Eckernförde

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Eckernförde (Danish: [Egernførde] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), sometimes also Egernfjord, Low German: Eckernförcode: nds is deprecated , sometimes also Eckernföör) is a German city in Schleswig-Holstein, Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde at the Baltic Sea near Kiel. The population was about 23,000 in 2023.

All 24 German submarines are stationed in Eckernförde.

Eckernförde is a well-known touristic centre in Northern Germany.

History

• In 1302 Eckernförde is first mentioned as a city.
• The Count Saint-Germain is supposed to be buried in Eckernförde near the St.-Nicolai-Church. His grave was destroyed by the great storm tide on 13 November 1872.

Twin towns

• UK, Macclesfield, (since 1953)
• Sweden, Hässleholm, (since 1958)
• Tanzania, Tanga, (since 1963)
• Denmark, Nakskov, (since 1969)
• Poland, Brzeg, (since 1989)
• Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Bützow, (since 1990)

• Eckernförde Leuchtturm2.jpg
• Eckernförde Strand 3.jpg
• Eckernförde Postpassage.jpg

Eckernförde Media

• Blick auf Borby, Hafen und Eckernfoerder Altstadt - Juni 2004.jpg

  View of Borby, showing the harbour and historical town centre

• Eckernförde.Rathausmarkt.463276505 b9a6ed4d5e b.jpg

  Eckernförde Rathausmarkt (market place)

Other websites

16x16px Media related to Eckernförde at Wikimedia Commons

• Official homepage of Eckernförde (in German)
• Official tourist information (in German)
• Local Newspaper (Eckernförder Zeitung) (in German)