postgres Schleswig-Holstein · Relations Schleswig-Holstein lies between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, has its capital in Kiel, and covers around 15,800 km² with about 2.91 million inhabitants (2022 census). /en/places/de-schleswig-holstein/relation.html place_de_schleswig_holstein place Schleswig-Holstein de-schleswig-holstein Schleswig-Holstein lies between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, has its capital in Kiel, and covers around 15,800 km² with about 2.91 million inhabitants (2022 census). published category-geography category-history tag-admin-division wikipedia Schleswig-Holstein — Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein abgerufen 2026-10-28 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 2026-10-28T00:00:00+08:00 user:admin 19 ## Overview Schleswig-Holstein lies in northern Germany between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea and borders Denmark. The state capital is Kiel. The state covers around 15,800 km² and has about 2.91 million inhabitants (2022 census). Its ISO-3166-2 code is DE-SH. Schleswig-Holstein was founded in 1946 as a state in the British occupation zone. ## Administrative divisions Schleswig-Holstein has never had government regions. Below the state level there are 11 districts (in SH the rural districts are called "Kreise") and 4 urban districts (Flensburg, Kiel, Lübeck, Neumünster). ## Major cities - Kiel (around 300,000 inhabitants) - Lübeck (around 220,000 inhabitants) - Flensburg (around 90,000 inhabitants) - Neumünster (around 80,000 inhabitants) ## Transport Kiel and Lübeck are important Baltic Sea ports with ferry connections to Scandinavia; the A 7 connects the state with Hamburg and Denmark, and the planned Fehmarnbelt fixed link will significantly shorten the connection to Denmark. ## Economy Important are the maritime economy and shipbuilding, tourism on the North Sea and Baltic Sea, renewable energies (wind power) as well as agriculture and the food industry. /places/de-schleswig-holstein.html en zh ar en es fr hi id it ja ko ms nl pt ru th tr vi zh-hant Bundesland 54.15 9.8 Deutschland 1946 year 1946 (Gründung des Landes) relation_place_de_gluecksburg_located_in_state place_de_gluecksburg located_in 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