Sessenbach

Geschichte

Sessenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.GeographyLocationThe community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Siegen in the Kannenbäckerland (“Jug Bakers’ Land”, a small region known for its ceramics industry). Through the community flows the Sessenbach, which belongs to the Rhine drainage basin. Sessenbach belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.HistoryIn 1321, the village had its first documentary mention as Sinsinbach. Archaeological finds have led to the conclusion that there was once a Celtic dwelling pit settlement here.At first documentary mention in 1321, Luther von Isenburg held Sinsinbach in fief. The Isenburg estate and the Wollenschlägers Höfchen at Sessenbach were in Isenburg hands until 1664, whereafter they passed to the Electorate of Trier. The Saynhof (1331, Hof “Uf der Seijne”) found itself in many owner’s hands, ending up in 1723 under the Oberwerth Monastery’s ownership. Isenburg-Grenzau owned a share of the tithes from Sessenbach in 1600.