Gelting

Gelting is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the Baltic Sea, approx. 33 km northeast of Schleswig, and 30 km east of Flensburg.

Gelting
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Gelting within Schleswig-Flensburg district
Gelting Show map of Germany Gelting Show map of Schleswig-Holstein
Coordinates: 54°45′N 9°54′E
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Schleswig-Flensburg
Municipal assoc.	Geltinger Bucht
Government
• Mayor	Boris Kratz
Area
• Total	19.92 km2 (7.69 sq mi)
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,314
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	24395
Dialling codes	04643
Vehicle registration	SL
Website	www.gelting.de

Gelting is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Geltinger Bucht.

Shield or Coat of Arms

St. Katharinen in Gelting, Schleswig Holstein

Heraldic Description: "The coat of arms is blue under a radiant golden half sun a golden plow with a silver ploughshare."^[2]

Gelting Personalities

• Detlev von Ahlefeldt (1612–1686), Military officer, War Commissioner for the Danish King
• Seneca Freiherr von Gelting (1715-1786), regional landowner
• Hermann Bendix Todsen (1864–1946), Mayor of Flensburg
• Herbert Kortum (1907–1979), Scientist; computer scientist and DDR computer pioneer
• Vera Dietz Motika (1936-2020) singer and performer; emigrated to Columbus, Ohio, USA. By the act of emigration, she gave up all chance to obtain a European title.

External links

• Collection of images of the area
• Official website (in German)
• Material of the Gelting regions in der in the collections at the regional library in Berlin (PDF; 275 kB)