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The village is mentioned for the first time under the name »Diseldashausen« in a certificate of the monastery Corvey around the year 850.

The nobility von Grube who built the castle Grubenhagen on a ridge between Dassensen and Rotenkirchen probably owned a bailey in Dassensen. Until the first years of our century a house was standing next to today's school building, which was named the Klus. It was used by the castle owners and palace Rotenkirchen as accommodation at churchgoing.

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The Dassensen church was finished in the year 1800 and contains a Baroque altar with a valuable crucifix.

There are the clubs of the TSV Dassensen and the sports shooter. Carnival is being celebrated at times.