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  • Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital city is.
  • Schleswig-Holstein: History German Empire in 1871, the Schleswig-Holstein question narrowed to a contest between Germany and Denmark over North Schleswig. The duchy of Schleswig (Slesvig) was a dependency of Denmark in the 13th and 14th centuries, but from 1386 to 1460 it.

Explore Schleswig-Holstein holidays and discover the best time and places to visit. Sandy beaches, jaunty red-and-white striped lighthouses, deep fjords carved by glaciers, sandpipers and seals have made this sweeping peninsula between the North and Baltic Seas Germany’s most elite summer retreat.

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost state of Germany. It borders Denmark and has coasts on both the North and Baltic Seas.
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Kiel

Kiel is the capital city of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein and has a population of roughly 248,000. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

Lübeck

The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the largest German port on the Baltic Sea and the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, situated at the mouth of the river Trave. Photo: Jorges, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kiel Bay

The northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein faces Kiel Bay, the southwesternmost corner of the Baltic Sea. Photo: Drbashir117, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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North Frisian Islands

The North Frisian Islands, German: die Nordfriesische Inseln, North Frisian: Nuurdfresk Eilunen, are an archipelago in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany, separated from the mainland by the Wadden Sea. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
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Destinations

North Sea Coast

The North Sea Coast of Schleswig-Holstein includes some of Germany's most popular beach destinations.
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South Holstein

South Holstein comprises the southernmost part of Schleswig-Holstein forming a horseshoe right north of Hamburg. Photo: Morn the Gorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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Schleswig-Holstein

  • Type: State
  • Description: state in Northern Germany
  • Category: state of Germany
  • Location: Germany, Central Europe, Europe
  • Neighbors: Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
54.1854° or 54° 11' 7.4' north
Longitude of centre
9.822° or 9° 49' 19.2' east
2,830,000
Abbreviation
SH
12 metres (39 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 473890961
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Also Known As

  • Achinese: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Afar: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Afrikaans: Sleeswyk-Holstein
  • Albanian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Albanian: Shlesvig-Holshtajni
  • Amharic: ሽለስቭክ-ሖልሽታይን
  • Arabic: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Arabic: شلسفيغ-هولشتاين
  • Arabic: شلسفيغ هولشتاين
  • Arabic: شليزفيغ-هولسشتاين
  • Arabic: شليزفيغ-هولشتاين
  • Arabic: شليسفغ-هولسشتاين
  • Arabic: شليسفغ-هولشتاين
  • Arabic: شليسفغ هولسشتاين
  • Arabic: شليسفيش هولشتاين
  • Arabic: شليسفيغ-هولستاين
  • Arabic: شليسفيغ-هولشتاين
  • Arabic: شليسفيغ هولشتاين
  • Aragonese: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Armenian: Շլեզվիգ-Հոլշտայն
  • Armenian: Շլեզվիգ Հոլշտայն
  • Asturian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Aymara: Schleswig-Holstein suyu
  • Azerbaijani: Şlezviq-Holşteyn
  • Basque: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Bavarian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Belarusian: Шлезвіг-Гальштэйн
  • Belarusian: Шлезвіг-Гольштэйн
  • Belarusian: Шлезьвіг-Гальштайн
  • Bengali: শ্লেসভিগ-হলষ্টাইন
  • Bengali: শ্লেসভিগ-হোলস্টাইন
  • Bosnian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Breton: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Bulgarian: Шлезвиг-Холщайн
  • Catalan: Slesvig-Holstein
  • Cebuano: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Central Kurdish: شلێسڤیگ-ھۆلشتاین
  • Chechen: Шлезвиг-Гольштейн
  • Chinese: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Chinese: 什列斯威-好斯敦
  • Chinese: 什列斯威-霍爾斯坦
  • Chinese: 石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因
  • Chinese: 石勒蘇益格-荷爾斯泰因
  • Chinese: 舒勒斯維－荷斯泰因
  • Chuvash: Шлезвиг-Хольштайн
  • Cornish: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Croatian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Czech: Šlesvicko-Holštýnsko
  • Danish: Slesvig-Holsten
  • Dimli (individual language): Şleswig-Holştayn
  • Dutch: Sleeswijk-Holstein
  • English: DE-SH
  • English: SH
  • English: Slesvig-Holstein
  • Esperanto: Ŝlesvigo-Holstinio
  • Estonian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Faroese: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Finnish: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Finnish: Slesvig-Holstein
  • French: SH
  • French: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Galician: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Galician: اشلسویگ-هولشتاین
  • Georgian: შლეზვიგ-ჰოლშტაინი
  • German: DE-SH
  • German: Land Schleswig-Holstein
  • German: SH
  • German: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Gilaki: اشلسویگ-هولشتاین
  • Greek: Σλέσβιχ-Χολστάιν
  • Greek: Σλέσβιχ-Χόλσταϊν
  • Guarani: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Gujarati: સ્કલેસ્વિગ-હોલસ્ટેઇન
  • Hakka Chinese: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Hausa: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Hebrew: שלזוויג-הולשטיין
  • Hindi: श्लेसविग-होल्सटीन
  • Hungarian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Icelandic: Slésvík-Holtsetaland
  • Ido: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Indonesian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Silesia-Holsteinia
  • Interlingue: Schleswig-Holsteinia
  • Irish: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Italian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Japanese: シュレースヴィヒ＝ホルシュタインの歴史
  • Japanese: シュレースヴィヒ＝ホルシュタイン州
  • Javanese: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Kannada: ಶ್ಲೆಸ್ವಿಗ್-ಹೋಲ್ಸ್ಟೈನ್
  • Kara-Kalpak: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Kazakh: Шлезвиг-Гольштейн
  • Kongo: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Korean: 슐레스비히홀슈타인 주
  • Korean: 슐레스비히홀슈타인주
  • Kurdish: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Kölsch: Schleswij-Holsteijn
  • Ladino: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Ladino: שלישביג-עולשטײן
  • Latin: Slesvicum-Holsatia
  • Latin: Slesvicum et Holsatia
  • Latvian: Šlēsviga-Holšteina
  • Ligurian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Limburgan: Sjleeswiek-Holstein
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Lithuanian: Šlėzvigas-Holšteinas
  • Lombard: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Low German: Sleeswiek-Holstain
  • Low German: Sleeswig-Holsteen
  • Low German: Sleswig-Holsteen
  • Lower Sorbian: Šleswig-Holštejnska
  • Luxembourgish: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Macedonian: Шлезвиг-Холштајн
  • Malay: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Malayalam: ഷ്ലെസ്വിഗ്-ഹോൾസ്റ്റൈൻ
  • Manx: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Marathi: श्लेस्विग-होल्श्टाइन
  • Min Nan Chinese: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Mongolian: Шлесвиг-Хольштайн
  • Nepali: श्लेसविग-होल्सटीन
  • Northern Frisian: Schleswig-Holstian
  • Northern Frisian: Slaswik-Holstiinj
  • Northern Sami: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Northern Sami: Slesvig-Holsten
  • Norwegian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Novial: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Occitan (post 1500): Schleswig-Holstein
  • Ossetian: Шлезвиг-Гольштейн
  • Pampanga: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Papiamento: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Persian: اشلسویگ-هولشتاین
  • Persian: شلسویگ-هولشتاین
  • Pfaelzisch: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Pfaelzisch: Schläswisch-Holschdä
  • Piemontese: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Polish: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Polish: Szlezwik-Holsztyn
  • Portuguese: Eslésvico-Holsácia
  • Portuguese: SH
  • Portuguese: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Pushto: شلسویګ-هولشتاین
  • Quechua: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Romanian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Romansh: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Russian: Шлезвиг-Гольштейн
  • Sardinian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Saterfriesisch: Släswiek-Holstein
  • Saterfriesisch: Släswiek-Holsten
  • Scots: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Scottish Gaelic: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Serbian: Шлезвиг-Холштајн
  • Serbo-Croatian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Serbo-Croatian: Schleswij-Holsteijn
  • Sindhi: شليس وگ ھوليسٽن
  • Sinhala: ශ්ලෙස්විග්-හොල්ස්ටයින්
  • Slovak: Šlezvicko-Holštajnsko
  • Slovenian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • South Azerbaijani: شلسویق-هولشتاین
  • Spanish: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Swahili: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Swedish: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Swedish: Slesvig-Holstein
  • Swiss German: Schleswig-Holstei
  • Swiss German: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Tamil: சிலெஸ்விக்-ஹொல்ஸ்டெயின்
  • Tamil: ஸ்சல்ஸ்விக் -ஹோல்ச்டயின்
  • Tatar: Шлезвиг-Һольштейн
  • Telugu: ష్లెస్విగ్-హోల్‌స్టీన్
  • Thai: รัฐชเลสวิก-โฮลชไตน์
  • Thai: รัฐชเลสวิช-ฮ็อลชไตน์
  • Tosk Albanian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Turkish: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Ukrainian: Шлезвіг-Гольштейн
  • Ukrainian: Шлезвіґ-Гольштайн
  • Upper Sorbian: Schleswigsko-Holsteinska
  • Urdu: شلسویگ-ہولشتائن
  • Uzbek: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Venetian: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Vietnamese: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Vlaams: Sleeswyk-Holstein
  • Volapük: Jlesvigän-Holstän
  • Waray (Philippines): Schleswig-Holstein
  • Welsh: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Western Frisian: Sleeswyk-Holstein
  • Western Panjabi: شلیسوگ ہولسٹاین
  • Wu Chinese: 石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因
  • Yiddish: שלעזוויג-האלשטיין
  • Yoruba: Schleswig-Holstein
  • Yue Chinese: 舒勒斯維－荷斯泰因
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