Schleswig-Holstein
The most northwesterly Land (state) of Germany, with an area of 6,073 square miles (15,729 square km). Schleswig-Holstein extends from the lower course of the Elbe River and the Land of Hamburg northward to Denmark, and thus occupies the southern half of the Jutland Peninsula. Along its eastern coast is the Baltic Sea, and along its western coast is the North Sea. It has a southeastern land boundary with Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Land. The Land also includes Fehmarn Island in the Baltic, and Helgoland (Heligoland), Sylt, Fohr, Amrum, and other German islands in the North Frisian group. The capital is Kiel.
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