Mürwik () is a community of

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish language, Danish and ; ; ) is an independent city, independent town in the far north of the Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg's ...

in the north of the German state of

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. Situated on the east side of the Flensburg Firth, it is on the

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peninsula. Mürwik is the location of the Naval Academy at Mürwik, which is the main academy that trains

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officers.

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's final government, the Flensburg government, was located in Mürwik. Mürwik is also known for the sail training ship Gorch Fock of the Naval Academy Mürwik and for the database of traffic violators of Germany (''Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt'', often short: ''KBA''). Some of the most affluent areas in Flensburg are located in Mürwik.

Geography

Mürwik includes five districts: *Stützpunkt Flensburg-Mürwik *Osbek (''Osbæk'') *Wasserloos (''Vandløs'') *Friedheim * Solitüde (also: Solitude,Flensburg, Zahlenspiegel Teil 3: Stadtteile
21. November 2015 Danish: ''Solitude'') Fruerlund, also a community of Flensburg, is also often counted as part of the Mürwik community. Other names for areas in Mürwik, which are located in its districts are: Cäcilienschlucht ( Cäcilien-Chine), Blocksberg ( Blockula), old village Engelsby, Fahrensodde (Danish: ''Farnæsodde''), Sonwik, Twedter Holz (Twedter Holt), Twedter Feld (Twedter Field), Twedter Mark, Waldsiedlung Tremmerup (Wood-settlement Tremmerup), and Waldeshöh (Wood-Highness). Mürwiks centrum is the Twedter Plack. The highest hill of Mürwik is the ''Berg beim Eichenkratt''. The ''Bunkerberg'', a hill over a bunker beside the KBA, is overgrown by trees.

Gallery

Rote Schloss, MSM zur Wasserseite (Flensburg-Mürwik 2014).JPG, The Red Castle, the main building of the Naval Academy Kelmstrasse 29, Flensburg.jpg, The Naval Watertower Christuskirche (Flensburg-Mürwik, Juli 2014), Bild 02.JPG, Christ Church (Christuskirche) of 1958 Kaiserliche Post Flensburg-Mürwik, von vorne (April 2015), Bild 04.jpg, The imperial Post of 1910 in the 2nd German Empire Swinemuender Strasse 8-10, Flensburg.jpg, Gateway of the Park Court (Parkhof) of 1925/1928 Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (Fenster mit Rollos bilden an dem Tag Abkürzung KBA), Flensburg-Mürwik Mai 2014, Bild 04.JPG, The Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA; office of traffic violations)

References

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