Oeversee
Oeversee (Dens: Oversø) is a municipality in the destrict o Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situatit approximately 10 km sooth o Flensburg. The Oeversee municipality wis mergit wi Sankelmark on 1 Mairch 2008. The new municipality is, housomeivver, still cried Oeversee.
Oeversee | |
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 Coat airms | |
  Oeversee | |
Location o Oeversee athin Schleswig-Flensburg destrict  | |
| Coordinates: 54°42′23″N 09°26′10″E / 54.70639°N 9.43611°ECoordinates: 54°42′23″N 09°26′10″E / 54.70639°N 9.43611°E | |
| Kintra | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Destrict | Schleswig-Flensburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Oeversee |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Hans-Heinrich Jensen-Hansen (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.35 km2 (14.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,473 |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 24987–24988 |
| Diallin codes | 04630 & 04638 |
| Vehicle registration | SL |
| Website | www.amtoeversee.de |
Oeversee is pairt o the Amt ("collective municipality") Oeversee. The seat o the Amt is locatit in Tarp, which is close tae Idstedt an Stolk, amang ither smawer touns in the aurie.
The aurie wis the place o mony battles atween the Germans an the Danes. The veelage o Oeversee (or to be mair precise, Sankelmark) wittnessed, for example, a battle atween Austrian an Dens forces in the Seicont Schleswig War on 6 Februar 1864. Thare are still annual memorial services held for this event an celebratin the helpfulness o the ceetizens o Flensburg.
The Austrian ceety o Graz namit a alley an a schuil efter Oeversee in recogneetion o this event, as the Austrian troops haed been based in Graz. Returnin the favor, Oeversee namit a public square efter Graz (Grazer Platz).