Oeversee ( ) is a
municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg
, in Schleswig-Holstein
, Germany
. It
is situated approx.
10 km south of Flensburg
. The Oeversee municipality was merged with
Sankelmark on
1
March 2008. The new municipality is still
called Oeversee.
Oeversee
is part of the Amt
("collective municipality") Oeversee
.
The seat
of the Amt is located in Tarp, which is close to Idstedt
and Stolk
among other
smaller towns in the area.
This area was the ground of many battles between the
Germans and the
Danes.
The village of
Oeversee (or to be more precise Sankelmark) wittnessed, for
example, a battle of Austrian
and Danish
forces in
the Second Schleswig War on
February 6th 1864. There are still
annual memorial services held for this event and the helpfulness of
the citizens of Flensburg.
The
Austrian city of Graz
called an
alley and a school after Oeversee in recognition of this event,
because the participating Austrian troops were normally based at
Graz. The other way round Oeversee named a public square
after Graz (Grazer Platz).