Glücksburg

For the dynasty, see House of Glücksburg.

Glücksburg (German pronunciation: [ˈɡlʏksˌbʊʁk] ^ⓘ; Danish: Lyksborg) is a small town northeast of Flensburg in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is Germany's northernmost town.

Glücksburg Lyksborg (Danish)
Town
Glücksburg Castle
Coat of arms
Location of Glücksburg within Schleswig-Flensburg district
Glücksburg Show map of Germany Glücksburg Show map of Schleswig-Holstein
Coordinates: 54°50′1″N 9°33′0″E
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Schleswig-Flensburg
Government
• Mayor	Kristina Franke
Area
• Total	39.70 km2 (15.33 sq mi)
Elevation	19 m (62 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,236
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	24960
Dialling codes	04631
Vehicle registration	SL
Website	stadt.gluecksburg.de

It is situated on the south side of the Flensborg Fjord, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approx. 10 km northeast of Flensburg. The town was originally the home of the family Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (or simply Glücksburg), members of which have reigned in the past in Greece and several northern German states. Members of the family still reign in Denmark and Norway since 1863 and 1905 respectively, and have reigned in the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms since the accession of Charles III in 2022.^[a]

Glücksburg in 2012

Glücksburg was home to a German Navy base. Among the facilities at the base was the transmitter, callsign DHJ58. DHJ58, situated at 54° 50'N and 9° 32' E, ceased its transmissions on longwave frequency 68.9 kHz in 2002 and in 2004 its longwave antenna was disassembled.

Notable people

Kai-Uwe von Hassel in 1978

• Kai-Uwe von Hassel (1913-1997), politician (CDU), was mayor of Glücksburg, Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein, Federal Minister, President of the Bundestag.
• Gui Bonsiepe (born 1934), designer and design theorist.

Glücksburg palace garden building

Glücksburg Evangelical church

Notes

1. The 14 other realms are Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.