Sögel is a municipality in the

Emsland Landkreis Emsland () is a districts of Germany, district in Lower Saxony, Germany named after the river Ems (river), Ems. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Leer (district), Leer, Cloppenburg (district), Cloppenbur ...

district, in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. Sögel is most known for the

Clemenswerth Palace Clemenswerth Palace (''Schloss Clemenswerth'') is a hunting complex or ''jagdschloss'' built in Sögel, Lower Saxony, Germany, by Clemens August of Bavaria in the 18th century. Bibliography * Emsländischer Heimatbund (ed.): ''Clemenswerth – ...

, a hunting lodge built 1737–1749 by Johann Conrad Schlaun for Elector Clemens August. Clemenswerth1

Personalities

Born in Sögel

* 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 Johann Heermann (11 October 158517 February 1647) was a German poet and hymnodist. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on 26 October with Philipp Nicolai and Paul Gerhardt. Life Heermann was born in Raudten ( ...

(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

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