Axel C. Kronenberg

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Axel Christoph Kronenberg (born May 15, 1938 in Berlin ) is a German officer and historian . His historical commitment serves in particular to research, preserve and publish the historical heritage of the Lamspringe municipality and the city of Bad Gandersheim . Today he lives in Lamspringe in the Hildesheim district . With his historical publications about Bad Gandersheim he builds on the work of his father Kurt Kronenberg .

Life

Axel Kronenberg was a pioneer (1960) engineer and general staff officer in the army and in 1996 as a colonel i. G. retired. In his last employment he worked at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg . Before that he was u. a. used in Rengsdorf , Höxter , Wedel , Munich , Heidelberg , Minden , Hanover , Heerlen , Cologne and Bonn .

Axel Kronenberg frequently gives lectures on historical topics both in Lamspringe and Bad Gandersheim and works as a city guide. So he kept z. B. on November 3, 2009 a lecture on the occasion of the inauguration of the new "Altarmensa" in the Sankt Georgskirche in Bad Gandersheim. In 2003, he also led a group of English Benedictine abbots and monks through the Gandersheim collegiate church and the former Clus monastery.

The Prime Minister of Lower Saxony has awarded Axel Kronenberg the Cross of Merit on the ribbon of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit . On November 1, 2018, the district administrator of the Hildesheim district, Olaf Levonen, presented the award to Axel Kronenberg at a ceremony in the refectory of the Lamspring monastery.

Restoration of the frescoes by Alfred Ehrhardt in the crypt of the Lamspringe monastery church

During research, Axel Kronenberg found out that the artistic wall paintings had been whitewashed by the National Socialists in 1938 because they were considered 'degenerate'. With this discovery he confronted the monastery chamber and made contact with the artist's widow and son. The Alfred Ehrhard Foundation, whose son is the chairman of the board, invested a six-figure sum to have the wall and ceiling paintings restored. Between 2006 and 2010, two restorers uncovered six of 14 original paintings. They were inaugurated in early October 2011.

Restoration of a baptismal angel in Graste church

During research, Axel Kronenberg discovered Graste's baptismal angel in an archive in Saxony-Anhalt. It is thanks to his persistence that the monastery chamber of Hanover campaigned for the return to Graste and took over part of the renovation costs. The remaining money came from EU funds and sponsors that Axel Kronenberg was able to win. On March 5, 2012, the baptismal angel was inaugurated with a festive service in which Axel Kronenberg spoke about the history of the restoration.

Restoration of a baptismal angel in Evensen's church

Axel Kronenberg discovered the torso, which was in very bad condition, at a restorer in Hanover and initiated the necessary steps for restoration. It is thanks to his perseverance that the necessary financial resources for the complex project were raised and that the Hildesheim restorer and sculptor Johanna Fuchs was commissioned with the restoration. The restoration was completed in November 2013 and the baroque angel was attached to an artfully forged frame. On April 6, 2014, the baptismal angel was inaugurated as part of a community celebration.

Arrange the historical archive of the Lamspringe municipality

Axel Kronenberg organized the historical archive in years of painstaking work, only supported by a one-euro force .

Restoration of three angels in the Lamspring monastery church

Axel Kronenberg discovered the heavily damaged and soiled angels on the gallery of the baroque organ of the monastery church. He informed the restorer of the monastery chamber, who arranged the restoration of the figures. The extensive work was carried out in 2016 by Dieter Paule from Bad Salzdetfurth (see article in the Alfelder Zeitung, October 8, 2016, p. 14).

against forgetting

Recording and documentation of all tombstones of the four cemeteries in Lamspringe: Protestant cemetery, Catholic cemetery, historical cemetery and Jewish cemetery with approx. 900 tombstones in the tombstone project of the Society for Computer Genealogy. All gravestones are available on the Internet in pictures and text.

Regional historical writings

Monographs and edited volumes

• Lamspringe Monastery and the Irish martyr Oliver Plunkett. (DKV art guide No. 666; series of the Klosterkammer Hannover, issue 5). 1st edition. 2010, ISBN 978-3-422-02296-6 .
• with Gisela Aye: baptismal font and baptismal angel in Lower Saxony. Schnell & Steiner, 2006, ISBN 3-7954-1907-7 .
• as publisher: Lamspringe Monastery. 1st edition. Samtgemeinde Lamspringe, Lamspringe 2006, ISBN 3-9811183-0-8 .
• Lamspringe, historical spot on the Lamme, pictures of bygone times. Geiger-Verlag, Horb am Neckar 2011, ISBN 978-3-86595-414-5 .
• Gandersheim in old views. Volume 3, 1st edition. European Library, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands 2002, ISBN 90-288-6708-2 .
• Catholic parish of St. Hadrian and St. Dionysius (ed.): Lamspringe Monastery. Guide to St. Hadrian and St. Dionysius Church and Lamspringe Monastery. 1st edition. 2002.
• Ev.-luth. Parish Clus (Ed.): Monastery church Clus St. Maria and St. Georg. 1st edition. 2001, OCLC 837013417 .
• as publisher: 1150 years of Gandersheim Monastery, 852–2002: Festschrift for the 1150 year anniversary of Gandersheim Monastery. Lamspringe 2013, OCLC 255601282 . The following essays are from Axel Kronenberg:
  • The foundation of the Gandersheim Monastery. Pp. 8-18.
  • The monasteries of the Reichstift Gandersheim. Pp. 31-42.
  • The Reformation of the Reichsstift Gandersheim. Pp. 52-58.
  • The Protestant pastors at the collegiate church since the Reformation. Pp. 84-86.
  • The monk's cross in Bad Gandersheim. P. 93.
  • Lamspringe and its schools - from monastery school to high school.
• Chronicle of the Lamspringe patch. 1st edition. Ed .: Flecken Lamspringe, Publisher: Leinebergland Druck, Lamspringe 2016, 300 pages, ISBN 978-3981118360 .
• The Knights of Steinberg. Between bishop and duke: history of a noble family from Lower Saxony (publication by the Hildesheimer Heimat- und Geschichtsverein). Publisher: Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 2020, 224 pages, ISBN 978-3806788464

Essays

From 1999 onwards, Axel Kronenberg wrote around 100 historical articles for the periodical spa newspaper Bad Gandersheim. Only the publications listed in the "Regsta Inperii - Online Sources for Imperial History" are listed here:

• The consecration of the cathedral in 1000 did not take place [1999], pp. 10–11.
• Theophanu was in Gandersheim, 3 [1999], pp. 8-9.
• Das Reichsstift Gandersheim, [2000], pp. 10-11.
• 500 years ago, in May 1501, the Barefoot Monastery was founded, 2 [2001], pp. 10–11.
• The foundation of the monastery [2002], pp. 10–11.
• 1000 years ago Emperor Otto III died, 2, [2002]
• Famous visitors to Bad Gandersheim: Otto the illustrious of Saxony (842–912), [2001], pp. 10–11.
• Adelheid, the builder of the collegiate church, became abbess of Gandersheim 850 years ago, 4 [2002], pp. 10–11.
• Four Gandersheim abbesses had the name Sophie, 2 [2003], pp. 10–11.
• 1000 years ago the consecration of the collegiate church ended the 'Gandersheimer Streit', [2007], pp. 10-11.

Hildesheim Calendar - Yearbook for History and Culture (selection)

• Steinberg family. The Bodenburg - Bornhausen - Westerburg line was extinguished more than 300 years ago. 2005. pp. 169-176.
• Artists paint Lamspringe. 2006. pp. 138-145.
• 300 years ago Johann Christian Greve became pastor of the Protestant parish in Lamspringe. 2008. pp. 151-156.
• Abbot Maurus Knightley (1697-1708). The fifth abbot of Lamspringe monastery died three hundred years ago. 2009. pp. 139-148.
• 90 years of the Oliver-Plunkett processions in Lamspringe. 2010. pp. 128-137.
• The abbey of the former Lamspringe monastery. 2011. pp. 120-128.
• 300 years ago Johann Greve became pastor of the Protestant parish in Lamspringe [200], pp. 151–158 -The Abbey of the Lamspringe Monastery [2011, pp. 120-130.] -The Lamspringe Monastery and its Abbots [2012, p. 94 -104.]
• Trials of the patch against the Lamspringe monastery 1745 - 1781. 2013. pp. 141–147.
• The fate of the Lamspringes Jewish families. Brand - Rosenblatt - Rosenberg. 2014. pp. 109–118.
• The Vögeding. Judgment days in Lamspringe during monastery time. 2015. pp. 149–157.
• Ernst Bachies. An artist painted and photographed Lamspringe. 2016. pp. 165–170.
• During the First World War, soldiers write to Pastor Schneider in Förste. 2018. pp. 227-238.

Yearbook 2006 - The magazine for the Hildesheim district

• Alfred Ehrhardt - An artist paints the crypt of the Lamspringe monastery church (2006, p. 121–130)

Furthermore, Axel Kronenberg has written many historical articles, especially for the Alfelder Zeitung , the Hildesheimer Zeitung and the Gandersheimer Zeitung , which are not listed here individually.

Church leaders

• Lamspringe Monastery Guide to the Church of St. Hadrian and St. Dionysius and the Monastery of Lamspringe Catholic parish of St. Hadrian and St. Dionysius (ed.), 1st edition. 2002.
• Monastery church Clus St. Maria and St. Georg Ev.-luth. Parish Clus (Ed.), 1st edition. 2001.
• Church leader of the Church in Evensen. 2000.
• Church leader of the church in Neuhof. 2003.
• Sankt Georg in Bad Gandersheim. The citizen church on the Gande. 2006. Also as an insert: The gravestones at the St. George's Church in Bad Gandersheim.
• New! Hieronymus Sies, painter and scagliolist, Catholic parish of St. Mariae Himmelfahrt Bad Gandesheim (ed.), 1st edition. 2018.

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• The baptism baptism hangs in the Graster Church again. In: Alfelder Zeitung. March 5, 2012.
• Kronenberg, Axel Christoph. In: Regesta Imperii - Online sources for the history of the empire. (online at: opac.regesta-imperii.de )
• Publications of the monastery chamber Hanover. (online at: klosterkammer.de )
• English Benedictines visited the city and cathedral. In: The Kurzeitung. 5/03, Bad Gandersheim 2006, p. 3.
• Alfred Ehrhardt - An artist from Gandersheim paints the crypt of the Lamspringe monastery church. In: The Kurzeitung. 4/06, Bad Gandersheim 2006, p. 10.
• Visit from Skegness. In: Kur- und Verkehrsverein (online at: kvv-bad-gandersheim.de )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Paintings whitewashed by the Nazis restored in Lamspringe. dadp , September 30, 2011, accessed May 25, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Kielhorn: Excursion to Lamspringe: On June 22nd in the crypt of the monastery church. (No longer available online.) Bad Gandersheim , 2011, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; Retrieved May 25, 2013 .