Tolk
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Tolk is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg
, in Schleswig-Holstein
, Germany
. It is situated approx. 8 km northeast of Schleswig
, and 26 km southeast of Flensburg
.
Until 2007, Tolk was the seat of the Amt
("collective municipality") Tolk, which consisted of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):
Schleswig-Flensburg
Schleswig-Flensburg is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Dithmarschen and Nordfriesland, the Region Syddanmark in Denmark, the city of Flensburg and the Baltic Sea.-History:Written history in the area began about 800 AD, when the...
, in Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated approx. 8 km northeast of Schleswig
Schleswig (city)
Schleswig is a town in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg. It has a population of about 27,000, the main industries being leather and food processing...
, and 26 km southeast of Flensburg
Flensburg
Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the region of Southern Schleswig...
.
Until 2007, Tolk was the seat of the Amt
Amt (subnational entity)
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only found in Germany, but formerly also common in northern European countries. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to a U.S...
("collective municipality") Tolk, which consisted of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):
- Brodersby (520)
- Goltoft (235)
- Nübel (1381)
- Schaalby (1700)
- Taarstedt (895)
- Tolk (2050)
- Twedt (505)