Gråsten

Gråsten (German: Gravenstein), stress on last syllable) is a town with a population of 4,200 (1 January 2011) on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark by the Nybøl Nor at an inlet of the Flensburg Fjord. It belongs to the Sønderborg municipality in Region of Southern Denmark. The town is located almost exactly at the center of a triangle defined by the towns of Aabenraa, Flensburg and Sønderborg Castle (Sønderborg Slot). The Egernsund Bridge, which crosses the Egern Strait, connects Gråsten with the town of Egernsund. The Gravenstein apple origins from the city. Until January 1, 2007, Gråsten was also a municipality (Danish, kommune) in South Jutland County, covering an area of 57 km², and with a total population of...