has a very positive view of John the Elder. This holds especially for his capital Haderslev, which was a ducal residence only during his time and has benefited ever since. he is still popular as a sort of patron saint. The largest annual summer festival in Haderslev, the Hertug-Hans-Fest is named after, and the local brewery Fuglsang has named a beer after him (Hertug Hans Pils). Even the hospital (which he founded) still bears his name. His judgments were fully published in book form (De Hansborgske Dømme). Ancestry Sources Thomas Otto Achelis: Haderslev i gamle Dage 1292–1626, Haderslev, 1929 Troels Fink: Hertug Hans den Ældre, in: Sønderjyske Årbøger, 1997, p. 37–58 Lennart S. Madsen: Junker Christian og hertug Hans den Ældre, in: Inge Adriansen, Lennart S. Madsen and Carsten Porskrog Rasmussen: De slesvigske hertuger, Aabenraa, 2005, p. 87–118 Emilie Andersen (ed.): De Hansborgske Registranter, two volumes, Copenhagen 1943 and 1949 Emilie Andersen (ed.): De Hansborgske Domme 1545–1578, three volumes, Copenhagen, 1994 Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein 16th-century Danish people 16th-century German people House of Oldenburg in Schleswig-Holstein 1521 births 1580 deaths People from Haderslev Municipality People of the Count's Feud Sons of kings