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About Schleswig

Schleswig is a town in the northeastern piece of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis district Schleswig-Flensburg. It has a population of around 27,000, the principle enterprises being calfskin and sustenance handling. It takes its name from the Schlei, a channel of the Baltic ocean toward the finish of which it sits, and vik or vig which signifies "inlet" in Old Norse and Danish. Schleswig or Slesvig along these lines signifies "sound of the Schlei".

The city lies at the western end of the Schlei Forde, which isolates the two promontories of Angeln and Schwansen, and is on the western edge of the Schleswig-Holstein Uplands on the progress to the Geest nation. The Viking settlement of Hedeby, found south of the advanced town, was first referenced in 804. It was an incredible settlement in the Baltic locale, commanding the zone for over 200 years. In 1050, after a few annihilations, the population was moved to the contrary shore of the Schlei, turning into the city of Schleswig. In 1066 Hedeby was at long last devastated, and Schleswig stayed as a piece of the Danish kingdom. The dukes of Gottorf were vassals of the Danish rulers and led over a lot of present-day Schleswig-Holstein.

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