FLENSBURG

Danish Flensborg city, Schleswig-Holstein Land (state), a port at the head of Flensburg Fjord and Germany's most northerly large city. First mentioned in 1240, it was chartered in 1284 and was frequently pillaged by the Swedes after 1643. It became the capital of Schleswig under Danish rule in 1848 and was occupied by Prussia after the German-Danish War of 1864. In the plebiscite held in 1920, Flensburg voted to remain in Germany. The site of a naval station and academy before World War II, it again became a naval base after the establishment of West Germany. Flensburg's notable landmarks include the medieval churches of St. Nicholas and St. Mary (1284), the large Nordertor (gate; 1595), the municipal museum, the Nordermarkt (North Market; 1595), and the German House concert hall. The adjacent Baltic resort of Glcksburg has a famous castle (158287) that was the seat of the ducal house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glcksburg and was associated with the royal families of Denmark, Great Britain, Norway, and Greece. The German government under Admiral Karl Dnitz capitulated there to the Allies in May 1945. Flensburg's industries include shipbuilding, metalworking, paper milling, and the production of rum and smoked eels. Pop. (1994 est.) 87,994.