It borders in the northwest immediately on the Schleswig district of Frederiksberg (Kratbjerg), in the east on Farup (Fartorp) .

The remains of the settlement of Viking Age Haithabu and the Skarthi Stone, a runestone probably erected at the beginning of the 11th century, are also located in today's municipal area.

The municipality's main attractions are the Viking town of Hedeby , the border rampart Dannevirke and the Skardesten , found in 1857.

Bustrup's city coat of arms shows the stone together with the two South Jutland lions on a blue background.

After the Second World War and the collapse of the Nazi state , there was a significant influx of refugees to Schleswig-Holstein , which almost doubled the resident population.

Small and medium-sized trade, craft and service companies replaced agricultural businesses and settled, for example, in the Wikingerland business park to the south, which was opened in 1998 , [2] where partygoers from many parts of the country organize dance nights in the large-scale discotheque Vineta directly on the A7 federal highway .

During the Viking Age, the settlement was one of the most important economic, political and social centres in Northern Europe .