Sögel

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

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.

Clemenswerth Palace

Personalities

Born in Sögel

Catharina Busch

• Wilhelm Röpke (1873–1945), surgeon in Wuppertal, president of the German Society of Surgery
• Bernhard Rakers (1905–1980), Nazi war criminal

Died in Sögel

• Katharina Sibylla Schücking (1791–1831), poet
• Johann Heermann (1897–1976), politician, MdL

World War II

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

References

1. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.