The Great Hollenberg Saga. Heinz Niederste-Hollenberg

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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)

      Inhaltsverzeichnis

       Dedication ........................................................................................................................................10

       Introduction and Acknowledgement ................................................................................................11

       This Is The Place ..............................................................................................................................16

       The People .......................................................................................................................................17

       The Location ....................................................................................................................................18

       This Caused it All ............................................................................................................................20

       Our place, Our Land, Home for Generations of Hollenbergs working the Soil. ............................21

       Where It All Began ..........................................................................................................................22

       Time before A.D. and Early Settlements and Dwellings in the Region ..........................................26

       The Battle nearby at 9 A.D. with the Romans .................................................................................30

       The Saxons in Westphalia ................................................................................................................36

       The Long Struggle between the Saxons and the Franks ..................................................................39

       Charlemagne Establishes the Tithe in the Area ...............................................................................45

       Early Middle-Age Housing Details in the Area ...............................................................................53

       The “Befiefing” of Old Farms in the Parish of Cappeln ..................................................................56

       Changes to the Hollenberg Name ....................................................................................................59

       Some Details of the Family Tree .....................................................................................................63

       The chronological family tree of the ................................................................................................66

       Niederste Hollenberg and Oberste Hollenberg strings ....................................................................66

       Waves of Immigration to America in the 19th Century ................................................................100

       The Other Hollenbergs ...................................................................................................................109

       Family Problems during the 19-th Century ...................................................................................198

       Total Inventory of the Family Farm in 1836 .................................................................................200

       World-War I ...................................................................................................................................208

       The 1920s and 1930s ....................................................................................................................214

       World-War II ................................................................................................................................221

       Present Generation .........................................................................................................................226

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