Flensburg

town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Flensburg

Summary

Flensburg is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Flensburg has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Flensburg was a member of Städteverband Schleswig-Holstein[3].
  • Flensburg is located in Schleswig-Holstein[4].
  • Flensburg is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Flensburg's head of government is recorded as Fabian Geyer[6].
  • Flensburg's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[7].
  • Flensburg's instance of is recorded as urban district in Schleswig-Holstein[8].
  • Flensburg's instance of is recorded as major regional center[9].
  • Flensburg's shares border with is recorded as Schleswig-Flensburg[10].
  • Flensburg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Neubrandenburg[11].
  • Flensburg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Słupsk[12].
  • Flensburg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Carlisle[13].
  • Flensburg's legislative body is recorded as Flensburg city council[14].
  • Flensburg's postal code is recorded as 24937[15].
  • Flensburg's postal code is recorded as 24939[16].
  • Flensburg's postal code is recorded as 24941[17].
  • Flensburg's postal code is recorded as 24943[18].
  • Flensburg's postal code is recorded as 24944[19].
  • Flensburg's Commons category is recorded as Flensburg[20].
  • Flensburg's licence plate code is recorded as FL[21].
  • Flensburg's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[22].
  • Flensburg's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[23].
  • Flensburg's local dialing code is recorded as 0461[24].
  • Flensburg's archives at is recorded as Stadtarchiv Flensburg[25].
  • Flensburg's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.781944444444, 'lon': 9.4366666666667}[26].
  • Flensburg's official website is recorded as https://www.flensburg.de/[27].

Body

Geography

Flensburg is in the country of Germany[5]. Flensburg is located in Schleswig-Holstein[4].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+87608'}[28], {'amount': '+87432'}[29], {'amount': '+88701'}[30], {'amount': '+88519'}[31], {'amount': '+93213'}[32], and {'amount': '+89504'}[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include urban municipality in Germany[7], urban district in Schleswig-Holstein[8], and major regional center[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Flensburg include 14632 Flensburg[34], an asteroid[35]; Flensburg Firth[36], a fjord[37], in Germany[38]; and Flensburg-Schäferhaus airfield[39], a commercial airfield[40], in Germany[41], founded in 1911[42].

Why It Matters

Flensburg has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Flensburg is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for Flensburg include 14632 Flensburg[34], an asteroid[35]; Flensburg Firth[36], a fjord[37], in Germany[38]; and Flensburg-Schäferhaus airfield[39], a commercial airfield[40], in Germany[41], founded in 1911[42].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Q135726719. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . neubrandenburg.de. neubrandenburg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . stolp.de. stolp.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . rgre.de. rgre.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] . staedteverband-sh.de. Retrieved . staedteverband-sh.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . statistik-nord.de. statistik-nord.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . destatis.de. destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . statistik-nord.de. statistik-nord.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . DESTATIS 1975. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 87512
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  2. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population {'amount': '+87608'}, {'amount': '+87432'}, {'amount': '+88701'} +10
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  3. 22d ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36128|batch #36128]]"
  4. 22d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Twinned administrative body Neubrandenburg, Słupsk, Carlisle
    Permanent duplicated item Q25681499, Q117750724, Q118287357
    Nomisma id flensburg
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0409145-Flensburg-Nemecko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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