Kiel

Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Bay of Kiel and lies in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula, on the mouth of the Schwentine River, approximately northeast of Hamburg. The world's busiest artificial waterway, the Kiel Canal, has a terminus in Kiel's Holtenau district. This canal connects the Baltic to the North Sea, with its other end in Brunsbüttel. Most of Kiel is part of Holstein. The boroug

1814 peace treaty between the UK plus Sweden, and Denmark–Norway

bay in the southwestern Baltic Sea

German shipbuilding company

revolt by sailors of the German High Seas Fleet on 1918

former German shipbuilding company

company

fjord in Germany

museum in Germany

1895 film by Birt Acres

thumb|300px|1652 map of the Danish Wahld; Schilksee is on the eastern side of the peninsula, north of Kiel

Holtenau (; Danish: Holtenå) is a district of Kiel, on the southeastern part of the Danish Wahld. It was historically part of the Duchy of Schleswig, and has cultural influences from both Germany and Denmark.

German language newspaper

thumb|Christianspris Christianspris or Frederiksort was a Danish fortification somewhat north of the then Danish city of Kiel. In 1632 the Danish king Christian IV initiated the works of making a fortification on a land tongue on the West shore of the Kielerfiord on the Jernved peninsula. The purpose was to secure this land against German troops during the 30-years War. However, the town was short lived. Christian IV founded many towns and cities. The town is notable for being captured by the Swedes during the Torstenson War during the Jutland Campaign in January of 1644

military unit

The imperial county of Holstein-Kiel was a line of the House of Schauenburg and Holstein from 1261 to 1390.

The County of Holstein-Segeberg was a county in the state of Holstein from 1273 to 1308 and a line of the noble family of Schauenburg and Holstein. The only count of Holstein-Segeberg was Adolphus V, nicknamed the Pomeranian, who was born in 1252 and died in 1308.