Bassum (;

Northern Low Saxon Northern Low Saxon (in High German: ', in Standard Dutch: ') is a subgroup of Low Saxon dialects of Low German. As such, it covers a great part of the West Low German-speaking areas of northern Germany, with the exception of the border region ...

: ''Bassen'') is a town in the district of Diepholz,

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. It is situated approximately 35 km northeast of

Diepholz Diepholz (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Deefholt'') is a town and capital of the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the rivers Hunte and Lohne, approximately 45 km northeast of Osnabrück, and 60 km southwest of ...

, and 25 km south of

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

Geography

Subdivision

Besides Bassum proper, the town consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' (villages): * Albringhausen * Apelstedt (with Pannstedt) *

Bramstedt Bramstedt is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2014, it is part of the municipality Hagen im Bremischen. Bramstedt belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 ...

(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 Nienstedt is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it has been a part of the town Allstedt.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)

Neighbouring municipalities

Politics

Town council

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Mayor

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Coat of arms

International relations

Bassum has twinning arrangements with * , France (1972) * , Lithuania (2009) *

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(2010)

Notable residents

Born in Bassum

* Elisabeth Wiedemann (1926-2015), German actress *

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. Biography She studied at the Department of Slavonic Languages and Liter ...

(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 Ulf Schirmer (born 1959) is a German conductor and opera house administrator. Born in Eschenhausen, Lower Saxony, Schirmer studied at the Bremen Conservatory, and also at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, with György Ligeti, Christ ...

(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 Christian Schulz (born 1 April 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre back or left-back. Club career Schulz joined Werder Bremen in 1995 at the age of twelve and stepped up to the reserve side, playing in the ...

(born 1983), German footballer

Associated with the town

* The songwriter

Konstantin Wecker Konstantin Alexander Wecker (born 1 June 1947, Munich) is a German singer-songwriter; he also works as a composer, author, and actor. Life and work Classically educated at the Wilhelmsgymnasium, Wecker got one of his first jobs as a songwriter a ...

(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 The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...

, died in 1966 in the district Wiebusch in a traffic accident

References

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