Sassenberg
{{Infobox German location
|name = Sassenberg
|type = Stadt
|image_photo = Sassenberg, Füchtorf, St.-Mariä-Himmelfahrt-Kirche -- 2014 -- 8570.jpg
|imagesize = 180px
|image_caption = Sassenberg-Füchtorf
|image_coa = DE Sassenberg COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|51|59|23|N|8|02|27|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Sassenberg in WAF.svg
|state = North Rhine-Westphalia
|region = Münster
|district = Warendorf
|elevation = 60
|area = 78.08
|postal_code = 48336
|area_code = 02583 (Sassenberg)
05426 (Füchtorf)
|licence = WAF
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 5 70 036
|website = [https://www.sassenberg.de/ www.sassenberg.de]
|mayor = Josef Uphoff[https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/index_bm.shtml Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020], Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
|leader_term = 2020–25
|party = CDU
}}
Sassenberg({{IPA|de|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
- 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
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