Satrup is a village and a former municipality in the district of
Schleswig-Flensburg
Schleswig-Flensburg (; da, Slesvig-Flensborg) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Dithmarschen and Nordfriesland, the Region Syddanmark in Denmark, ...
, in
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. It is situated approximately 20 km north of
Schleswig
The Duchy of Schleswig ( da, Hertugdømmet Slesvig; german: Herzogtum Schleswig; nds, Hartogdom Sleswig; frr, Härtochduum Slaswik) was a duchy in Southern Jutland () covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km ...
, and 15 km southeast of
Flensburg. Since 1 March 2013, it is part of the municipality
Mittelangeln
Mittelangeln ( da, Midtangel) is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was formed on 1 March 2013 by the merger of the former municipalities Satrup
Satrup is a village and a former municipality ...
. Satrup is the seat of the ''
Amt
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...
'' ("collective municipality")
Mittelangeln
Mittelangeln ( da, Midtangel) is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was formed on 1 March 2013 by the merger of the former municipalities Satrup
Satrup is a village and a former municipality ...
. In early May 1945
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was of the (Protection Squadron; SS), and a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany. Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and a main architect of th ...
, former
Reichsführer-SS
(, ) was a special title and rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945 for the commander of the (SS). ''Reichsführer-SS'' was a title from 1925 to 1933, and from 1934 to 1945 it was the highest rank of the SS. The longest-servi ...
, stayed in a farm near the village for several days while attempting to avoid capture by the Allies.
References
Former municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein
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