
Sankelmark is a former municipality in
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...
in
Germany
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. It is about 5 miles south of
Flensburg. There was a
battle
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there in the
Second War of Schleswig
The Second Schleswig War ( da, Krigen i 1864; german: Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg) also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War was the second military conflict over the Schleswig-Holstein Question of the nineteenth century. T ...
(1864). On March 1, 2008 Sankelmark was incorporated into
Oeversee.
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Villages in Schleswig-Holstein
Former municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein
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