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Mürwik
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CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictFlensburg

Mürwik (Danish: Mørvig) is a community of Flensburg in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Situated on the east side of the Flensburg Firth, it is on the Angeln peninsula. Mürwik is the location of the Naval Academy at Mürwik, which is the main academy that trains German Navy officers. Nazi Germany's final government, the Flensburg government, was located in Mürwik.

Mürwik is also known for the sail training ship Gorch Fock of the Naval Academy Mürwik and for the database of traffic violators of Germany (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, often short: KBA).

Some of the most affluent areas in Flensburg are located in Mürwik.

Geography

Mürwik includes five districts:

  • Stützpunkt Flensburg-Mürwik
  • Osbek (Osbæk)
  • Wasserloos (Vandløs)
  • Friedheim
  • Solitüde (also: Solitude, Danish: Solitude)

Fruerlund, also a community of Flensburg, is also often counted as part of the Mürwik community.

Other names for areas in Mürwik, which are located in its districts are: Cäcilienschlucht (Cäcilien-Chine), Blocksberg (Blockula), old village Engelsby, Fahrensodde (Danish: Farnæsodde), Sonwik, Twedter Holz (Twedter Holt), Twedter Feld (Twedter Field), Twedter Mark, Waldsiedlung Tremmerup (Wood-settlement Tremmerup), and Waldeshöh (Wood-Highness). Mürwiks centrum is the Twedter Plack. The highest hill of Mürwik is the Berg beim Eichenkratt. The Bunkerberg, a hill over a bunker beside the KBA, is overgrown by trees.

Gallery

  • The Red Castle, the main building of the Naval Academy The Red Castle, the main building of the Naval Academy
  • The Naval Watertower The Naval Watertower
  • Christ Church (Christuskirche) of 1958 Christ Church (Christuskirche) of 1958
  • The imperial Post of 1910 in the 2nd German Empire The imperial Post of 1910 in the 2nd German Empire
  • Gateway of the Park Court (Parkhof) of 1925/1928 Gateway of the Park Court (Parkhof) of 1925/1928
  • The Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA; office of traffic violations) The Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA; office of traffic violations)

54°48′40″N 9°27′38″E / 54.8111°N 9.4606°E / 54.8111; 9.4606

References

  1. Flensburg, Zahlenspiegel Teil 3: Stadtteile, 21. November 2015
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