Glücksburg

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Glücksburg
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Glücksburg
Glücksburg (Germany)
Glücksburg
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Schleswig-Flensburg
Mayor John Witt
Basic statistics
Area 39.70 km² (15.3 sq mi)
Elevation 19 m  (62 ft)
Population 5,984  (30/06/2005)
 - Density 151 /km² (390 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SL
Postal code 24960
Area code 04631
Website stadt.gluecksburg.de
Location of the town of Glücksburg within Schleswig-Flensburg district
Map

Coordinates: 54°50′1″N 9°33′0″E / 54.83361, 9.55

Glücksburg (Danish: Lyksborg) is a small town in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the south side of the Flensburg Fjord, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approx. 10 km northeast of Flensburg. The town was originally the home of the family Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (or simply Glücksburg), since 1863 the royal family of Denmark and since 1905 of Norway. A branch of the family was the former royal family of Greece, which includes Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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