What is Mürwik?
[[File:Mürwik_--_Stadtteil_in_Flensburg_--_Lagekarte.png|thumb|Map of Flensburg with Mürwik]] '''Mürwik''' (also: ''Muerwik'', [[Danish language|Danish]]: ''Mørvig'') is a [[district]] of [[Flensburg]]. It is on the [[east]] side of the [[Flensburg Firth]] ([[estuary]]) on the [[peninsula]] of [[Angeln]]. It is well known for the [[Naval Academy Mürwik]] with its sail [[training]] ship [[Gorch Fock (1958)|Gorch Fock]]. It was where the last government of [[Nazi Germany]], called the [[Flensburg government]] led by [[Karl Dönitz]] was located. It is also the location of the ''Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt'' (KBA), Germany's Federal Motor Transport Authority. == Geography == There are five [[Community|communities]] in Mürwik: * Stützpunkt Flensburg-Mürwik * Osbek (Danish: ''Osbæk'') * Wasserloos (Danish: ''Vandløs'') * Friedheim * Solitüde (also: Solitude, Danish: ''Solitude'') The highest [[elevation]] of the district is about {{convert|45|m}} above [[sea level]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mürwik, 24944 Flensburg, Germany|url=http://elevationmap.net/murwik-24944-flensburg-germany?latlngs=(54.8106782,9.476757200000065)|access-date=1 October 2015|publisher=elevationmap.net|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185142/http://elevationmap.net/murwik-24944-flensburg-germany?latlngs=(54.8106782,9.476757200000065)|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mürwik also has some natural un[[developed]] areas, such as the [[nature reserve]] at Twedter field. == History == [[File:Die Sportschule Flensburg-Mürwik (Mai 2014), Bild 002.JPG|thumb|The Sport school in Mürwik, on the edge of the Naval Academy Mürwik, the seat of the Flensburg Government.]] Mürwik was first mentioned in 1734.<ref>Gerret Liebing ''The chill out: From the land to the district. Flensburg Stadtfeld and Eingemeindeten villages in words and pictures about 1860-1930'' (Flensburg 2009), p. 136</ref> The Naval Academy Mürwik was opened 1 October 1910.<ref name=ENA>{{cite web|url=http://www.eunaweb.eu/article108.html|title=Germany, About Academy|publi