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Glücksburg
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Glücksburg (Dens: Lyksborg) is a smaw toun in the destrict Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Glücksburg | |
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![]() Glücksburg Castle | |
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)[1] | |
• 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.