Dassel

This article is about the German town. There is also a town called Dassel in the USA, see Dassel, Minnesota. For the German imperial chancellor, see Rainald of Dassel

Dassel
Dassel
Location of the town of Dassel within Northeim district
Coordinates	51°48′12″N 9°41′25″E / 51.80333°N 9.69028°ECoordinates: 51°48′12″N 9°41′25″E / 51.80333°N 9.69028°E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Northeim
Town subdivisions	18 districts
Mayor	Gerhard Melching (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	113.02 km2 (43.64 sq mi)
Elevation	160 m  (525 ft)
Population	10,201 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	90 /km2 (234 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	NOM
Postal code	37586
Area codes	05562, 05564
Website	www.stadt-dassel.de

Dassel is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district Northeim. It is located near the hills of the Solling mountains.

History

Dassel dates back to the year 860, and received town rights in 1315. On March 1, 1974, Dassel was merged with several other small municipalities of the Ilme valley. The new borough now covers the area of the historic County of Dassel, which ceased to exist in 1310.

Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Lüneburg had the Erichsburg castle built near Dassel from 1527 to 1530.

At the beginning of the 20th century Dassel had 1462 inhabitants.^[2] Around 1920 the number of inhabitants amounted to 1601.^[3] During World War II the town remained undamaged. On 15 April 2010 Dassel and its incorporated villages had 11434 inhabitants of whom 2597 lived in the historic town of Dassel itself.

Main Sights

• St. Laurence's Church from 1447.
• Catholic St. Michael's Church, built in a classicist style in 1847, is sightworthy because of several masterpieces of art, e.g. a baroque altar and a baptismal font dating from 1700.
• Old Town Hall in the Market Place, built in 1817. Opposite there is a sightworthy old mill (Stadtmühle) founded in 1558 and built of reddish sandstone. It was used as a mill until 1969.
• Medieval wall surrounding the old town center. Close to the new town hall, which was built in the 1970s outside the historic center, a sightworthy gothic arch can be seen.
• Dassel has many well-preserved half-timbered houses, e.g. in Neue Strasse and Obere Strasse streets.
• Former Jewish Cemetery on Sievershaeuser Strasse road. About 20 well-preserved gravestones can be seen. Some of them have hebrew inscriptions.
• Former train station, a half-timbered building constructed at the end of the 19th century. When the railway line was closed, it was transformed into a residential building.
• Forge Blankschmiede, dating from 1727and renovated 1988-93. Now it is a museum. Teichplatz 7.
• Museum of the County of Dassel (Museum der Grafschaft Dassel), Teichplatz 1.

Education

The Gymnasium (college preparatory school) in Dassel is named after Paul Gerhardt. The other general schools are two primary schools (elementary schools) and a secondary school (Realschule), which is named after Rainald von Dassel.

Notable people

• Rainald of Dassel, archbishop
• Heinrich Düker, psychologist

Transportation

Dassel was the endpoint of a private railway line from Einbeck since 1883. Its length amounted to 13.1 km. In 1975, the line was closed for passenger transport, and in 2003 for goods as well. Afterwards the railway line was replaced by a bus line. The former train station which was transformed into a residential building is well-preserved.

Dassel is easily accessible by bus from the neighbouring towns of Einbeck and Stadtoldendorf.

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  St. Lawrence Church.

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  St. Michael's Church.

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  Medieval wall surrounding the old center.^[4]

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  Former train station of Dassel.

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  Old Town Hall.

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  Former Mill.

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  Half-timbered houses in Neue Strasse.

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  Jewish Cemetery.

References

External links

• Official site (German)