Handewitt

Handewitt
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Coordinates: 54°46′N 09°19′E / 54.767°N 9.317°E / 54.767; 9.317Coordinates: 54°46′N 09°19′E / 54.767°N 9.317°E / 54.767; 9.317
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Schleswig-Flensburg
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Rasmussen
Area
• Total	77.73 km2 (30.01 sq mi)
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	11,150
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	24976, 24983
Dialling codes	04608, 04630
Vehicle registration	SL
Website	www.gemeinde-handewitt.de

Handewitt (Danish: Hanved) is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the border with Denmark, approx. 7 km west of Flensburg.

Handball[]

The Handball-Bundesliga team SG Flensburg-Handewitt is extremely successful. It has won the EHF Cup in 1997, in 2001 and 2012 the EHF Cup Winners' Cup, DHB-Pokal in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2015, the German championship in 2004, 2018 and 2019, and 2014 the EHF Champions League.

Economy[]

Close to the A7 motorway, the shopping and commercial center Scandinavian Park is aimed primarily at customers from Scandinavia. It covers 125,000 m² and opened in 2006. One of the biggest companies is Dänisches Bettenlager, the German branch of Jysk, with its administration for about 1000 shops in Germany and Austria.

See also[]

• Handewitt (Amt)

References[]

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