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Coordinates : 54°45′N 9°54′E / 54.750°N 9.900°E / 54.750; 9.900 Gelting is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg , in Schleswig-Holstein , Germany . It is situat...

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Coordinates: 54°45′N9°54′E / 54.750°N 9.900°E / 54.750; 9.900

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

St. Katharinen in Gelting, Schleswig Holstein

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 (1936-2020) singer and performer; emigrated to Columbus, Ohio, USA. By the act of emigration, she gave up all chance to obtain a European title.
  • Collection of images of the area
  • Official websiteEdit this at Wikidata(in German)
  • Material of the Gelting regions in der in the collections at the regional library in Berlin (PDF; 275 kB)

References

  1. ↑"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2024"(XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
  2. ↑Kommunale Wappenrolle Schleswig-Holstein

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