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5 unusual facts about Bassum


Bassum

It is situated approximately 35 km northeast of Diepholz, and 25 km south of Bremen.

Jobst II, Count of Hoya

Margaret, (1527-1596), abbess of Bassum Abbey 1541-1549, married Rudolph of Diepholz in 1549 Rudolf

In 1532, Jobst dissolved the abbey in Bücken and other monasteries in Hoya; only the abbey in Bassum was allowed to continue as a befitting place for unmarried daughters of the nobility.

Tessa Hofmann

Tessa Hofmann (Savvidis) (born 15 December 1949, Bassum, Lower Saxony) is a scholar of Armenian studies and sociology, PhD, research scholar at the Free University of Berlin.

Varreler Bäke

The Varreler Bäke is a stream in north Germany that comes from the Klosterbach brook which flows south of Bremen on Lower Saxon territory through the villages of Bassum, Kirchseelte and Stuhr-Heiligenrode.


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