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

Glücksburg
Glücksburg Castle
Coat of airms o Glücksburg
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Glücksburg is located in Germany
Glücksburg
Glücksburg
Location o Glücksburg athin Schleswig-Flensburg destrict
Coordinates: 54°50′1″N 9°33′0″E / 54.83361°N 9.55000°E / 54.83361; 9.55000Coordinates: 54°50′1″N 9°33′0″E / 54.83361°N 9.55000°E / 54.83361; 9.55000
KintraGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DestrictSchleswig-Flensburg
Govrenment
 • MayorJohn Witt
Area
 • Total39.70 km2 (15.33 sq mi)
Elevation
19 m (62 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
 • Total6,326
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
24960
Diallin codes04631
Vehicle registrationSL
Websitestadt.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.

References

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  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.

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