Dassel

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{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|name = Dassel
|image_photo = Ehemaliger Turm in der Stadtmauer der Stadt Dassel am Solling.jpg
|imagesize = 250px
|image_caption = Medieval wall and timbered houses in Dassel
|image_flag = Flagge Dassel.svg
|image_coa = Dasselwappen.png
|coordinates = {{coord|51|48|12|N|9|41|25|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Dassel in NOM.svg
|state = Niedersachsen
|district = Northeim
|elevation = 160
|area = 113.24
|postal_code = 37586
|area_code = 05562, 05564
|licence = NOM
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 1 55 003
|divisions = 18 districts
|website = [http://www.stadt-dassel.de/ www.stadt-dassel.de]
|mayor = Sven Wolter<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref>
|leader_term = 2021–26
|party = Ind
}}
'''Dassel''' ({{IPA|de|ˈdasl̩}}) is a town in southern [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]], located in the district [[Northeim (district)|Northeim]]. It is located near the hills of the [[Solling]] mountains.

==Geography==
The city covers an area of {{convert|43.64|sqmi|1}}. Buildings and streets make up about 10% of this area while 26% are covered with forests like [[Ellensen Forest]] and 62% are in agricultural usage, especially for cereals and rapeseed cultivation. For this, the local [[soil horizon]] provides suitable conditions as sediments below the soil layer are made up of [[loess]]. Dassel is located in the [[temperate climate]] zone.

==History==
Dassel dates back to the year 860 when it was mentioned in a deed of the [[Imperial Abbey of Corvey]]. In 1022, [[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor]], in another deed referred to Dassel church. By about 1113, Dassel became a base of the [[County of Dassel|counts of Dassel]], whose name is derived from the name of the settlement. As the county of Dassel ceased to exist in 1310, Dassel was sold to [[Siegfried II of Querfurt|Siegfried II]], bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim|diocese of Hildesheim]]. Shortly thereafter, in 1315, he provided his acquisition with [[town rights]] because the surrounding region belonged to the [[principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], thus to enemies of the bishop of Hildesheim. Once given town rights, inhabitants of Dassel built a [[defensive wall]]. Town administration operated from [[Hunnesrück Castle]], on a nearby hill. That caste was occupied by the dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel as a result of the [[Hildesheim Diocesan Feud]] in 1521. Duke [[Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Eric I]] ordered to tear down Hunnesrück castle and had the [[Erichsburg]] castle built instead. Dassel was administrated from there until 1643. As a result of the [[Thirty Years' War]], Dassel was merged with the diocese of Hildesheim in 1643. The bishops had new administration buildings built in a place called [[Hunnesrück]], situated between the destroyed Hunnesrück castle and the Erichsburg. Throughout those centuries, these circumstances restrained Dassel from proper development and it was thus overcome by the neighboring city of [[Einbeck]] that was founded later than Dassel. In addition, parts of the city were destroyed in fires in the 19th century. In that time, some inhabitants started to weave [[linen]] or to trade with it, while others emigrated to USA. At the beginning of the 20th century Dassel had 1462 inhabitants.<ref>W. Keil: Neumanns Orts- und Verkehrslexikon, Bd. 1, S.166. Leipzig 1905.</ref> Around 1920 the number of inhabitants amounted to 1601.<ref>Josef Habbel. Habbels Konversationslexikon, Bd. 1, S. 779. Regensburg 1922.</ref> During World War II the town remained undamaged. Therefore, several [[Heimatvertriebene|expellees]] settled in Dassel. 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. 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, a [[Gothic architecture|gothic]] building with [[Renaissance]] time [[mural]].
* Catholic St. Michael's Church, built in a [[classicism|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 at 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. Next to it the house "An der Stadtmauer 4" includes the last tower of the medieval wall, the Baldertower <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ferienhaus-am-solling.de/ |title=Home |website=ferienhaus-am-solling.de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weserbergland-ferienhaus.de/ |title=Home |website=weserbergland-ferienhaus.de}}</ref>
* 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 1727 and renovated 1988-93. Now it is a museum. Teichplatz 2.
* Museum of the [[County of Dassel]] (''Museum der Grafschaft Dassel''), Teichplatz 1.

==Education==
The ''[[Gymnasium (Germany)|Gymnasium]]'' (college preparatory school) in Dassel is named after [[Paul Gerhardt]]. The other general schools are two primary schools ([[elementary school]]s), and a [[secondary school]] (''[[Realschule]]''), which is named after [[Rainald von Dassel]].

==Notable people==
[[File:Wilhelm busch.png|thumb|160px|Wilhelm Busch 1894]]
* [[Rainald of Dassel]], (1120-1167), archbishop
* [[:de:Carl_Busse_(Autor)|Carl Busse]] (1772-1829), in the first decades of the 19th century was a pastor in various northern German towns and wrote during this time numerous theological treatises.
* [[Wilhelm Busch]] (1832-1908), the humorous poet lived intermittently from 1846 to 1897 in the district Lüthorst
* [[Heinrich Düker]] (1898-1986), 1946-1947 mayor of [[Göttingen]], 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]].

<gallery>
File:DasselLaurentiusChurch.jpg|St. Lawrence Church.
File:DasselSaintMichael'sChurch.jpg|St. Michael's Church.
File:DasselFormerTrainStation.jpg|Former train station of Dassel.
File:DasselOldTownHall.jpg|Old Town Hall.
File:Dassel Stadt Rathaus Kirchplatz 2.jpg|Current Town Hall.
File:An_der_Stadtmauer_Dassel.JPG|Medieval wall surrounding the old center.<ref>[http://www.weserbergland-ferienhaus.de/2016/02/06/unser-haus-in-alten-ansichten/ Some brilliant historic picture of this house, the last medieval tower of Dassel]</ref>
File:DasselMill.jpg|Former Mill.
File:DasselJewishCemetery.jpg|Jewish Cemetery.
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Dassel}}
* [http://www.stadt-dassel.de Official site] {{in lang|de}}

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