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Schleswig-Holstein is Germany's northernmost state and the only one bordering two seas: the North Sea to the west and the Baltic to the east. Around 2.95 million people live between marshland, hedgerows and fjords. The capital is Kiel, known for Kiel Week, the largest sailing event in the world. The state's landmark, however, stands in Lübeck: the Holsten Gate with its two round towers, for centuries the city gate of the mighty Hanseatic city and familiar to older Germans from the former 50-mark note. Lübeck was the head of the Hanseatic League: Baltic trade was directed from here. The coat of arms bears two blue lions and a red nettle leaf, the symbols of the two parts of the state. To the north it borders Denmark, and that closeness still shows: a Danish minority and the Frisian community live in the region. Did you know that the North Sea uncovers the Wadden Sea here twice a day; a national park and World Natural Heritage site you can walk across barefoot, guided by a mudflat warden?
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Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is Germany's northernmost state, the only one bordering Denmark, and lies between two seas: the North Sea to the west, the Baltic to the east.
💡 Did you know? The Kiel Canal links both seas and is the world's busiest artificial waterway.
Kiel
Kiel sits on a Baltic fjord and is Germany's gateway to Scandinavia, with ferries to Norway and Sweden.
💡 Did you know? Kiel Week is the largest sailing event in the world, drawing about three million visitors every year.
about 2.95 million
the north
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the Holsten Gate in Lübeck
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two lions and a nettle leaf
being the northernmost state
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost state, lying between the North Sea and the Baltic.
💡 Did you know? Schleswig-Holstein is the only state bordering both the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Denmark
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