Jutland

Jutland (Dan. Jylland), the only considerable peninsula of Europe that points directly north, has since early in the 10th century formed a portion of the kingdom of Denmark (q.v.). Area, 9754 sq. m.; pop. (1890) 942,120. Jutland is said to have been inhabited in the earliest times by the Cimbri (q.v.); hence it was called the Cimbrian Peninsula or Chersonesus. In the 5th century it was inhabited by the Jutes, who took part in the expedition of the Saxons to England. The Jutes were succeeded by the Danes, who, under the name of Normans (Northmen), frequently desolated the coast of Germany and France.