Bad Sassendorf

Infobox German Location
Name = Bad Sassendorf
Art = Gemeinde
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Lageplan =
Bundesland = NRW
Regierungsbezirk = Arnsberg
Landkreis = Soest
Höhe = 107
Fläche = 63.44
Einwohner = 11522
Stand = 2005-12-31
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PLZ = 59505
Vorwahl = 02921
Kfz = SO
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 9 74 008
Gliederung = 12
Adresse = Eichendorffstraße 1
59505 Bad Sassendorf
Website = [http://www.bad-sassendorf.de/ www.bad-sassendorf.de]
Bürgermeister = Antonius Bahlmann
Partei = CDU

Bad Sassendorf is a municipality in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

History

From February 15th, 1944 to April 4th or 5th 1945 inmates of the Neuengamme concentration camp used as the "Eisenbahnbaubrigade 11" repaired rail tracks at the railway station Soest and between Bad Sassendorf and Soest. They slept in freight train waggons on the track between Bad Sassendorf and Soest. After an air raid end-February 1945 the inmates slept in a nearby farm. At the cemetery Bad Sassendorf a memorial plaque is installed on the burying place of the deads. [ [http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-neuengamme.de Camp memorial Neuengamme] website in German]

Geography

It is situated approx. 4 km northeast of Soest.

Neighbouring municipalities

* Anröchte
* Erwitte
* Lippetal
* Lippstadt
* Möhnesee
* Soest
* Warstein

Division of the town

Bad Sassendorf consists of 12 districts:
* Bad Sassendorf
* Bettinghausen
* Beusingsen
* Elfsen
* Gabrechten
* Heppen
* Herringsen
* Lohne
* Neuengeseke
* Opmünden
* Ostinghausen
* Weslarn

Twin towns

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Notes

External links

* [http://www.bad-sassendorf.de/ Official site] de icon