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.)
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 |
The ceety lees at the wastren end o the Schlei Förde, which separates the twa peninsulas o Angeln an Schwansen an is on the wastren edge o the Schleswig-Holstein Uplands on the transition tae the Geest kintra. The urban aurie ranges frae 0 tae 20 m abuin sea level. Brautsee (lake) is in the toun.
The nearest major ceeties are Flensburg, Husum an Kiel. Autobahn 7 runs immediately wast o the ceety. Highways 76 an 77 end in Schleswig an B 201 runs tae the north o the toun. Schleswig station is a stap for InterCity an Intercity-Express trains an is on the Hamburg–Neumünster–Flensburg an Husum–Kiel lines.
The climate is humid an maritime. The annual mean temperature is 8 °C an precipitation averages 925 mm.
Climate data for Schleswig, Germany | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average heich °C (°F) | 2 (36) |
3 (37) |
6 (43) |
10 (50) |
16 (61) |
19 (66) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
17 (63) |
13 (55) |
7 (45) |
4 (39) |
11 (53) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 0 (32) |
1 (34) |
3 (37) |
6 (43) |
11 (52) |
15 (59) |
16 (61) |
16 (61) |
13 (55) |
9 (48) |
5 (41) |
2 (36) |
8 (47) |
Average law °C (°F) | −1 (30) |
−1 (30) |
0 (32) |
3 (37) |
7 (45) |
10 (50) |
12 (54) |
12 (54) |
10 (50) |
7 (45) |
3 (37) |
0 (32) |
5 (41) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 79 (3.1) |
50 (2.0) |
61 (2.4) |
55 (2.2) |
61 (2.4) |
71 (2.8) |
92 (3.6) |
87 (3.4) |
86 (3.4) |
90 (3.5) |
105 (4.1) |
88 (3.5) |
925 (36.4) |
Average precipitation days | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 138 |
Mean monthly sunshine oors | 42 | 67 | 103 | 168 | 226 | 231 | 213 | 215 | 145 | 98 | 51 | 40 | 1,599 |
Source: The Weather Network [2] |
The Viking dounset o Hedeby, locatit sooth o the modren toun, wis first mentioned in 804. It wis a pouerful dounset in the Easter region, dominatin the aurie for mair nor 200 year. In 1050, follaein several destructions, the population wis muivit tae the opposite shore o the Schlei, becomin the ceety o Schleswig. In 1066 Hedeby wis feenally destroyed, an Schleswig remained as a pairt o the Dens kinrick.
In 1544 Gottorf Castle became the residence o the local rulers. The dukes o Gottorf wur vassals o the Dens kings an ruled ower hintle o present day Schleswig-Holstein. In 1721, when the Great Northren War endit, the dukes o Gottorf lost thair pouer an thair laund became Dens croun laund. efter the Seicont Schleswig War (1864), Schleswig wis annexed bi the Kinrick o Proushie.
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