Heinz Niederste-Hollenberg - The Great Hollenberg Saga

Changes to the Hollenberg Name ....................................................................................................59 Changes to the Hollenberg Name The period between 1200 A.D. and 1400 A.D. was very sparsely recorded, and even then, most trports are based upon ecclesiastical documents written in Latin. This, however, was a period of noticeable growth in the general population, causing changes of names, double na-mes or combinations. Particularly, rural areas increased the cultivated acreage by turning the forest and wasteland into arable lands. This led in a number of cases to split-up family farms among family members. Historians, like F.E. Hunsche, are of the opinion that this name-splitting for the initial “Holenberg” or “Hollen-berg” place began to develop during the 13th – 14th century, when the family clan decided to break up the estate between father and son. Initialyy and for an interim period, simple name distinctions were accepted, like: ---- Johan tom Hollenberch de Olde ---- Johan tom Hollenberg de Junge Throughout times, some other name variations were used – mostly by misspellings or rewriting from one docu-ment to another: like, e.g. “Holanberg” or “Halenberg”. The new units were of about the same size, totally separate and independent. The only visible signs from those former days, when one place was broken up in two, are two old garden gates and a hardened stone passage bet-ween the two main buildings of the farm houses, as could still be seen after WWII in the Hollenberg case. Although there is no actual date for establishing the final name of the two family farms, a tax register in 1494 A.D. mentioned 42 farm places in the parish of Cappeln. Those names are: de Provest (Probst), Hermann to Segeste (Seeste), Determann, Boye to Segeste, Plaggevoet, de Konynk (König), de Bunemeyger, de Lange ton Osterbecke, Puls, de Sentmeyger, Twyghus (Twiehaus), Dickmann, Sabbensel, Konradinckman (Konermann), Eysmann, de Burrichter, Johan tom Hollenberch de Olde, Johan tom Hollenberg de Junge, Tenge to Gelentorpe, Berchman, Harte to Hambüren, Symon to Leda (Lada), Bernt Wilsinck, de Mey-ger to Leda, Sprede, Knüppe, de Meyger van Düte, Hynna (a), Hynna (b), Yborg, Rotman, Sparenberg, de Vos to Handarpe, Johan Wesselinck (Wesselmann), de Wylde, de Buddemeyger, Schürmann, Wortmann, Lynneman, Ludeke to Handarpe, Vortman (Fartmann), de Bremer. From here on, the historical pattern of those farm places had been established and recorded fairly well: Proof can be found in the “Registers”of the compulsory tax for the year 1543 A.D. with details about the tax contributions of the two Hollenberg families as shown below:

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

The “Living Generation” ...............................................................................................................242

The Future! .....................................................................................................................................249

An Old Man’s Review ...................................................................................................................253

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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)