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Schleswig-Holstein Map

Every district, city and town in Schleswig-Holstein on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and districts above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a district to see its population, area and largest towns.

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Printable maps of Schleswig-Holstein

Free to print for class and home: Schleswig-Holstein with its cities and towns, a map of its districts, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.

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Key facts

Capital
Kiel
Largest city
Kiel (251,842)
Population
2,958,519 (2025)
Area
15,804 km² (6,102 sq mi)
Districts of Schleswig-Holstein
15
Most populous district
Pinneberg (325,858)
Largest district by area
Rendsburg-Eckernförde, 2,190 km² (846 sq mi)
Map of Schleswig-Holstein with its largest cities
Map of Schleswig-Holstein with its largest cities

About Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein has 15 districts and about 2,958,519 people (2025) on 15,804 km² (6,102 sq mi). Kiel is both the capital and the largest city, with 251,842 people. It borders Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Denmark.

Pinneberg is the most populous district (325,858 people) and Neumünster the least (80,145); Rendsburg-Eckernförde is the largest by area (2,190 km²) and Flensburg the smallest (57 km²).

Largest cities in Schleswig-Holstein

The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 149 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.

#CityDistrictPopulation
1KielKiel251,842
2LübeckLübeck217,061
3FlensburgFlensburg95,568
4NorderstedtSegeberg83,196
5NeumünsterNeumünster80,145
6ElmshornPinneberg51,375
7PinnebergPinneberg44,941
8WedelPinneberg34,939
9AhrensburgStormarn34,531
10GeesthachtHerzogtum Lauenburg33,955
11ItzehoeSteinburg32,850
12RendsburgRendsburg-Eckernförde30,305
13Henstedt-UlzburgSegeberg28,345
14ReinbekStormarn28,146
15SchleswigSchleswig-Flensburg25,567
16Bad OldesloeStormarn24,981
17HusumNordfriesland23,976
18KaltenkirchenSegeberg23,585
19QuickbornPinneberg22,662
20HeideDithmarschen22,125
21EckernfördeRendsburg-Eckernförde21,599
22Bad SchwartauOstholstein19,918
23SchenefeldPinneberg19,875
24MöllnHerzogtum Lauenburg19,513
25UetersenPinneberg18,936

Populations are the Federal Statistical Office's population on 31 December 2025, carried forward from the 2022 census, counted in the municipalities of that day; a district's population and area are the sums of its municipalities', and the districts add up to the state's 2,958,519. Towns are whole municipalities (Gemeinden), so a city's figure stops at its boundary.

Districts of Schleswig-Holstein

All 15 districts. Select one to show it on the map.

Districts of Schleswig-Holstein. Select a column heading to sort; select a name to show it on the map.
Kreis133,4051,428
Kreisfreie Stadt95,56857
Kreis206,4921,263
Kreisfreie Stadt251,842119
Kreisfreie Stadt217,061214
Kreisfreie Stadt80,14572
Kreis170,1482,084
Kreis201,2221,393
Kreis325,858664
Kreis130,3181,084
Kreis277,2632,190
Kreis205,8162,071
Kreis283,7701,344
Kreis132,2171,056
Kreis247,394766

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Sources

  • Districts, states and Germany's border: Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000 (VG250), the boundaries of 1 January 2026, daten.gdz.bkg.bund.de (dl-de/by-2-0).
  • Populations, areas and town locations: Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) for the Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Gemeindeverzeichnis (GV-ISys), all municipalities on 31 December 2025, population on the basis of the 2022 census.
  • Autobahns, rivers and lakes: BKG, Digitales Landschaftsmodell 1:1 000 000 (DLM1000), daten.gdz.bkg.bund.de (dl-de/by-2-0).