Soßmar

There are references that the monastery acquired Corvey with Hoexter at the Weser 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.

[2] Soßmar was first mentioned in a document dating from the 11 March 1146 granting the monastery 8 morgen of farmland.

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.