Breitenfelde

Municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Location of Breitenfelde within Herzogtum Lauenburg district

53°36′N 10°38′E / 53.600°N 10.633°E / 53.600; 10.633CountryGermanyStateSchleswig-HolsteinDistrictHerzogtum Lauenburg Municipal assoc.BreitenfeldeGovernment

• MayorAnne Fröhlich^[1]Area

• Total12.54 km² (4.84 sq mi)Elevation

38 m (125 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,093 • Density170/km² (430/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

23881

Dialling codes04542Vehicle registrationRZWebsitewww.amt-
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Breitenfelde is a village in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the Elbe-Lübeck Canal, approx. 5 km southwest of Mölln, and 30 km south of Lübeck.

Breitenfelde is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Breitenfelde.

From November 1944 to April 1945, an external command of the Neuengamme concentration camp was housed in Breitenfelde. It comprised 20 prisoners who had to do forced labor for the SS-Bauleitung Mölln in the sawmill of the Karl Gülzow company.^[3]

References

^ Mayor Arnold Bruhn resigned (in German)
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
^ "Satellite camp in Breitenfelde near Mölln". Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial. Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-17.