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It’s here where 1146 A.D. it all started in short:
Holenberg
It’s the story of an ancient place in the dark, old times:
The “origin”of the Hollenbergs.
At the beginning there was soil and few people.
And there was love and flowers and freedom.
There was family, the clan and that was the beginning.
Those people were working the soil.
In those times it was just making a living -- to survive.
The large family resulted in spreading around.
The early centuries meant roaming around in familiar territories.
Territories what are today North-West Germany and neighboring areas.
Those early times were periods of common ownership and individual freedom.
Then the “Others”came, threatening, endangering the Clan’s free life.
The story of man-kind --- allover again:
There was competition with new ideas, other beliefs --- and survival again.
Thus, either facing or accepting the early forms of changes, adjustments --- or fighting.
Leading into the “Dark Period” of the Middle-Ages:
The Catholic Creed was forced upon and vassalage applied.
Many siblings had to leave, serving different masters in different territories.
Then, there were changes in matters of Religion.
First, around 800 AD, it was all Catholicism --- enforced.
Then, with Luther (1517 AD), it was Protestantism --- enforced.
Some others turned Jewish or else --- voluntary.
At all the time poverty, enforced by man: Church, Crown, Nobility
or nature increased the need of spreading around as in times before.
This time, however, there were alternatives:
And that’s what’s all about:
The Great Hollenberg Saga
The
Great Hollenberg Saga
The history of the family farm
Special emphasis given to the lineages of:
---- Teepe- Tapy- Hoffman (Missouri)
---- Frederic John Hollenberg (Indiana)
---- Gerat “Henry” Hollenberg (Kansas)
---- Hermann Friedr. Oberste-Hollenberg,(Indiana)
---- The Gerlemann girls (Missouri/Indiana)
---- Niederste-Hollenberg/Kuhlmann Specials
---- „All other Hollenbergs in America“
And many other names of related families, like:
Ahlemeyer, Baumunk, Beck, Beimdiek, Bergmann, Binns, Bloomquist, Bünemann, Bremer, Chambers, Clark, Consmüller, Dasmann, Determann, Dentzer, Diekmann, Echelmeyer, Elstrodt, Epennart, Gerding, van Hamle-den, Hilgediek, Hischemöller, Hoff, Hollers, Hunzicker, Kellermeyer, Knapp von, Knüppe, Kreiger, Kuhlmann, Lohans, Lowenhaupt, Maury, Meyering, Mitchel, Oberhellmann, von Poseck , Purnell, Rehmeyer, Ried, Riesen-beck, Schohmeyer, Schreck, Schulte, Sticker, Schwermann, Telgemeyer, Tiemann, Wiele, Witte, Wulf.
The history of the family farm
Niederste-Hollenberg Oberste-Hollenberg
Old House – Inscriptions from 1792 AD
For the estates of:
Niederste Hollenberg Oberste Hollenberg
„Ach, Gott, hilf, daß ich such Dein Reich „Der Herr unser Gott sei uns freundlich
O, Herr, allsorg, gib Brot dabei“. und fördere das Werk unserer Hände; ja,
das Werk unserer Hände solle er fördern“.
„Godt mit uns, wel kann dann weder uns“. (Plattdütsk=Low-German) – before 1700 AD)
Soil and Plow
– Partners throughout the Saga –
This plow has served generations of Hollenbergs. Was retired at the end of WWII.
Dedication
• To all families carrying the Hollenberg name, their relatives and friends.
• To all who left or had to leave the home-base
• To get to know each other.
• To better understand their history and our own past.
• To learn about the achievements of our ancestors, as well as their
grievances and struggles.
• To prepare us and our children for the challenges of the future.
• To improve the relationships of our people across the Atlantic.
• To the place of “Origin” of the Hollenberg Saga.
• To the beginning of an old and long story, yet unfinished.
Introduction and Acknowledgement
Having reached retirement in 1996, I channelled my ardent interest in history and politics into the investigation of the past of our family and historical events in the area in order to better understand the correlations of the land and the people, their lifestyle and tradition.
The fact, however, that I did spent considerable periods of my life on both sides of the Atlantic proved to be most helpful in the pursuit of this project.
In writing this story, I dug through old papers, faded pictures, historical data that