Oeversee

Oeversee
Oeversee
Location of Oeversee within Schleswig-Flensburg district
Coordinates	54°42′23″N 9°26′10″E / 54.70639°N 9.43611°E / 54.70639; 9.43611Coordinates: 54°42′23″N 9°26′10″E / 54.70639°N 9.43611°E / 54.70639; 9.43611
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Schleswig-Flensburg
Municipal assoc.	Oeversee
Mayor	Hans-Heinrich Jensen-Hansen (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	36.35 km2 (14.03 sq mi)
Elevation	31 m  (102 ft)
Population	3,369 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	93 /km2 (240 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SL
Postal codes	24987–24988
Area codes	04630 & 04638
Website	www.amtoeversee.de

Oeversee (Danish: Oversø) is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 10 km south of Flensburg. The Oeversee municipality was merged with Sankelmark on March 1, 2008. The new municipality is, however, still called Oeversee.

Oeversee is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Oeversee. The seat of the Amt is located in Tarp, which is close to Idstedt and Stolk, among other smaller towns in the area.

The area was the place of many battles between the Germans and the Danes. The village of Oeversee (or to be more precise, Sankelmark) wittnessed, for example, a battle between Austrian and Danish forces in the Second Schleswig War on February 6, 1864. There are still annual memorial services held for this event and celebrating the helpfulness of the citizens of Flensburg.
The Austrian city of Graz named an alley and a school after Oeversee in recognition of this event, as the Austrian troops had been based in Graz. Returning the favor, Oeversee named a public square after Graz (Grazer Platz).

References

1. ^ "Statistikamt Nord: Bevölkerung in Schleswig-Holstein am 31. Dezember 2010 nach Kreisen, Ämtern, amtsfreien Gemeinden und Städten" (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik-nord.de/uploads/tx_standocuments/A_I_2_vj104_S.pdf.