Schuby

Municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Schuby
Skovby within Schleswig-Flensburg district

54°31′13″N 9°29′0″E / 54.52028°N 9.48333°E / 54.52028; 9.48333CountryGermanyStateSchleswig-HolsteinDistrictSchleswig-Flensburg Municipal assoc.Arensharde Government

• MayorHelmut Ketelsen (CDU)Area

• Total23.94 km² (9.24 sq mi)Elevation

28 m (92 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total2,748 • Density110/km² (300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

24850

Dialling codes04621Vehicle registrationSL

Schuby (Danish: Skovby) is a municipality in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. It is only a few kilometres west from Schleswig.

The name comes from the Danish "Skovby", meaning the "Village in the Woods". Schuby is located on the Bundesautobahn 7, from which it has its "own" exit.

Schuby is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Arensharde.

The ancestors of Stanford Computer Scientist Donald Knuth emigrated from Schuby.^[2]

Carles Puigdemont was arrested at a gas station in this town.

References

^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
^ Personal communication at book signing event (Keplers books, Menlo Park, CA, USA) ca. 1998.