Glücksburg

For the ducal house, see House of Glücksburg.

Glücksburg
Glücksburg Castle
Coat of arms of Glücksburg Coat of arms
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Location of Glücksburg within Schleswig-Flensburg district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Schleswig-Flensburg
Government
• Mayor	John Witt
Area
• Total	39.70 km2 (15.33 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	5,834
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	24960
Dialling codes	04631
Vehicle registration	SL
Website	stadt.gluecksburg.de

Glücksburg (Danish: Lyksborg) is a small town in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

It is situated on the south side of the Flensburg Fjord, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approx. 10 km northeast of Flensburg. The town was originally the home of the family Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (or simply Glücksburg), since 1863 the royal family of Denmark and since 1905 of Norway. A branch of the family was the former royal family of Greece, which includes Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His descendants, including Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince George of Cambridge, are members of the House of Windsor under British law, but genealogically are members of a cadet branch of the House of Glücksburg.

Glücksburg is home to a German Navy base. Among the facilities at the base is the transmitter, callsign DHJ58. DHJ58, situated at 54° 50'N and 9° 32' E, ceased its transmissions on longwave frequency 68.9 kHz in 2002 and in 2004 its longwave antenna was disassembled.

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