Gelting

{{Infobox German location

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|image_coa = DEU Gelting COA.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|54|45|N|9|54|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Gelting in SL.PNG

|elevation = 17

|state = Schleswig-Holstein

|district = Schleswig-Flensburg

|Amt = Geltinger Bucht

|area = 19.92

|postal_code = 24395

|area_code = 04643

|licence = SL

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 59 112

|website = [https://www.gelting.de/ www.gelting.de]

|mayor = Boris Kratz

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Gelting is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the Baltic Sea, approx. 33 km northeast of Schleswig, and 30 km east of Flensburg.

Gelting is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Geltinger Bucht.

Shield or Coat of Arms

File:12-08 Gelting St. Katharinen 03.jpg

Heraldic Description: "The coat of arms is blue under a radiant golden half sun a golden plow with a silver ploughshare."[{{SH-Wappenrolle|265|Gemeinde Gelting, Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg|nurLink=1}} Kommunale Wappenrolle Schleswig-Holstein]

Gelting Personalities

Detlev von Ahlefeldt (1612–1686), Military officer, War Commissioner for the Danish King
Seneca Freiherr von Gelting (1715-1786), regional landowner
Hermann Bendix Todsen (1864–1946), Mayor of Flensburg
Herbert Kortum (1907–1979), Scientist; computer scientist and DDR computer pioneer
Vera Dietz Motika (1936-2020) singer and performer; emigrated to Columbus, Ohio, USA. By the act of emigration, she gave up all chance to obtain a European title.

External links

[http://www.meinevorfahren.de/wasistwas/adeliges_gut_gelting.htm Collection of images of the area]
{{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
[http://www.zlb.de/digitalesammlungen/SammlungDuncker/09/536%20Gelting.pdf Material of the Gelting regions] in der in the collections at the regional library in Berlin (PDF; 275 kB)

References

Category:Schleswig-Flensburg