Glücksburg

For the ducal hoose, see Hoose o Glücksburg.

Glücksburg (Dens: Lyksborg) is a smaw toun in the destrict Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Glücksburg
Glücksburg Castle
Coat airms
Glücksburg
Location o Glücksburg athin Schleswig-Flensburg destrict
Coordinates: 54°50′1″N 9°33′0″E
Kintra	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Destrict	Schleswig-Flensburg
Govrenment
• Mayor	John Witt
Area
• Total	39.70 km2 (15.33 sq mi)
Elevation	19 m (62 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)
• Total	6,326
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	24960
Diallin codes	04631
Vehicle registration	SL
Website	stadt.gluecksburg.de

It is situatit on the sooth side o the Flensburg Fjord, a inlet o the Easter Seas, approx. 10 km northeast of Flensburg. The toun wis oreeginally the hame o the faimily Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (or simply Glücksburg), syne 1863 the ryal faimily o Denmark an syne 1905 o Norawa. A branch o the faimily wis the umwhile ryal faimily o Greece, which includes Prince Philip, Duke o Edinburgh. His stryndants, includin Charles, Prince o Wales, an Prince William, Duke o Cambridge, are members o the Hoose o Windsor unner Breetish law, but genealogically are members o a cadet branch o the Hoose o Glücksburg.

Glücksburg is hame tae a German Navy base. Amang the facilities at the base is the transmitter, cawsign DHJ58. DHJ58, situatit at 54° 50'N an 9° 32' E, ceased its transmissions on langwave frequency 68.9 kHz in 2002 an in 2004 its langwave antenna wis disassembled.

Freemit airtins

 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Glücksburg" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.