n southern Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) there is a place called Sassmannshausen. The name Sassmannshausen is mentioned for the first time in 1344. So in the 1st half of the 14th century there existed a place called Sassmann´s Yards in Germany!! The etymological origin and meaning of this name has not been explained by historians yet. But it is evident, that in a church list of a parish in Feudingen (to which this place belonged) in 1583 a parson Wunderlich called this place "Sachsmannshausen". It isn´t sure, if this way of spelling means the former Saxon inhabitation.

To the year 1585 there were 5 families or 5 farms (estates) in Sassmannshausen. Between 1584 - 1585 all buildings and heritage were bought by the owner of a castle Wittgenstein bei Laasphe - the Earl Ludwig von Wittgenstein, who arranged to build one independent estate (farm) of these buildings. Local inhabitants moved to near -by villages. Only in 1712 new private farms were built in Sassmannshausen.

Today (1992) the town has 61 houses and 340 citizens. The following news is very interesting: from the year 1584 the family name Sassmannshausen (after the place) started to appear in near - by villages. But even earlier in one neighbouring village a name Sassmannhausen appeared.