Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig
St. Peter's Cathedral
Coat o airms
Schleswig
Location o Schleswig athin Schleswig-Flensburg destrict
Coordinates: 54°31′05″N 9°34′13″E
Kintra	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Destrict	Schleswig-Flensburg
Govrenment
• Mayor	Thorsten Dahl
Aurie
• Total	24.3 km2 (9.4 sq mi)
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Tot	24,266
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	24837
Diallin codes	04621
Vehicle registration	SL
Wabsteid	www.schleswig.de

Schleswig (Dens: Slesvig; Sooth Jutlandic: Sljasvig, archaic Inglis: Sleswick; Law German: Sleswig) is a toun in the northeastren pairt o Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the caipital o the Kreis (destrict) Schleswig-Flensburg. It haes a population o aboot 27,000, the main industries bein leather an fuid processin. It taks its name frae the Schlei, an inlet o the Easter Seas at the end o which it sits, an "vik" or "vig" which means bay in the auld Viking leid an modren Dens leid. Schleswig or Slesvig tharefore means bay o the Schlei. (Thare is a suggestion that the state's namesake an the term Slesvig oreeginatit frae a tribe o Wast Slavs who livit in "Slavsvick" atween the 5t century an 10t century AD an aw.)

Geografie

The ceety lees at the wastren end o the Schlei Förde, which separates the twa peninsulas o Angeln an Schwansen an is on the wastren edge o the Schleswig-Holstein Uplands on the transition tae the Geest kintra. The urban aurie ranges frae 0 tae 20 m abuin sea level. Brautsee (lake) is in the toun.

The nearest major ceeties are Flensburg, Husum an Kiel. Autobahn 7 runs immediately wast o the ceety. Highways 76 an 77 end in Schleswig an B 201 runs tae the north o the toun. Schleswig station is a stap for InterCity an Intercity-Express trains an is on the Hamburg–Neumünster–Flensburg an Husum–Kiel lines.

Climate

The climate is humid an maritime. The annual mean temperature is 8 °C an precipitation averages 925 mm.

Climate data for Schleswig, Germany
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average heich °C (°F)	2 (36)	3 (37)	6 (43)	10 (50)	16 (61)	19 (66)	20 (68)	20 (68)	17 (63)	13 (55)	7 (45)	4 (39)	11 (53)
Daily mean °C (°F)	0 (32)	1 (34)	3 (37)	6 (43)	11 (52)	15 (59)	16 (61)	16 (61)	13 (55)	9 (48)	5 (41)	2 (36)	8 (47)
Average law °C (°F)	−1 (30)	−1 (30)	0 (32)	3 (37)	7 (45)	10 (50)	12 (54)	12 (54)	10 (50)	7 (45)	3 (37)	0 (32)	5 (41)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	79 (3.1)	50 (2.0)	61 (2.4)	55 (2.2)	61 (2.4)	71 (2.8)	92 (3.6)	87 (3.4)	86 (3.4)	90 (3.5)	105 (4.1)	88 (3.5)	925 (36.4)
Average precipitation days	13	10	12	10	9	10	12	11	11	12	15	13	138
Mean monthly sunshine oors	42	67	103	168	226	231	213	215	145	98	51	40	1,599
Source: The Weather Network

History

Schleswig in 1600

The Viking dounset o Hedeby, locatit sooth o the modren toun, wis first mentioned in 804. It wis a pouerful dounset in the Easter region, dominatin the aurie for mair nor 200 years. In 1050, follaein several destructions, the population wis muivit tae the opposite shore o the Schlei, becomin the ceety o Schleswig. In 1066 Hedeby wis feenally destroyed, an Schleswig remained as a pairt o the Dens kinrick.

In 1544 Gottorf Castle became the residence o the local rulers. The dukes o Gottorf wur vassals o the Dens keengs an ruled ower hintle o present day Schleswig-Holstein. In 1721, when the Great Northren War endit, the dukes o Gottorf lost thair pouer an thair laund became Dens croun laund. efter the Seicont Schleswig War (1864), Schleswig wis annexed bi the Kinrick o Proushie.

Sichts

Neuwerk gairden wi the Globushaus an Gottorf Castle in the background

• Schleswig Cathedral (1134), wi the tomb o Keeng Frederick I o Denmark
• Gottorf Castle (biggit 1161), umwhile residence o the dukes, wi the baroque Neuwerk gairden, conteenin a replica o the Globe o Gottorf
• Holm: auld fishin veelage at the Schlei shore
• Hedeby, Viking dounset

Freemit airtins

• Municipal wabsteid (in German)
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Schleswig". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
•  "Schleswig". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920. 
•  Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Schleswig (seaport)". Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company.