Broager

Broager (Danish pronunciation: [ˈbʀoaːˀɪ̯ɐ]; German: Broacker) is a town with a population of 3,376 (1 January 2011) in Sønderborg Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It lies on the Broagerland peninsula, and is therefore surrounded by water on three sides, the waters of Flensborg Fjord leading into the Baltic Sea. The town of Broager lies in the middle of the peninsula by a major road, which leads to the Egernsund Bridge, which crosses over the Egern Strait to the Jutland mainland. The town's two-towered church is its most important landmark. Until January 1, 2007, Broager was also a municipality (Danish, kommune). The area was formerly known as Northern Schleswig. The municipality covered an area of 43 km², and had...