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Diermissen

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Diermissen is an old German surname that originated from the "Ostfälisches Altniederdeutsch" dialect spoken by the ancient Saxon tribes, who settled in the territory that now we call northern Germany. This surname comes from an old family (de Didilmissen)[1] that lived near the modern towns of "Dielmissen" and "Bodenwerder" in modern Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). The meaning of this surname is apparently "The house of Thiadhelm" or Thiadelmes-husen, which derives to Didelmissen-Diermissen-Dielmissen.[2] There is evidence of various families around the world, not only in Germany, that bear this surname, for example in Costa Rica, United States, Canada, and El Salvador.

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  1. ^ Karl Janicke, Urkundenbuch des Hochstifts Hildesheim und seiner Bischöfe, Nr.57
  2. ^ Kirstin Casemir und Uwe Ohainski, Die Ortsnamen des Landkreises Holzminden, Nr 64-65

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