Mürwik ( da, Mørvig) is a community 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 north of the German state of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

. Situated on the east side of the

Flensburg Firth 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 ...

, it is on the

Angeln Anglia (German and Low German: ''Angeln''; Danish and South Jutlandic: ''Angel''; ang, Engla land) is a small peninsula on the eastern coast of Jutland (the Cimbric Peninsula). Jutland consists of the mainland of Denmark and the northernmos ...

peninsula. Mürwik is the location of the

Naval Academy at Mürwik A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It include ...

, which is the main academy that trains

German Navy The German Navy (, ) is the navy of Germany and part of the unified ''Bundeswehr'' (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the ''Bundesmarine'' (Federal Navy) from 1956 to 1995, when ''Deutsche Mari ...

officers.

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

's final government, the Flensburg government, was located in Mürwik. Mürwik is also known for the sail training ship Gorch Fock of the Naval Academy Mürwik and for the database of traffic violators of Germany (''Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt'', often short: ''KBA''). Some of the most affluent areas in Flensburg are located in Mürwik.

Geography

Mürwik includes five districts: *Stützpunkt Flensburg-Mürwik *Osbek (''Osbæk'') *Wasserloos (''Vandløs'') *Friedheim * Solitüde (also: Solitude,Flensburg, Zahlenspiegel Teil 3: Stadtteile
21. November 2015 Danish: ''Solitude'') Fruerlund, also a community of Flensburg, is also often counted as part of the Mürwik community. Other names for areas in Mürwik, which are located in its districts are: Cäcilienschlucht ( Cäcilien-Chine), Blocksberg (

Blockula Blockula (Blåkulla in modern Swedish, translated to "Blue Hill") was a legendary island where the Devil held his Earthly court during a witches' Sabbath. It was described as containing a massive meadow with no visible end, and a large house whe ...

), old village Engelsby, Fahrensodde (Danish: ''Farnæsodde''), Sonwik, Twedter Holz (Twedter Holt), Twedter Feld (Twedter Field), Twedter Mark, Waldsiedlung Tremmerup (Wood-settlement Tremmerup), and Waldeshöh (Wood-Highness). Mürwiks centrum is the Twedter Plack. The highest hill of Mürwik is the ''Berg beim Eichenkratt''. The ''Bunkerberg'', a hill over a bunker beside the KBA, is overgrown by trees.

Gallery

Rote Schloss, MSM zur Wasserseite (Flensburg-Mürwik 2014).JPG, The Red Castle, the main building of the Naval Academy Kelmstrasse 29, Flensburg.jpg, The Naval Watertower Christuskirche (Flensburg-Mürwik, Juli 2014), Bild 02.JPG, Christ Church (Christuskirche) of 1958 Kaiserliche Post Flensburg-Mürwik, von vorne (April 2015), Bild 04.jpg, The imperial Post of 1910 in the 2nd German Empire Swinemuender Strasse 8-10, Flensburg.jpg, Gateway of the Park Court (Parkhof) of 1925/1928 Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (Fenster mit Rollos bilden an dem Tag Abkürzung KBA), Flensburg-Mürwik Mai 2014, Bild 04.JPG, The Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA; office of traffic violations)

References

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