Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (Danish: Slesvig-Holsten, Low Saxon: Sleeswiek-Holstain, Frisian: Sleeswyk-Holstein, North Frisian: Schleswig-Holstian) is the northernmost of the 16 states (German: Bundesländer) in Germany.
 Coat of arms | |
 Position of Schleswig-Holstein within Germany | |
| Country | Germany |
| Capital | Kiel |
| Government | |
| • Minister President | Daniel Günther (CDU) |
| • Governing parties | CDU / Greens / FDP |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15,763 km2 (6,086 sq mi) |
| Population (November 2006) | |
| • Total | 2,834,305 |
| • Density | 179.807/km2 (465.699/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | schleswig-holstein.de |
Schleswig-Holstein borders on Denmark in the North, the North Sea in the West, the Baltic Sea and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the East, and Lower Saxony and Hamburg in the South. Kiel is the capital of this state.
There are 4 independent towns:
Countryside
The countryside is lowlands and hills with no mountains. The highest elevation in the state is the Bungsberg at only 168 metres (551 ft). There are many lakes, especially in the eastern part of Holstein called the Holsteinische Schweiz ("Holstein Switzerland") or Schweiziann-Schwezalia. It has this name because there are many small hills which came to existence in the last ice age.
Schleswig-Holstein Media
The historic settlement areas in present-day Schleswig-Holstein
The Limes Saxoniae border between the Saxons and the Obotrites, established about 810 in present-day Schleswig-Holstein
Results of the 1920 plebiscites in North and Central Schleswig
A German postage stamp conmemorating the Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations
Topographic map of Schleswig-Holstein
- Schleswig-Holstein Kreise (nummeriert).svg
Karte des Landes Schleswig-Holstein mit eingezeichneter Kreiseinteilung und alphabetischer Nummerierung der Landkreise. Die kreisfreien Städte sind mit Buchstaben angegeben.
- Wappen Kreis Dithmarschen.svg
Coat of Arms of Dithmarschen
- Wappen Herzogtum Lauenburg alt.svg
Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Lauenburg
Other websites
- Official governmental portal in German