Bassum
Bassum (De-Bassum.ogg; Northern Low Saxon: Bassen) is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 35 km northeast of Diepholz, and 25 km south of Bremen.
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Bassum (De-Bassum.ogg; Northern Low Saxon: Bassen) is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 35 km northeast of Diepholz, and 25 km south of Bremen.
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• Name — Bassum • Type — Stadt • State — Lower Saxony • District — Diepholz • Elevation — 42 • Area — 168.85 • Postal Code — 27211 • Area Code — 04241 • Licence — DH • Gemeindeschlussel — 03 2 51 007 • Divisions — 16 Ortschaften • Website — www.bassum.de • Mayor — Christian Porsch • Leader Term — 2021–26
Subdivision
Subdivision
• Illustration — Subdivision of Bassum Besides Bassum proper, the town consists of the following Ortschaften (villages): • Albringhausen • Apelstedt (with Pannstedt) • Bramstedt (with Bünte and Röllinghausen) • Eschenhausen • Groß Henstedt • Great Ringmar • Hallstedt • Hollwedel (with Dimhausen, Möhlenhof, Hilken, Katenkamp, Nüstedt, Klein and Groß Hollwedel) • Neubruchhausen (with Freidorf) • Nienstedt • Nordwohlde (with Stütelberg, Fesenfeld, Kastendiek, Steinforth, Högenhausen, Kätingen and Pestinghausen) • Osterbinde • Schorlingborstel (with Ebersheide, Lowe and Kolloge) • Stühren • Wedehorn • Bassum (with Loge, Freudenberg, Klenkenborstel, Hassel, Nienhaus and Nienhaus)
International relations
International relations
Bassum has twinning arrangements with: • Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, France (1972) • Telšiai, Lithuania (2009) • Spilsby, United Kingdom (2010)
Born in Bassum
Born in Bassum
• Elisabeth Wiedemann (1926-2015), German actress • Tessa Hofmann (born 1949), scholar of Armenian studies and sociology • Hans-Hermann Sprado (1956–2014), German journalist and author, editor and publisher of P.M. Magazine • Ulf Schirmer (born 1959), German conductor, general music director of the Leipzig Opera • Roman Fricke (born 1977), German high jumper, participant in the Olympics Athens 2004 • Christian Schulz (born 1983), German footballer
Associated with the town
Associated with the town
• The songwriter Konstantin Wecker (born 1947), married in 1996 Annik Wecker born Berlin; she grew up in Bassum • Herbert Zimmermann, (1917-1966), officer in World War II, radio reporter of the Football game Germany-Hungary FIFA World Cup 1954, died in 1966 in the district Wiebusch in a traffic accident
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