25 Facts About Flensburg

Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Flensburg is situated in the north of the German state Schleswig-Holstein, very close to the German-Danish border.

Town of Flensburg is divided into 13 communities, which themselves are further divided into 38 statistical areas.

Flensburg was founded at the latest by 1200 at the innermost end of the Flensburg Firth by Danish settlers, who were soon joined by German merchants.

Therefore, Flensburg was not a member of the Hanseatic League, but it did maintain contacts with this important trading network.

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Flensburg merchants were active as far away as the Mediterranean, Greenland and the Caribbean.

Rum produced in Flensburg then became re-integrated into West Indian trade routes, which as of 1864 moved away from the Danish West Indies to the British colony of Jamaica instead.

Between 1460 and 1864, Flensburg was, after Copenhagen, the second biggest port in the Kingdom of Denmark, but it passed to the Kingdom of Prussia after the Second Schleswig War in 1864.

The Battle of Flensburg was on February 6,1864: near the city a small Hungarian mounted regiment chased a Danish infantry and Dragoon regiment.

On 1 April 1889, Flensburg became an independent city within the Province of Schleswig-Holstein, and at the same time still kept its status as seat of the Flensburg district.

In return for this great pro-German majority, the town of Flensburg was given a large hall, the "Deutsches Haus", which was endowed by the government as "thanks for German loyalty".

Flensburg was therefore, for a few weeks, the seat of the last Third Reich government.

In 1970, the Flensburg district was expanded to include the municipalities in the Amt of Medelby, formerly in the Sudtondern district, and in 1974 it was united with the Schleswig district to form the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, whose district seat was the town of Schleswig.

Flensburg thereby lost its function as a district seat, but it remained an independent town.

In Denmark, Flensburg seems to be mainly known for its "border shops" where, among other things, spirits, beer and candy can be purchased at cheaper prices than in Denmark.

Flensburg was the first person from the Danish Minority to occupy this office since the end of World War II.

Current Mayor of Flensburg is Simone Lange of the Social Democratic Party, who was elected in 2016.

Flensburg's coat of arms shows in gold above blue and silver waves rising to the left a six-sided red tower with a blue pointed roof breaking out of which, one above the other are the two lions of Schleswig and Denmark; above is a red shield with the silver Holsatian nettle leaf on it.

Flensburg is the site of a number of radio transmission facilities: on the Fuchsberg in the community of Engelsby, Norddeutscher Rundfunk runs a transmission facility for VHF, television and medium wave.

Flensburg has no local transmitter of its own because Schleswig-Holstein's state broadcasting laws only allow transmitters that broadcast statewide.

From 1993 to 1996, "Radio Flensburg" tried to establish a local Flensburg radio station by using a local transmitter just across the border in Denmark.

Also on hand in Flensburg is a complete range of training and professional schools, including a number of Danish ones.

Flensburg is home to Schleswig-Holstein's Central State Library, a university library, a town bookshop and the Danish Central Library for South Schleswig.

Flensburg has a well preserved Old Town with many things to see from centuries gone by.

Town of Flensburg has bestowed honorary citizenship upon the following persons, listed chronologically:.

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