Schleswig

town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Schleswig is a town in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, located near the Danish border. It is historically significant as a former capital of the Schleswig region and represents an important cultural crossroads between German and Danish influences.

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Official name: Schleswig
Demonym: Schleswiger
Population: 25904
Area: 24.3
Elevation: 1
Official website: www.schleswig.de
Image: Schleswig-Königswiesen.jpeg
Dialing code: 04621
Licence plate code: SL

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Commons category: Schleswig
postal code: 24837
short name: Schl
native label: Schleswig
P8168: Main-Spessart
hashtag: Schleswig

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Schleswig ( UK: /ˈʃlɛsvɪɡ/, US: /-wɪɡ, -wɪk, -vɪk, ˈʃleɪsvɪk/; German: [ˈʃleːsvɪç] ; Danish: Slesvig [ˈsle̝ːsvi]; South Jutlandic: Sljasvig; Low German: Sleswig) is a town in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis (district) Schleswig-Flensburg. It has a population of about 27,000, the main industries being leather and food processing. It takes its name from the Schlei (Slien), an inlet of the Baltic Sea at the end of which it sits, and vik or vig which means "bay" in Old Norse and Danish. Schleswig or Slesvig therefore means "bay of the Schlei".

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