Breitenfelde | |
|---|---|
 Breitenfelde Church | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Breitenfelde
within Herzogtum Lauenburg district | |
 Location of Breitenfelde | |
Breitenfelde Breitenfelde | |
| Coordinates: 53°36′N 10°38′E / 53.600°N 10.633°E / 53.600; 10.633 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Herzogtum Lauenburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Breitenfelde |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Anne Fröhlich1 |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.54 km2 (4.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)2 | |
• Total | 2,136 |
| • Density | 170.3/km2 (441.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 23881 |
| Dialling codes | 04542 |
| Vehicle registration | RZ |
| Website | www.amt- breitenfelde.de |
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
References
- Mayor Arnold Bruhn resigned (in German)
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2024" (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.