 Its existence witnessed by documentary proof from the 10th century, Würgassen likely already existed in Charlemagne's time.In 1698, the stately home ("Schloss") was completed.Although the local folklore holds that the village's name came about from the story in which "Charlemagne had the Würgassen dwellers strangled in the lanes for reverting to heathen customs", or in German, ""Karl der Große hat die Würgasser wegen eines Rückfalles in heidnische Sitten in den Gassen erwürgen lassen"", this is certainly untrue.