Ladelund

Ladelund is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Ladelund
Coat of arms
Location of Ladelund within Nordfriesland district
Ladelund
Ladelund
Coordinates: 54°50′31″N 9°1′35″E
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictNordfriesland
Municipal assoc.Südtondern
Government
  MayorLutz Martensen
Area
  Total24.09 km2 (9.30 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
  Total1,334
  Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
25926
Dialling codes04666
Vehicle registrationNF
Websitewww.ladelund.de

History

Memorial at the former concentration camp Ladelund, Germany

From November 1, 1944 until December 16, 1944 a concentration camp was established near Ladelund. In the six weeks of being in production 301 people died through hard labour, starvation and infection diseases. Among the deaths were also 111 Puttenaren, men from the village Putten in the Netherlands, who got deported during the Putten raid because the action was undertaken as a reprisal for a Dutch resistance attack on a vehicle carrying personnel from the Wehrmacht. It was one of the worst raids in occupied Netherlands during the Second World War. [2] Ladelund was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp.

See also

Notes

  1. "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2019 (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).
  2. The camp is listed as No. 796 Ladelund in the official German list Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine (in German)


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