Sleswick-Holstein

(1,217), a province of North Pru ia, stretching up to Denmark, between the North Sea and the Baltic; various canals cro the country, bearing to the coast the export produce—corn and cattle; the land is highly cultivated, and fishing is an important industry on the Baltic coast; Flensburg, the chief seaport, and Sleswick (15), the capital, are both situated on inlets of the Baltic; the latter lies 28 m. NW. of Kiel, consists of a single street 3½ m. long, and po e es a fine Gothic cathedral with a fine altar-piece, ., the sections representing the history of the Pa ion of Christ.