Soßmar is a village in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

, about 30 km south of

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

, 13 km east of

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the L ...

and 12 km west of

Peine Peine (; Eastphalian: ''Paane'') is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of the district Peine. It is situated on the river Fuhse and the Mittellandkanal, approximately west of Braunschweig, and east of Hanover. History A deed from 11 ...

, a few minutes from the national highways B494 and B65. The motorway A2 via Peine, Hämelerwald, Lehrte or Sehnde/Ilsede/Hanover can be reached in about 20 minutes and the motorway A7 via Sehnde/Ilsede/Hanover or Hildesheim/Drispenstedt in the same time.

Neighbouring places

Hohenhameln Hohenhameln is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Peine, 15 km northeast of Hildesheim and 25 km southeast of Hanover. Places that belong to the Hohenh ...

, Clauen, Bierbergen, Bründeln, Neu Oedelum, Rautenberg

Places that belong to the Hohenhameln Community

, Soßmar, Clauen, Bierbergen, Bründeln, Harber, Mehrum, Ohlum, Rötzum,

Stedum Stedum () is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Eemsdelta, about northeast of the city of Groningen. Stedum was a separate municipality until 1990, when it merged with Loppersum. The German munici ...

History

Sossmar is possibly over 1,000 years old. There are references that the monastery acquired

Corvey The Princely Abbey of Corvey (german: link=no, Fürststift Corvey or Fürstabtei Corvey) is a former Benedictine abbey and ecclesiastical principality now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was one of the half-dozen self-ruling '' princel ...

with Hoexter at the

Weser The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports o ...

between the years 826 and 853 possession at a settlement with the name Sursia. The only following name forms are occupied: 1146 Sutherem, 1243 Sutterum inxta Hamelen, in 14th century then Sozerum, Sothzerum and Zocerem. Soßmar was first mentioned in a document dating from the 11 March 1146 granting the monastery 8 morgen of farmland.

Religion

Since 1542 the church community is

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Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...

Management ratios

777 inhabitants compared to 9,461 inhabitants in the whole community.eMail from Local administration of Hohenhameln 04/27/07

Coat of arms

Soßmar's coat of arms shows Saint George and his fight with the dragon. According to the legend, a dragon made its nest at the spring that provided water for the city of Cyrene in Libya or the city of Lydda, depending on the source. Consequently, the citizens had to dislodge the dragon from its nest for a time, in order to collect water. To do so, each day they offered the dragon a human sacrifice. The victim was chosen by drawing lots. One day, this happened to be the princess. The monarch begged for her life with no result. She was offered to the dragon, but there appeared the saint on his travels. He faced the dragon, slayed it and rescued the princess. The grateful citizens abandoned their ancestral paganism and converted to Christianity. Patronage and remembrance In 1969, Saint George's feast day was reduced to an optional memorial in the Roman Catholic calendar; the solemnity of his commemoration depends on purely local observance. He is, however, still honoured as a saint of major importance by the Eastern Orthodox Church and in Oriental Orthodoxy.

External links

Soßmar official website – partly in english

References

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