page_title: Flensburg
section_title: Lost buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Flensburg / Culture and sightseeing / Lost buildings
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Dampfer Alexandra mit St. Jürgen-Kirche (Flensburg) im Hintergrund
context_page_description: Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the region of Southern Schleswig. After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third largest town in Schleswig-Holstein.
  In May 1945, Flensburg was the seat of the last government of Nazi Germany, the so-called Flensburg government led by Karl Dönitz, which was in power from 1 May, the announcement of Hitler's death, for one week, until German armies surrendered and the town was occupied by Allied troops. The regime was officially dissolved on 23 May.
  The nearest larger towns are Kiel and Odense in Denmark.
  Flensburg's city centre lies about 7 km from the Danish border.
  In Germany, Flensburg is known for
  the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt with its Verkehrssünderkartei, where details are stored of traffic offences
  its beer Flensburger Pilsener, also called "Flens"
  the centre of the Danish national minority in Germany
  the greeting Moin Moin
  the large erotic mail-order companies Beate Uhse and Orion
  its handball team SG Flensburg-Handewitt
  the Naval Academy at Mürwik with its sail training ship Gorch Fock
context_section_description: Gertrudenkirche, church in the Ramsharde (former neighbourhood where Neustadt now stands), folded after the Reformation, graveyard maintained until 1822
  Jürgen-Hospital, abandoned after the Reformation, the new St. Jürgen-Kirche stands there today
  Old Town Hall, 15th century, demolished in 1883
  Government building, appellate court and house of the estates, from 1850 to 1864 political centre of the Duchy of Schleswig, gave way to a department store in 1964
  Speicher Johannisstraße 78 (warehouse), bombed in 1945
  Town fortifications
caption: Steamer Alexandra
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