Schwesing

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Schwesing
The church in Schwesing
Schwesing
Coordinates: 54°30′N 9°8′E / 54.500°N 9.133°E / 54.500; 9.133Coordinates: 54°30′N 9°8′E / 54.500°N 9.133°E / 54.500; 9.133
Country Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Nordfriesland
Municipal assoc. Viöl
Government
  Mayor Wolfgang Sokoll
Area
  Total 15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi)
Elevation 12 m (39 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 918
  Density 59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 25813
Dialling codes 04841
Vehicle registration NF
Website www.amt-vioel.de

Schwesing (Danish: Svesing, North Frisian: Swiasing) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

History

Memorial site at the concentration camp

From September 25, 1944 until December 11, 1944 a concentration camp was established near Glasau.[2] It was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp.

See also

Notes

  1. "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2012] (XLS-Datei) (Fortschreibung auf Basis des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German). 25 July 2013. 
  2. The camp is listed as No. 643 Husum-Schwesing, Kreis Husum, in the official German list (German)
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