Dressel

The Dressel family history begins with Benedictus de Benehusin, who lived in the middle of the 11th Century. He was a free noble vassal of the abbot of Hersfeld monastery in Hessen. He gave his first name to his estate, which was originally called Benehusin and later called Bennenhus, Beinhausen, Benhausen, etc. Today it is called Beenhausen. It is located in the hill and forest area of Northeastern Hessen, between Fulda and Schwalm in the Gemeinde Ludwigsau on the stream called Rohrbach, in the former .

The unbroken Dressel pedigree begins with Nortmann de Benehusin documented 1179, [https://web.archive.org/web/20161103094619/http://www.dresselgenealogy.us/i.htm gen. I].

The von Bennhausen sold their properties in the Bennhausen Kreis Rotenberg area at the end of the 14th Century and moved east to Thuringia. Then their name often appears in documents from the Eisenach area, as having estates there, and serving as Burgmen, (Castellans for the Dukes of Thuringia). The Benhausen line became extinct in Thuringia toward the end of the 15th Century. Provided by Wikipedia