Schlei
The Schlei is a narrow inlet of the Baltic Sea in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. It stretches for approximately 20 miles from the Baltic near Kappeln and Arnis to the town of Schleswig.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Inlet
- Description: narrow inlet of the Baltic Sea in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany
- Also known as: “Die Schlei”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lighthouse of Schleimünde and St. Petri.
Dolmen Olpenitz
Archaeological site
Photo: Holger rix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dolmen Olpenitz is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km south of Schlei.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kappeln and Dörphof.
Kappeln
Town
Photo: Wolfgang Pehlemann, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Kappeln is a town in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the north bank of the Schlei, approx. 30 km northeast of Schleswig, and 35 km southeast of Flensburg. Kappeln is situated 5 km west of Schlei.
Dörphof
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dörphof is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Dörphof is situated 7 km south of Schlei.
Arnis
Village
Photo: Wolfgang Pehlemann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arnis is the smallest town in Germany both by population and by area. At a population of c. 300 and a total area of 0.45 km2, Arnis is part of the Amt Kappeln-Land in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Arnis is situated 7 km southwest of Schlei.
Schlei
- Categories: bay, fjord, and body of water
- Location: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Schlei” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Schlei”
- Aragonese: “Schlei”
- Arpitan: “Schlei”
- Asturian: “Schlei”
- Basque: “Schlei”
- Bavarian: “Schlei”
- Belarusian: “Шлей”
- Belarusian: “Шляй”
- Breton: “Schlei”
- Catalan: “Schlei”
- Chinese: “施莱湾”
- Corsican: “Schlei”
- Croatian: “Schlei”
- Czech: “Schlei”
- Danish: “Schlei”
- Danish: “Slien”
- Dutch: “Schlei”
- Esperanto: “Schlei”
- Estonian: “Schlei”
- Finnish: “Schlei”
- French: “Schlei”
- Friulian: “Schlei”
- Galician: “Schlei”
- German: “Schlei”
- Hebrew: “שלין”
- Hungarian: “Schlei”
- Icelandic: “Schlei”
- Ido: “Schlei”
- Indonesian: “Schlei”
- Interlingua: “Schlei”
- Interlingue: “Schlei”
- Irish: “Schlei”
- Italian: “Schlei”
- Japanese: “シュライ川”
- Japanese: “シュライ湾”
- Kongo: “Schlei”
- Latin: “Slia”
- Ligurian: “Schlei”
- Limburgan: “Schlei”
- Low German: “Schlei”
- Low German: “Slie”
- Luxembourgish: “Schlei”
- Macedonian: “Шлај”
- Malagasy: “Schlei”
- Malay: “Schlei”
- Minangkabau: “Schlei”
- Narom: “Schlei”
- Neapolitan: “Schlei”
- Northern Frisian: “Schlei”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Schlei”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Slien”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schlei”
- Norwegian: “Slien”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Schlei”
- Persian: “اشلای”
- Picard: “Schlei”
- Piemontese: “Schlei”
- Polish: “Schlei”
- Portuguese: “Schlei”
- Portuguese: “Slien”
- Romanian: “Schlei”
- Romansh: “Schlei”
- Russian: “Шлай”
- Russian: “Шлее”
- Russian: “Шлей”
- Russian: “Шлейская бухта”
- Sardinian: “Schlei”
- Saterfriesisch: “Slie”
- Scots: “Schlei”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Schlei”
- Serbian: “Schlei”
- Sicilian: “Schlei”
- Slovak: “Schlei”
- Slovenian: “Schlei”
- Spanish: “Schlei”
- Spanish: “Slien”
- Swahili: “Schlei”
- Swedish: “Schlei”
- Swedish: “Slien”
- Swiss German: “Schlei”
- Turkish: “Schlei Fiyordu”
- Ukrainian: “Шляй”
- Venetian: “Schlei”
- Vietnamese: “Schlei”
- Vlaams: “Schlei”
- Volapük: “Schlei”
- Walloon: “Schlei”
- Welsh: “Schlei”
- Western Frisian: “Schlei”
- Wolof: “Schlei”
- Zulu: “Schlei”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oehe-Schleimünde and Lotseninsel.
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