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Town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Glücksburg Lyksborg (Danish)
Town
Glücksburg CastleGlücksburg Castle
Coat of arms of GlücksburgCoat of arms
Location of Glücksburg within Schleswig-Flensburg district
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Coordinates: 54°50′1″N 9°33′0″E / 54.83361°N 9.55000°E / 54.83361; 9.55000
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictSchleswig-Flensburg
Government
 • MayorKristina Franke
Area
 • Total39.70 km (15.33 sq mi)
Elevation19 m (62 ft)
Population
 • Total6,377
 • Density160/km (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes24960
Dialling codes04631
Vehicle registrationSL
Websitestadt.gluecksburg.de

Glücksburg (German pronunciation: [ˈɡlʏksˌbʊʁk] ; Danish: Lyksborg) is a small town northeast of Flensburg in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and is the northernmost town in Germany.

It is situated on the south side of the Flensborg Fjord, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approx. 10 km northeast of Flensburg. The town was originally the home of the family Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (or simply Glücksburg), members of which have reigned in the past in Greece and several northern German states. Members of the family still reign in Denmark and Norway since 1863 and 1905 respectively.

Glücksburg in 2012

Glücksburg was home to a German Navy base. Among the facilities at the base was the transmitter, callsign DHJ58. DHJ58, situated at 54° 50'N and 9° 32' E, ceased its transmissions on longwave frequency 68.9 kHz in 2002 and in 2004 its longwave antenna was disassembled.

Notable people

Kai-Uwe von Hassel in 1978
Glücksburg palace garden building
Glücksburg Evangelical church


References

  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.

External links

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Glücksburg" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Towns and municipalities in Schleswig-Flensburg
Coat of arms
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