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      1000 years of Life,

      1000 years of Struggle,

      and moments of Happiness.

      “The most comprehensive genealogical

      data gathering of the 1000 year old

      Hollenberg-Family-Tree on both sides of the Atlantic”,

      and an amazing discovery: how this ancestral-trunk has given us over

      centuries a multitude of branches and buds, of leaves and blossoms

      – strong and beautiful – all way to the survival of our times.

      Picture on front cover shows:

      The backside of both estates,

      Niederste-Hollenberg and

      Oberste-Hollenberg,

      (fall of 2010)

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      ISBN: 978-3-8372-5244-6

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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 Hamleden, Hilgediek, Hischemöller, Hoff, Hollers, Hunzicker, Kellermeyer, Knapp von, Knüppe, Kreiger, Kuhlmann, Lohans, Lowenhaupt, Maury, Meyering, Mitchel, Oberhellmann, von Poseck , Purnell, Rehmeyer, Ried, Riesenbeck, 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

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