Glasau
Appearance
Glasau | |
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Location of Glasau within Segeberg district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 54°03′N 10°31′E / 54.050°N 10.517°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Schleswig-Holstein |
District | Segeberg |
Municipal assoc. | Trave-Land |
Government | |
• Mayor | Henning Frahm |
Area | |
• Total | 18.82 km2 (7.27 sq mi) |
Elevation | 42 m (138 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 879 |
• Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 23719 |
Dialling codes | 04525 |
Vehicle registration | SE |
Website | www.amt-trave- land.de |
Glasau is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is named after the estate and the manor house of the same name. Sarau is the largest village in the municipality; about half of the population lives there.
History
[edit]From March 29, 1945 until May 5, 1945 a concentration camp was established near Glasau. It was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp.[2]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
- ^ The camp is listed as No. 466 Glasau bei Sarau, Kreis Segeberg, in the official German list Archived April 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (in German)