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Next clan meeting on May 30, 2026

“I would like to announce now that a clan reunion will take place again in 2026. The date: May 30, 2026, in Ostramondra, Germany.” (Erich Axthelm, January 19, 2025, Facebook)

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Plush animals made by Axthelm

Did you know that an Axthelm namesake founded a toy company with the most realistic stuffed animals you’ve ever seen? There is more information about this in the article on Hansa Creation. At the Nuremberg Toy Fair 30 Jan to … Continue reading

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Newspaper article from 1965 about Walther von Axthelm

In the article “Operation Lumber Room” you can find out a lot about General Walther von Axthelm, among other things. It is a very interesting war history article about the development of the v1 flying bomb “doodlebug” from the point … Continue reading

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Axthelm family gathering postponed until 2022

Dear Axthelms and everyone who identifies with this name! Due to the still existing pandemic restrictions, I would like to finally inform everyone that the clan meeting planned for May 29, 2021 in Ostramondra cannot take place. Maybe next year … Continue reading

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Body and luxury car construction Axthelm

You can now read more information about how the court manufacturer Paul Axthelm came from coach building to body and luxury car building – just visit our family stories pages.

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Carriage builder in our family

At our Family Stories you can now read some interesting background information about the carriage building company Darr & Axthelm.

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Pastor Axthelm and the pulpit in Eckartsberga

  You can now read a report about Pastor Axthelm, his ministry in the Eckartsberga parish and the old pulpit in the Eckartsberga church HERE in the family stories.

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Newspaper article about clan meeting 2016

Now online is the newspaper article from the newspaper “Thüringer Allgemeine” about the Axthelm Sippentreffen in Ostramondra-Rettgenstedt on May 21, 2016 with the inauguration of the restored old clan monument.

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Axthelm’s dumplings for Goethe

In an article of 1988, German newspaper DIE ZEIT reported about Lena Louise Axthelm, who was a cook of German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Here you can read everything about her attempt to make the delicacy Thuringian dumplings palatable … Continue reading

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Newspaper article of 1939

On the website you can now find a newspaper article from the year Jahr 1939 concerning the first big clan meeting and the old Axthelm memorial stone under the Luther linden tree in Ostramondra, Germany.

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