Glasau

Municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Glasau within Segeberg district

54°03′N 10°31′E / 54.050°N 10.517°E / 54.050; 10.517CountryGermanyStateSchleswig-HolsteinDistrictSegeberg Municipal assoc.Trave-Land Government

• MayorHenning FrahmArea

• Total18.82 km² (7.27 sq mi)Elevation

42 m (138 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total879 • Density47/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

23719

Dialling codes04525Vehicle registrationSEWebsitewww.amt-trave-
land.de

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.^[2]

Notes

^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
^ 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)