Glücksburg (; da, Lyksborg) is a small town northeast of

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and is the northernmost town in Germany. It is situated on the south side of the

Flensborg Fjord Flensburg Firth or Flensborg Fjord (german: Flensburger Förde; da, Flensborg Fjord) is the westernmost inlet of the Baltic Sea. It forms part of the border between Germany to the south and Denmark to the north, on the eastern side of Schleswig H ...

, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approx. 10 km northeast of

. The town was originally the home of the family '' Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg'' (or simply ''Glücksburg''), members of which have reigned in the past in Greece and several northern German states. Members of the family still reign in Denmark and Norway since 1863 and 1905 respectively. Glücksburg was home to a German Navy base. Among the facilities at the base was the transmitter, callsign DHJ58. DHJ58, situated at 54° 50'N and 9° 32' E, ceased its transmissions on longwave frequency 68.9 kHz in 2002 and in 2004 its longwave antenna was disassembled.

Notable people

Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F054627-0003, Ludwigshafen, CDU-Bundesparteitag, von Hassel

* Kai-Uwe von Hassel (1913-1997), politician (CDU), was mayor of Glücksburg, Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein, Federal Minister, President of the Bundestag. * Gui Bonsiepe (born 1934), designer and design theorist. Glücksburg Am Schlosspark 2b

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Glucksburg Seaside resorts in Germany Schleswig-Flensburg Populated coastal places in Germany (Baltic Sea)