Schleswig-Flensburg
Schleswig-Flensburg | |
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Kintra | Germany |
State | Schleswig-Holstein |
Caipital | Schleswig |
Area | |
• Total | 2072 km2 (800 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2021)[1] | |
• Total | 203,799 |
• Density | 98/km2 (250/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | SL |
Website | schleswig-flensburg.de |
Schleswig-Flensburg (Dens: Slesvig-Flensborg) is a destrict in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is boondit bi (frae the sooth an clockwise) the destricts o Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Dithmarschen an Nordfriesland, the Region Syddanmark in Denmark, the ceety o Flensburg an the Easter Seas.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]Written history in the aurie began aboot 800 AD, when the Dens Viking dounset o Haithabu wis foondit. Later the neebourin ceety o Schleswig teuk the place o Haithabu an became a pouerful toun in the 11t century. It later lost its pouer tae Lübeck.
The destrict wis established in 1974 bi mergin the umwhile destricts o Flensburg-Land an Schleswig. Due tae the proximity o Denmark an the regional history thare is a muckle percentage o Dens indwallers.
Geografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]The kintraside is generally plain. The Schlei, a firth o the Easter Seas, is the soothren border o this destrict. Aw the laund north o the Schlei an sooth o Flensburg is cried the peninsula o Angeln. Angeln wis the auncient hame o the Germanic fowk kent as the Angles, who migratit tae ingland in the early Middle Ages.
Coat o airms
[eedit | eedit soorce]The coat o airms displays twa lions, seembolisin the auld duchy o Schleswig. At the bottom o the airms thare is a wavy line seembolisin the Easter Seas an its firths. |
Touns an municipalities
[eedit | eedit soorce]Independent touns an municipalities | |
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References
[eedit | eedit soorce]Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]Media relatit tae Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg at Wikimedia Commons
- Offeecial wabsteid (German)