Sögel

Sögel is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Sögel is most known for the Clemenswerth Palace, a hunting lodge built 1737–1749 by Johann Conrad Schlaun for Elector Clemens August.



Born in Sögel

 * Wilhelm Röpke (1873–1945), surgeon in Wuppertal, president of the German Society of Surgery
 * Bernhard Rakers (1905–1980), Nazi war criminal

Died in Sögel

 * Katharina Sibylla Schücking (1791–1831), poet
 * Johann Heermann (1897–1976), politician, MdL

World War II
Much of the centre of Sögel was deliberately destroyed by the Canadian Army after the town was captured in April 1945.