Neustadt in Holstein explained

Type:Stadt
Image Coa:DEU Neustadt in Holstein COA.svg
Coordinates:54.1072°N 10.8158°W
Image Plan:Neustadt in OH.png
State:Schleswig-Holstein
District:Ostholstein
Elevation:16
Area:19.74
Postal Code:23730
Area Code:04561
Licence:OH
Gemeindeschlüssel:01 0 55 032
Website:www.stadt-neustadt.de
Mayor:Mirko Spieckermann
Party:Ind

Neustadt in Holstein (pronounced as /de/; Holsatian: Niestadt in Holsteen) is a town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, on the Bay of Lübeck 30 km northeast of Lübeck, and 50 km southeast of Kiel.

History

In World War II, subcamp Number 1049 Neustadt in Holstein/Schleswig-Holstein was part of the Neuengamme concentration camp.

In the closing hours of the Second World War, several ships, including SS Cap Arcona, were sunk in the bay to the South of Neustadt. Almost 7,000 passengers from two of these ships, survivors of concentration camps, drowned swimming in 45-degree (Fahrenheit; 12.3 degrees Celsius) water toward the lighthouse on the Pelzerhaken shore or were shot by the Schutzstaffel upon reaching the shore. All passengers from a third ship, the SS Deutschland, survived.

Economy

Peter Deilmann Cruises was headquartered in Neustadt in Holstein.[1]

Nature

The Neustädter Binnenwasser a brackish water lake borders Neustadt to the northwest.

Notes and References

  1. "Konakt zur Reederei ." Peter Deilmann Cruises. Retrieved on 2 May 2009.