Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein (deu)

Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein ranks 2,339th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Santarém, Portugal, Arlington, Texas, and Malibu, California. Memorable people born in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein include Valdemar I of Denmark, Hans von Seeckt, and Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke. Memorable people who died in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein include Niels, King of Denmark, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Countess Friederike von Schlieben. Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein has been the birth place of many politicians, and military personnels and the death place of many politicians, and noblemen. Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein is located in Germany.

Schleswig is a town in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis (district) Schleswig-Flensburg. It has a population of about 27,000, the main industries being leather and food processing. It takes its name from the Schlei, an inlet of the Baltic sea at the end of which it sits, and vik or vig which means "bay" in Old Norse and Danish. Schleswig or Slesvig therefore means "bay of the Schlei". Read more on Wikipedia