The naming dispute was resolved with the 1920 plebiscites and partition, each side applying its preferred name to the part of the territory remaining in its possession – though both terms can, in principle, still refer to the entire region. Northern Schleswig was, after the 1920 plebiscites, officially named the Southern Jutland districts (), while Southern Schleswig then remained a part of the Prussian province, which became the German state of Schleswig-Holstein in 1946.
The naming dispute was resolved with the 1920 plebiscites and partition, each side applying its preferred name to the part of the territory remaining in its possession – though both terms can, in principle, still refer to the entire region. Northern Schleswig was, after the 1920 plebiscites, officially named the Southern Jutland districts () while Southern Schleswig then remained a part of the Prussian province, which became the German state of Schleswig-Holstein in 1946.