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Oldenburg in Holstein
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municipality of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Schleswig-Holstein
- District
- Ostholstein
- Mayor
- Martin Voigt
- Total
- 39.69 km (15.32 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 8 m (26 ft)
- Density
- 244.7/km (633.7/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Dialling codes
- 04361
- Vehicle registration
- OH
- Website
- www.oldenburg-holstein.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Oldenburg in Holstein
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Ostholstein
- Population
- 9983
- Area
- 39.69
- Elevation
- 12
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.oldenburg-holstein.de
- Image
- Oldenburg H Rathaus.jpg
- Dialing code
- 04361
- Licence plate code
- OH
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- postal code
- 23758
- twinned administrative body
- Bergen auf Rügen
- Commons category
- Oldenburg in Holstein
- native label
- Oldenburg in Holstein
- P8168
- Ruth Beckermann
- different from
- Oldenburg
- P12749
- Suaeda maritima
- hashtag
- OldenburgInHolstein
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Encyclopedic overview
Oldenburg in Holstein ( German: [ˈɔldn̩bʊʁk ʔɪn ˈhɔlʃtaɪn] ) is a German town at the southwestern shore of the Baltic Sea. The nearest city is Lübeck. The town belongs to the (historical) region of Holstein, today in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Oldenburg was the chief town of the Wagrians, one of the Slavic peoples that migrated as far west as the river Elbe in or after the 6th century (see Völkerwanderung), also known as Wends and Obotrites. They arrived about A.D. 700 and the Slavic name was Starigard or Stargard, meaning "Old Settlement", "Old Castle", "Old City/Town"; the German name Oldenburg is of Low German origin and carries the same meaning. The Obotrites were allies of Charlemagne. Emperor Otto I established the bishopric of Oldenburg under Adaldag, archbishop of Hamburg.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oldenburg in Holstein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.