Sassenberg
Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
![Coat of arms of Sassenberg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/DE_Sassenberg_COA.svg/65px-DE_Sassenberg_COA.svg.png)
Coat of arms
Location of Sassenberg within Warendorf district
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(2020–25) Josef Uphoff[1] (CDU)
(2023-12-31)[2]
48336
05426 (Füchtorf)
Sassenberg(German pronunciation: [ˈzasn̩bɛʁk]) is a town in the district of Warendorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km north-east of Warendorf and 30 km east of Münster.
History
On July 1, 1969 the municipalities Dackmar, Füchtorf and Gröblingen were incorporated.
Notable people
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Levin_Schuecking.jpg/80px-Levin_Schuecking.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Louise_von_Gall.jpg/150px-Louise_von_Gall.jpg)
- Hermann von dem Busche (1468–1534), Humanist
- Levin Schücking (1814–1883), German writer, close confidant and editor of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff; married to Louise von Gall (novelist)
- Louise von Gall (1815–1855), novelist
- Joseph Uphues (1850–1911), sculptor
- Luigi Colani (1928–2019), designer
- Monica Theodorescu (born 1963), dressage rider
References
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
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