Schleswig-Flensburg

Schleswig-Flensburg
Schleswig-Flensburg
	Destrict
	Banner Coat airms
Kintra	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Caipital	Schleswig
Area
• Total	2072 km2 (800 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2021)
• 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

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

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

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.