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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