Sögel Explained

Image Coa:DEU Soegel COA.jpg
Coordinates:52.85°N 38°W
Image Plan:Sögel in EL.svg
State:Niedersachsen
District:Emsland
Samtgemeinde:Sögel
Elevation:35
Area:55.2
Postal Code:49751
Area Code:0 59 52
Licence:EL
Gemeindeschlüssel:03 4 54 047
Mayor:Heiner Wellenbrock
Party:CDU

Sögel is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Sögel is most known for the Clemenswerth Palace, a hunting lodge built 1737–1749 by Johann Conrad Schlaun for Elector Clemens August.

Personalities

Born in Sögel

Died in Sögel

World War II

Much of the centre of Sögel was deliberately destroyed by the Canadian Army after the town was captured in April 1945.