Angeln

Angeln, also known as Anglia, is a small peninsula within the larger Jutland Peninsula in the region of Southern Schleswig, which constitutes the Northern part of the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, protruding into the Bay of Kiel.Angeln has a significance far beyond its current small area and country terrain, in that it is believed to have been the original home of the Angles, Germanic immigrants to central and Northern England and East Anglia. This migration led to their new homeland being named after them, from which the name "England" derives. Both England and the English language, thus, ultimately derive at least their names from the Angles and Angeln.Angeln is situated on the large bight linking the Baltic coast to Jutland, which is mainly the Bay of Kiel, but might be seen as Holsteiner Bucht. The Angles were part of the grouping of the Ingvaeones, claiming descent from the legendary ancestor and fertility god Yngvi. Pokorny points out the possible use of this etymological root in other ancient names, such as Hardanger and Angrivarii.