Eissen

Eissen is a Westphalian village with 718 inhabitants in North Rhine-Westphalia and part of the town of Willebadessen, district Höxter in the administrative region of Detmold.
Name
Eissen has passed through a long evolution. Starting in the early Middle Ages with Aieshusun (the ending -husun points to Saxon time) during the High Middle Ages' name Heisten to today 's form Eissen.

Aieshusun
(Villa) Aeissun, Agissun, Agissen
Heisten
Eysne, Eyessen, Eisne, Eisenen, Eyhsen, Eihsen, Eißen
Eissen

Concerning the meaning of each name there are different theories, but none of them is proven:

Aeissun should descend to Asigsheim. Asig should be thereby a dependence to the Germanic gods family of the Æsir, wherefore Eissen should be named as a holy place. Following this theory, the meadow name Hibbeke means Hillige-Bicke (holy bicke). Indeed the denotation
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