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History Middle Ages The town charter of Flensburg (1284) The Nordertor, a town gate, in winter. 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.
- 12 m (39 ft)
- Urban district
Flensburg, city, Schleswig-Holstein Land (state), Germany. A port at the head of Flensburg Fjord, it is Germany’s most northerly large city. First mentioned in 1240, it was chartered in 1284 and was frequently pillaged by the Swedes after 1643. It became the capital of Schleswig under Danish rule.
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The history of Flensburg. As a small settlement, Flensburg already made a name for itself in the 12th century. The direct location on the water and the proximity to the important trade route "Ochsenweg" eventually led to traders settling here.
May 22, 2020 · On 23 May 1945, British patience with the Flensburg government wore off, and its members were taken into custody. The institution had been exposed as a fantasy – seemingly in denial about the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Germany's most northern city looks back upon more than 700 years of German-Danish history, some of which were rather colourful. Reigned by the Danish for more than 400 years, it is still a gate to the Scandinavian countries and, with its 88 000 inhabitants, is Schleswig-Holsteins third biggest city.
Flensburg is the third largest city in the state Schleswig-Holstein, after Kiel and Lübeck. It is Germany’s second most northerly placed city (after Westerland,) and it lies barely 4 miles from the Danish border. Flensburg was established anywhere around 200 by the Danish settlers.
There was a first settlement about 1200 A.D., which became a city in 1284. In the following century, Flensburg became the economic centre of the Duchy of Schleswig. In 1409 there were battles between people of the Duchy of Holstein and the Danish crown about the control of Schleswig. In 1412 and 1500 there were bad plagues in Flensburg.
