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.
From 1963 to 1992, Sögel's Muehlenberg Kaserne was the home of United States Army's 552nd U.S. Army Artillery Group. U.S. soldiers worked in collaboration with members of the German Bundeswehr, with their families living in designated housing on von Steuben Strasse and Im Eickel.
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 (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.
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