological seminary established in 1870, the gymnasium and the hospital . The industries include iron-founding, tanning, and the manufacture of machines, tobacco and gloves . The harbour is only accessible to small vessels . Hadersleben is first mentioned in 1228, and received municipal rights from Duke Waldemar II. in 1292 . It suffered considerably during the wars between Schleswig and Holstein in the 15thcentury . In November 1864 it passed with Schleswig to Prussia . Two Danish kings, Frederick II. and Frederick III., were born at Hadersleben .

See A . Sach, Der Ursprung der Stadt Hadersleben (Hadersleben, 1892) .