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More information about the Captain's Trail, including a map showing all the stops, can be found here: https://www.schifffahrtsmuseum-flensburg.de/de/kapitaensweg.html

The municipal area of the city of Flensburg is located at the inner end of the Flensburg Fjord in the northwest of the Angeln peninsula on the German-Danish border[5][6] in the Schleswig-Holstein hill country natural area.[6] The nearest border crossing to Denmark is in the neighboring community of Harrislee to the north in the Schleswig-Flensburg district. After the neighboring city of Glücksburg, Flensburg is the second northernmost city in the Federal Republic of Germany.[7] The urban area extends on the western and southern banks of the Flensburg Fjord over various hills such as the Friesischer Berg or the Marienberg. The eastern shore area of the city is already considered to be part of the Angeln peninsula. The highest point in the urban area with at least 64 m above sea level is in the Marienhölzung area near the Duburg junction of the federal highway 200. The inner city area is located at the central bus station.

The port city gained nationwide fame through the "Points in Flensburg" recorded by the Federal Motor Transport Authority, Beate Uhse's erotic mail order business, Flensburg beer and the handball club SG Flensburg-Handewitt, and internationally through the seat of the last Reich government in 1945 under the leadership of Karl Dönitz in the district of Mürwik.[3] Factors such as the rum trade and military facilities, such as the Flensburg-Mürwik naval base, which shaped the city's growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, play only an insignificant role today. Of greater importance for the regional center are the pronounced border tourism, the Flensburg port with the historic port and the FSG shipyard, as well as the university of applied sciences with around 9200 students (winter semester 2014/2015)[4] and the European University of Flensburg, founded in 1994.

As the centre of the Danish minority in southern Schleswig, Flensburg took on a pioneering role in the recognition of national minorities after the Schleswig referendum in 1920 and the Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations of 1955, covered by a large number of Danish institutions. A significant proportion of the approximately 92,000 inhabitants speak Low German and Petuh in addition to German and Danish.

Flensburg is a large, independent city in the north of Schleswig-Holstein. After Kiel and Lübeck, Flensburg, with 92,667 inhabitants, is the third-largest city in the state, the largest in the Schleswig region and the northernmost independent city in Germany.

The origin of the city name Flensburg, first mentioned in 1248, has not yet been clarified. According to legend, Duke Knud Lavard commissioned a knight named Fleno to build a castle at the end of the fjord. This Fleno Castle is said to have given the city its name.[17] A more recent theory states that the name derives from a small tower fortress, the foundations of which were found near St. Mary's Church and which was located on something resembling a small island, peninsula, or headland.[18] In addition to the founding myth surrounding the knight Fleno, Flensburg has an apocalyptic myth surrounding its downfall, which is said to have originated at the Oat Market and in which the Black Pig plays a crucial role.

Various traces of human life and activity from prehistoric and early history have been discovered in the city area. Sites that bear witness to these times include the burial mounds Friedenshügel, Nonnenberg and Weinberg.