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land to HoUingstedt, on the Treene, and re-erabarked. The castle of Gottorp 

 stands on an island in the centre of Schleswig. 



Flenshurg (26,474 inhabitants), a more important place than Schleswig, stands 

 at the head of a fiord accessible to large vessels, and is hence a prosperous town. 

 Sonderburg (5,829 inhabitants), the capital of the island of Alsen, likewise 

 carries on a considerable commerce. A bridge 820 feet in length connects it 

 with the mainland. Opposite to it are the famous entrenchments of Diippel 

 (Dybel), so valiantly defended in 1S49 and 1864. Apenrade (Habenraa, 6,142 

 inhabitants), like nearly all the towns on that coast, is situate on a bay, which 

 offers, however, but little security to vessels. The fiord of Haderskbrn (Haderslev, 

 8,356 inhabitants), still farther north, is winding, narrow, and of little depth. 

 Tondern (3,440 inhabitants), the principal North Sea port of Northern Schleswig, 

 lies on a channel which communicates with the sea only at high water. 



