South Jutland County were included in its jurisdiction, whereas Spandet, Roager and Hviding (German from 1864-1920) were included in the neighbouring 1970-2006 county of Ribe. The coat of arms of South Jutland County was designed in 1980 and is derived from the historic coat of arms of Schleswig which in turn is derived from the national coat of arms of Denmark. The inspiration for the Dannebrog pennant was a 13th-century seal used by Erik Abelsøn, Duke of Schleswig. South Jutland County South Jutland County (Danish: "Sønderjyllands Amt") is a former county (Danish: "amt") on the south-central portion of the Jutland Peninsula in southern
Jutland a breaching North Sea flood in 1825 created a coast to coast connection. This area is called the North Jutlandic Island, Vendsyssel-Thy (after its districts) or simply "Jutland north of the Limfjord"; it is only partly co-terminous with the North Jutland region. The islands of Læsø, Anholt and Samsø in Kattegat and Als at the rim of the Baltic Sea South are administratively and historically tied to Jutland although the latter two are also regarded as traditional districts of their own. Inhabitants of Als would agree to be South Jutlanders, but not necessarily Jutlanders. The Danish Wadden Sea Islands and