Haddeby is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg , in Schleswig-Holstein , Germany . It is situated on the south bank of the Schlei , southeast of Schleswig . The seat of the Amt is in Busdorf. It was named after the now ruined medieval trading settlement Hedeby .
4-458: The Amt Haddeby consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets): 54°28′N 9°34′E / 54.467°N 9.567°E / 54.467; 9.567 This Schleswig-Flensburg location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Schleswig-Flensburg Schleswig-Flensburg ( German pronunciation: [ˈʃleːsvɪç ˈflɛnsbʊʁk] ; Danish : Slesvig-Flensborg )
8-694: Is a district in Schleswig-Holstein , Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Rendsburg-Eckernförde , Dithmarschen and Nordfriesland , the Region Syddanmark in Denmark , the city of Flensburg and the Baltic Sea . Written history in the area began about 800 AD, when the Danish Viking settlement of Haithabu was founded. Later the neighbouring city of Schleswig took
12-548: Is the southern border of this district. All the land north of the Schlei and south of Flensburg is called the peninsula of Angeln . Angeln was the ancient home of the Germanic people known as the Angles , who migrated to England in the early Middle Ages . The coat of arms displays two lions, symbolizing the old duchy of Schleswig . At the bottom of the arms there is a wavy line symbolizing
16-454: The place of Haithabu and became a powerful town in the 11th century. It later lost its power to Lübeck . The district was established in 1974 by merging the former districts of Flensburg-Land and Schleswig. Due to the proximity of Denmark and the regional history there is a large percentage of Danish inhabitants. The countryside is generally plain. The Schlei , a firth of the Baltic Sea,
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