Village Details and Village History:
The
Village and Family Name within old documents:
The
name of the Sassmannshausen village and correspondingly the later on
used family name has been mentioned in old documents many times. The year
or estimated time of it's founding however has not been conserved over the
decades and thus is not known to us today. According to Möhn (1) the
settlements of the "-hausen" villages and townships around
Wittgenstein are to be associated to a period more backwards in time,
estimated around 950 to 1150 after Christ.
(Source:
Möhn, D. Wittgensteins
Ortsnamen als Zeugnis seiner Geschichte in:
Heimatbuch Wittgenstein, Band 1, 1965)
1344 - Sassmanshusin
First mentioned documentary mentioned as "Sassmannshusin" in the
so called "Bicken´schen Mannbuch":
(Written
anno Domini 1344):
In
nomine Domini Amen Dis Her nahe geschrieben seint dy lehen der von bicken
Hn. Conrad ritter vnd eberhard gebrudir di sy verlehent Han eren manen
vnde von eren alderen vff sy komen ist.
...
Blatt 3 (V) Item Johan von Feydingen ist man der von bicken vmb den
tzenden tzu derbach vmb den tzenden tzu nyddern laßphe vnd vmb den
tzenden tzu wenbach in den Höben vnd den tzenden tzu saßmanshusin
vmb den tzenden tzu Hultzhuß vmb den tzenden tzu Dernbach vmb daz
tzweydeil des tzenden tzu
(R) grosenbach vnd tzu folgkeldessau vnd den tzenden tzu lainpach vnd vmb
den tzenden tzu widelbach
...
(Supplement) vnd den zehenden von Puderbach vnd den Zenden zom Dorren
Hobe."
...
(The
historic book "Bicken'sche Mannbuch" has been conserved in
transcription within the government archives in the city of Koblenz,
Germany, "Staatsarchiv Koblenz")
1423 - Saszmunthuszen
The "Wappner" Philipp von Bicken is accepting the feud highness
covering Saszmunthuszen within the "Lehensrevers" dated 6.
after Epiphanias 1423.
(The
oldest historic writing regarding the village name which has been
conserved as original document, city archive of Bad-Berleburg, Germany.)
1492 - Sasmanshausen
The "Drachengut zu Sasmanshausen"
(Dragon Manor of Sasmanshausen) is mentioned as the possession of the
"Church of Feuding".
1538 - Sassmanhausen
The first listing of official offices is mentioning villages, settlements
and (farm)yards of the lordship of Wittgenstein: "Sassmanhausen"
is mentioned as village therein.
1570 - Sachsmanshusen
The first officially known christening of a young boy within the
christening registry of Feudingen: Hanss (Hansgen) des "Junghanses
Sohn" zu Sachsmanshusen.
Personal
Remark: the sassmannshausen.org webmaster's complete name is: Dirk-Thorsten-Hansgen
Sassmannshausen ;-)
1572 - Sassmannshausen
Symon Sassmannshausen,
"Kremer" von Siegen, becomes citizen of the city of
Frankfurt/Main (the one which has got the huge airport these days) dated
26. March 1572.
(Source:
Wolf, M. - "Die Einwanderung von Siegerländern nach Frankfurt am
Main bis 1600; Siegerland - Blätter des Vereins für Heimatkunde und
Heimatschutz im Siegerland samt Nachbargebieten, 1934, Heft 1").
1572
- Sassmannshausen
Mentioned within various documents as "Sassmannshausen" - using
the spelling in the customary form as today.
1580 - Saszmanszhausen
"Frowin von Sasmanshausen" (my brother is called
"Jens-Eric-Frowin", too) is selling one third of the "Füssenwiese",
a grassland area near Saszmanszhausen to "Ebersbach zu Laasphe"
(Frowin could not been proved to be definitely identified as "family
member" - whereas my brother could :-) ...
End of the 16th Century
-
Sasmetshausen/Sasmutshausen
is mentioned as Sasmetshausen/Sasmutshausen
Note:
the translation into English was not very easy and is partly interrupted
by German or even medieval German words, expressions and names. Due to the
historic background this could however not been fully avoided. We know it
does not make reading much easier. If you'd like to follow the original
German website linked to this page, which has been created by Andreas
Sassmannshausen just
follow this link.
