Flensburg: facts

At a glance

• Country: Germany
• Region: Schleswig-Holstein
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 85,838
• Coordinates: 54.7880° N, 9.4372° E
• Time zone: Europe/Berlin (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Berlin: 363 km (226 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sønderborg Airport (SGD, Denmark): 30 km (19 mi), straight line
• Westerland Sylt Airport (GWT): 72 km (44 mi), straight line
• Heide-Büsum Airport (HEI): 79 km (49 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Harrislee: 3.7 km (2.3 mi)
• Tastrup: 3.8 km (2.4 mi)
• Wees: 5.5 km (3.4 mi)
• Maasbuell: 5.7 km (3.6 mi)
• Handewitt: 7.1 km (4.4 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kiel, 69 km (43 mi)

Things to see

• Arnold Bastian (memorial)
• August Niemann (memorial)
• Heinrich Lazarus (memorial)
• Idstedt-Löwe (memorial)
• Museumsberg Flensburg (museum)
• Phänomenta (museum)