Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein
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Schleswig (Dens: Slesvig; Sooth Jutlandic: Sljasvig, archaic Inglis: Sleswick; Low German: Sleswig) is a toun in the northeastren pairt o Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the caipital o the Kreis (destrict) Schleswig-Flensburg. It haes a population o aboot 27,000, the main industries bein leather an fuid processin. It taks its name frae the Schlei, an inlet o the Easter Seas at the end o which it sits, an "vik" or "vig" which means bay in the auld Viking leid an modren Dens leid. Schleswig or Slesvig tharefore means bay o the Schlei. (Thare is a suggestion that the state's namesake an the term Slesvig oreeginatit frae a tribe o Wast Slavs who livit in "Slavsvick" atween the 5t century an 10t century AD an aw.)
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Schleswig | |
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St. Peter's Cathedral | |
Coordinates: 54°31′05″N 9°34′13″E | |
Kintra | Germany |
State | Schleswig-Holstein |
Destrict | Schleswig-Flensburg |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Thorsten Dahl |
Area | |
• Total | 24.3 km2 (9.4 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 25,510 |
• Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 24837 |
Diallin codes | 04621 |
Vehicle registration | SL |
Website | www.schleswig.de |
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