Kappeln
Sign in to saveKappeln (; ) is a town in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the north bank of the Schlei, approx. northeast of Schleswig, and southeast of Flensburg. For the eastern Angeln and the northern Schwansen, Kappeln has center function.
Key facts
- German location.name
- Kappeln
- German location.German_name
- Kappel
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Kappeln Klappbruecke.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Bridge over the Schlei
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Kappeln.png
- German location.image_plan
- Kappeln in SL.PNG
- German location.state
- Schleswig-Holstein
- German location.district
- Schleswig-Flensburg
- German location.elevation
- 9
- German location.area
- 43.33
- German location.postal_code
- 24376
- German location.area_code
- 04642, 04644
- German location.licence
- SL
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 01 0 59 045
- German location.website
- www.kappeln.de
- German location.mayor
- Joachim Stoll
- German location.party
- Ind
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Kappeln (; ) is a town in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the north bank of the Schlei, approx. northeast of Schleswig, and southeast of Flensburg. For the eastern Angeln and the northern Schwansen, Kappeln has center function.
== History == Kappeln was first mentioned in records in 1357. In 1870 Kappeln received town privileges, after it was a Flecken. A Flecken was a market town in Schleswig.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kappeln” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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