Gelting
Gelting | |
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Location of Gelting within Schleswig-Flensburg district  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Schleswig-Flensburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Geltinger Bucht |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Uwe Linde |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.92 km2 (7.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 2,152 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 24395 |
| Dialling codes | 04643 |
| Vehicle registration | SL |
| Website | www.amt- steinbergkirche.de |
Gelting is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the Baltic Sea, approx. 33 km northeast of Schleswig, and 30 km east of Flensburg.
Gelting is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Geltinger Bucht.
Shield or Coat of Arms
Heraldic Description:: „The coat of arms is blue under a radiant golden half sun a golden plow with a silver ploughshare.“[2]
Gelting Personalities
- Detlev von Ahlefeldt (1612–1686), Military officer, War Commissioner for the Danish King
- Seneca Freiherr von Gelting (1715-1786), regional landowner
- Hermann Bendix Todsen (1864–1946), Mayor of Flensburg
- Herbert Kortum (1907–1979), Scientist; computer scientist and DDR computer pioneer
- Vera Dietz Motika(1936- ) singer and performer; emigrated to Columbus, Ohio, USA. By the act of emigration, she gave up all chance to obtain a European title.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gelting.
- Collection of images of the area
- District of Gelting - in German
- Material of the Gelting regions in der in the collections at the regional library in Berlin (PDF; 275 kB)
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