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
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Gelting within Schleswig-Flensburg district
Gelting Show map of Germany Gelting Show map of Schleswig-Holstein
Coordinates: 54°45′N 9°54′E
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Schleswig-Flensburg
Municipal assoc.	Geltinger Bucht
Government
• Mayor	Boris Kratz
Area
• Total	19.92 km2 (7.69 sq mi)
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,120
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	24395
Dialling codes	04643
Vehicle registration	SL
Website	www.gelting.de

Gelting is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Geltinger Bucht.

Shield or Coat of Arms

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.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gelting.

• Collection of images of the area
• Official website (in German)
• Material of the Gelting regions in der in the collections at the regional library in Berlin (PDF; 275 kB)

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[ru] Гельтинг