Glasau
Coordinates54°03′N 10°31′E
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictSegeberg
AmtTrave-Land
Elevation42
Area18.82
Postal code23719
Area code04525
LicenceSE
Gemeindeschlüssel01 0 60 025
Websitewww.amt-trave-
land.de
MayorHenning Frahm

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

From March 29, 1945 until May 5, 1945 a concentration camp was established near Glasau. It was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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)