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Flensburg Firth orFlensborg Fjord (German:Flensburger Förde;Danish:Flensborg Fjord) is the westernmostinlet of theBaltic Sea. It forms part of the border betweenGermany to the south andDenmark to the north, on the eastern side ofSchleswig Holstein andJutland, respectively. Its length is between 40 and 50 kilometres (25 and 31 mi), depending on where it is considered to begin. It has the largest area of all thefjords of East Jutland, which are a special type of inlet, different from geologicalfjords.[1][2]
Two peninsulas,Broager on the northern side andHolnis on the southern side, divide the inlet into an outer and an inner part. West of them, near the Danish coast, there are two small islands called Okseøerne (meaningOx Isles).
On the Danish side, the outer part of the northern end of the firth is partly closed off by the island ofAls, with the town ofSønderborg on it. Towards the west, continuing on the Danish side, areBroager,Egernsund,Gråsten,Rinkenæs,Sønderhav, andKollund.
In Germany at the Danish border, there isHarrislee, at the inner end of the inlet the town ofFlensburg, east of it on the southern shore the town ofGlücksburg and the villages ofMunkbrarup,Langballig,Westerholz,Quern,Steinbergkirche,Niesgrau,Gelting, andNieby.
The tourist attractions of the Flensburg Firth are thechurch of Broager, the Ox Isles,Sønderborg Castle,Glücksburg Castle, theNaval Academy Mürwik (known as the Red Castle) and the harbour ofFlensburg.
54°47′24″N09°26′06″E / 54.79000°N 9.43500°E /54.79000; 9.43500
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