Schleswig-Flensburg

Infobox German district noregbez
name=Schleswig-Flensburg
state=Schleswig-Holstein
capital=Schleswig
area=2072
population=198,800
population_as_of=2002
density=96
carsign=SL
url=http://www.schleswig-flensburg.de

Schleswig-Flensburg (Danish: "Slesvig-Flensborg") is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Dithmarschen and Nordfriesland, the South Jutland County in Denmark, the city of Flensburg and the Baltic Sea.

History

Written history in the area began about 800 AD, when the Danish Viking 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 neighbourhood of Denmark and the regional history there is a large percentage of Danish inhabitants.

Geography

The countryside is generally plain. The Schlei, a firth 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, which migrated to Britain in the early Middle Ages.

Coat of arms

External links

* [http://www.schleswig-flensburg.de/ Official website] (German)