sentences:  After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third largest town in Schleswig-Holstein.In May 1945, Flensburg was the seat of the last government of Nazi Germany, the so-called Flensburg government led by Karl Dönitz, which was in power from 1 May, the announcement of Hitler's death, for one week, until German armies surrendered and the town was occupied by Allied troops.The regime was officially dissolved on 23 May.