Schleswig-Flensburg (; ) is a district in
Schleswig-Holstein
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, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of
Rendsburg-Eckernförde,
Dithmarschen and
Nordfriesland, the
Region Syddanmark in
Denmark
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, the city of
Flensburg
Flensburg (; Danish language, Danish and ; ; ) is an independent city, independent town in the far north of the Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein.
Flensburg's ...
and the
Baltic Sea
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.
History
Written history in the area began about 800 AD, when the Danish
Viking
Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden),
who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.Roesdahl, pp. 9â ...
settlement of
Haithabu was founded. Later the neighbouring city of Schleswig took the place of Haithabu and became a powerful town in the 11th century. It later lost its power to
Lübeck.
The district was established in 1974 by merging the former districts of Flensburg-Land and Schleswig. Due to the proximity of Denmark and the regional history there is a large percentage of
Danish inhabitants.
Geography
The countryside is generally plain. The
Schlei, an
inlet
An inlet is a typically long and narrow indentation of a shoreline such as a small arm, cove, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea.
Overview
In ...
of the Baltic Sea, is the southern border of this district. All the land north of the Schlei and south of Flensburg is called the peninsula of
Angeln. Angeln was the ancient home of the
Germanic people known as the
Angles, who migrated to England in the early
Middle Ages
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.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms displays two lions, symbolizing the old duchy of
Schleswig. At the bottom of the arms there is a wavy line symbolizing the Baltic Sea and its firths.
Towns and municipalities
References
External links
Official website(German)
{{Authority control
Districts of Schleswig-Holstein