Schleswig-Holstein

state in Northern Germany
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Summary

Schleswig-Holstein is a federated state of Germany[1]. Schleswig-Holstein draws 21,758 Wikipedia views per month (federated state of germany category, ranking #9 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Climate Alliance[3], IT Planning Council[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Germany[5]
  • Country: Germany[6]
  • Head of government: Daniel Günther[7]
  • Capital: Kiel[8]
  • Shares border with: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[9], Lower Saxony[10], Hamburg[11], Southern Denmark[12]
  • Main regulatory text: Constitution of the State of Schleswig-Holstein[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Flensburg[14], Kiel[15], Lübeck[16], Neumünster[17], Dithmarschen[18], District of Duchy of Lauenburg[19], Nordfriesland district[20], Ostholstein[21], Kreis Pinneberg[22], Plön District[23], Rendsburg-Eckernförde[24], Schleswig-Flensburg[25], Segeberg District[26], Steinburg[27]
  • Flag: flag of Schleswig-Holstein[28]
  • Twinned administrative body: South Jutland County[29], Pays de la Loire[30], Pomeranian Voivodeship[31], Kaliningrad Oblast[32], Hyōgo Prefecture[33], Maryland[34], Zhejiang[35]
  • Legislative body: Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein[36]
  • Executive body: Government of Schleswig-Holstein[37]
  • Highest judicial authority: State Constitutional Court of Schleswig-Holstein[38]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein[39]
  • Commons category: Schleswig-Holstein[40]
  • Archives at: State Archives of Schleswig-Holstein[41]
  • Inception: August 23, 1946[42]
  • Highest point: Bungsberg[43]
  • Official website: https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/[44]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Schleswig-Holstein[45]
  • Commons gallery: Schleswig-Holstein[46]
  • Email address: mailto:landesportal@stk.landsh.de[47]
  • Population: 2,815,955[48], 2,806,531[49], 2,889,821[50], 2,896,712[51], 2,953,270[52], 2,927,542[53]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Schleswig-Holstein[54]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Schleswig-Holstein include Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park[55], a Nationalpark[56], in Germany[57], founded in 1985[58].

Why It Matters

Schleswig-Holstein has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Schleswig-Holstein is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Entities named for Schleswig-Holstein include Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park[55], a Nationalpark[56], in Germany[57], founded in 1985[58].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  37. [3] ↑ . klimabuendnis.org. klimabuendnis.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Ordinance No. 46. Retrieved . geschichte-s-h.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  45. [47] ↑ . schleswig-holstein.de. schleswig-holstein.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . statistik-nord.de. statistik-nord.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . statistik-nord.de. statistik-nord.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . statistik-nord.de. statistik-nord.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . statistik-nord.de. statistik-nord.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . zensus2022.de. zensus2022.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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