Schleswig-Holstein
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Schleswig

Schleswig is in . The region around the city of Schleswig was a major centre during the Viking Age. The original viking settlement Hedeby and the Dannevirke defensive wall are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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  • Type: Town with 24,800 residents
  • Description: town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  • Also known as: “Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein”, “Sliesthorp”, “Stadt Schleswig”, and “Шлэзвиг”
Photo: Chrisk, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gottorf Castle and Schleswig Cathedral.

Castle
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is a castle and estate in the city of Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, . It is one of the most important secular buildings in , and has been rebuilt and expanded several times in its over eight hundred years of history, changing from a medieval castle to a Renaissance fortress to a Baroque palace.

Church
Photo: Kirchenfloh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
officially the Cathedral of St. Peter at Schleswig, is the main church of the city of Schleswig and was the cathedral of the Bishop of Schleswig until the diocese was dissolved in 1624.

Hospital
Photo: Gerd Fahrenhorst, CC BY 4.0.
is a hospital.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fahrdorf and Busdorf.

Village
is a municipality in the district of , in , . It takes its name from the ferry that once crossed the here and today is shown in the town's coat of arms.

Village
is a municipality in the district of , in , . The municipality cooperates with neighboring municipalities in the Haddeby municipal community.

Schleswig

Latitude
54.5185° or 54° 31′ 7″ north
Longitude
9.5653° or 9° 33′ 55″ east
Population
24,800
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
IATA airport code
WBG
United Nations Location Code
DE SLS
Open location code
9F6FGH98+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 43348147
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2838634
Wiki­data ID
Q501661
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Schleswig” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Schleswig”
  • Albanian: “Schleswing”
  • Albanian: “Sliasvig”
  • Albanian: “Sliasvigu”
  • Arabic: “اشلسويغ”
  • Arabic: “شلسفيغ”
  • Aragonese: “Schleswig”
  • Armenian: “Շլեզվիգ”
  • Arpitan: “Schleswig”
  • Asturian: “Schleswig”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şlezviq”
  • Basque: “Schleswig”
  • Bavarian: “Schleswig”
  • Belarusian: “Шлезвіг”
  • Belarusian: “Шлезьвіг”
  • Breton: “Schleswig”
  • Catalan: “Slesvig”
  • Cebuano: “Schleswig”
  • Chechen: “Шлезвиг (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Шлезвиг”
  • Chinese: “什列斯威”
  • Chinese: “石勒苏益格”
  • Corsican: “Schleswig”
  • Croatian: “Schleswig”
  • Czech: “Schleswig”
  • Czech: “Šlesvik”
  • Danish: “Slesvig by”
  • Danish: “Slesvig”
  • Dutch: “Schleswig”
  • Dutch: “Sleeswijk”
  • Esperanto: “Schleswig”
  • Estonian: “Schleswig”
  • Estonian: “Slesvig”
  • Finnish: “Schleswig”
  • Finnish: “Slesvig”
  • French: “Schleswig”
  • Friulian: “Schleswig”
  • Galician: “Schleswig”
  • German: “Schleswig”
  • German: “Slesvig”
  • German: “Sliasthorp”
  • Greek: “Σλέσβιχ”
  • Hebrew: “שלזוויג”
  • Hungarian: “Schleswig”
  • Icelandic: “Schleswig”
  • Ido: “Schleswig”
  • Indonesian: “Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein”
  • Indonesian: “Schleswig”
  • Interlingua: “Schleswig”
  • Interlingue: “Schleswig”
  • Irish: “Schleswig”
  • Italian: “Schleswig”
  • Japanese: “シュレースヴィッヒ”
  • Japanese: “シュレースヴィヒ”
  • Kongo: “Schleswig”
  • Korean: “슐레스비히”
  • Kurdish: “Schleswig”
  • Ladin: “Schleswig”
  • Latin: “Sliasvig”
  • Latvian: “Šlēsviga”
  • Ligurian: “Schleswig”
  • Limburgan: “Schleswig”
  • Low German: “Sleeswiek”
  • Low German: “Sleeswig”
  • Low German: “Sleswig”
  • Luxembourgish: “Schleswig”
  • Macedonian: “Шлезвиг”
  • Malagasy: “Schleswig”
  • Malay: “Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein”
  • Minangkabau: “Schleswig”
  • Narom: “Schleswig”
  • Neapolitan: “Schleswig”
  • Northern Frisian: “Schleswig”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schleswig”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Slesvig by”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Slesvig”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schleswig”
  • Norwegian: “Schleswig”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Schleswig”
  • Ossetian: “Шлезвиг (сахар)”
  • Ossetian: “Шлезвиг”
  • Persian: “اشلسویگ”
  • Persian: “شلسویگ”
  • Picard: “Schleswig”
  • Piemontese: “Schleswig”
  • Polish: “Slesvig”
  • Polish: “Sleswig”
  • Polish: “Szlezwik”
  • Portuguese: “Eslésvico”
  • Portuguese: “Schleswig”
  • Romanian: “Schleswig”
  • Romansh: “Schleswig”
  • Russian: “Шлезвиг”
  • Sardinian: “Schleswig”
  • Scots: “Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Schleswig”
  • Serbian: “Schleswig”
  • Serbian: “Шлезвиг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Schleswig”
  • Sicilian: “Schleswig”
  • Slovak: “Schleswig”
  • Slovenian: “Schleswig”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اشلسویق”
  • Spanish: “Schleswig”
  • Swahili: “Schleswig”
  • Swedish: “Schleswig stad”
  • Swedish: “Schleswig”
  • Swedish: “Slesvig stad”
  • Swiss German: “Schleswig”
  • Tatar: “Шлезвиг (шәһәр)”
  • Tatar: “Шлезвиг”
  • Turkish: “Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein”
  • Turkish: “Schleswig”
  • Turkish: “Slesvig”
  • Turkish: “Sleswig”
  • Turkish: “Sliaswig”
  • Ukrainian: “Шлезвіг”
  • Ukrainian: “Шлезвіґ”
  • Uzbek: “Schleswig”
  • Uzbek: “Счлесwиг”
  • Venetian: “Schleswig”
  • Vietnamese: “Schleswig, Schleswig-Flensburg”
  • Vietnamese: “Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein”
  • Vlaams: “Schleswig”
  • Volapük: “Schleswig”
  • Walloon: “Schleswig”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein”
  • Welsh: “Schleswig”
  • Western Frisian: “Sleeswyk”
  • Wolof: “Schleswig”
  • Zulu: “Schleswig”

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