Gelting

Municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

54°45′N 9°54′E / 54.750°N 9.900°E / 54.750; 9.900CountryGermanyStateSchleswig-HolsteinDistrictSchleswig-Flensburg Municipal assoc.Geltinger Bucht Government • MayorBoris KratzArea • Total19.92 km² (7.69 sq mi)Elevation17 m (56 ft)Population • Total2,152 • Density110/km² (280/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes04643Vehicle registrationSLWebsitewww.gelting.de

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.

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Heraldic Description: "The coat of arms is blue under a radiant golden half sun a golden plow with a silver ploughshare."^[2]

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.

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