Diermissen

Diermissen is an old German surname that originated from the "Ostfälisches Altniederdeutsch" dialect spoken by the ancient Saxon tribes, who established in the territory that nowadays we denominate northern Germany. This surname comes from an old family (de Didilmissen) that lived near the modern towns of "Dielmissen" and "Bodenwerder" in modern Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). Apparently the meaning of this surname is "The house of Thiudhelm" or Thiudelmes-husen, which derives to Didelmissen-Diermissen-Dielmissen. There is evidence of various families around the world and not only in Germany that bear this surname, for example in Costa Rica, USA, Canada, and El Salvador.

People

• Johannes Diermissen (∗03.08.1823 Lauenburg- †1893 Uetersen) Low German writer
  • De Lüttje Strohoot, 1847
  • Ut de Mußkist, 1862
• Julius Friedrich Max Diermissen (*07.01.1870 Hamburg- ✝ 28.03.1927 San José, Costa Rica, German vice-consul in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, from 1894-1902, and U.S. consular agent in the same port from 1894-1901.