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Schleswig

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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
district capital
Official name
Schleswig
Demonym
Schleswiger
Country
Denmark
Population
25904
Area
24.3
Elevation
1
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Schlei
Official website
www.schleswig.de
Image
Schleswig-Königswiesen.jpeg
Dialing code
04621
Licence plate code
SL
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twinned administrative body
Vejle Municipality
Commons category
Schleswig
category for people born here
Category:Births in Schleswig
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Schleswig
postal code
24837
short name
Schl
native label
Schleswig
different from
Schleswig
hashtag
Schleswig
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Encyclopedic overview

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".

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schleswig” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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