Diermissen

Diermissen is a German family name.

Origin and meaning

The family name Diermissen is a name that goes back to the village of Dielmissen in Lower Saxony .

Interpretation: Home of a Thiathelmi (Theothelm, Thiudhelm, Diethelm, Thiadhelm: the first element of the personal name is to the personal name trunk THEUDA, too old Saxon: thiod (a) : "People, crowd" and the second element to the personal name trunk HELM (A), too old Saxon: helm : "helmet" to put): Thiadelmes-husen, Thiadelmes-sen, Diermis-sen, Diermissen.

Place names that end in -missen are made up of a personal name and the ending -heim or -husen, which over the years or centuries has been ground to the ending -sen.

All place names and surnames that end in -missen are East Westphalian foundations from around the 8th century (if they end in -heim) or later (if they end in -husen).

Well-known name bearer

• Johannes Diermissen (1823–1893 Uetersen ) Low German author.
• Julius Friedrich Max Diermissen (1870–1927) Vice-Consul of the German Empire in Costa Rica.

See also

• Diermissen House

literature

• Kirtin Casemir and Uwe Ohainski : The place names of the Holzminden district . Part VI. Lower Saxony place-name book.
• Hermann Kleinau : Historical directory of Lower Saxony 2. State of Braunschweig .
• Ernst Förstemann : Old German name book , 2nd volume, place names, Hildesheim 1967.