Glücksburg
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Schleswig-Flensburg
Mayor	John Witt
Basic statistics
Area	39.70 km² (15.3 sq mi)
Elevation	19 m  (62 ft)
Population	5,984  (30/06/2005)
- Density	151 /km² (390 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SL
Postal code	24960
Area code	04631
Website	stadt.gluecksburg.de
Location of the town of Glücksburg within Schleswig-Flensburg district
Coordinates: 54°50′1″N 9°33′0″E / 54.83361, 9.55

Glücksburg (Danish: Lyksborg) is a small town in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the south side of the Flensburg Fjord, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approx. 10 km northeast of Flensburg. The town was originally the home of the family Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (or simply Glücksburg), since 1863 the royal family of Denmark and since 1905 of Norway. A branch of the family was the former royal family of Greece, which includes Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Facilities

• Navy transmitter DHJ58

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