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From: "Edmund Miller" <>
Subject: Hahn Theologians and Ministers
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 15:22:58 -0400

Does anyone have more information about the Hahn family of theologians that I give below? My ancestor Oswald Friedrich Hahn probably died around 1870 in or near Liegnitz, Silesia, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland) , when his two sons (Adolph August Hermann Harry Hahn, b 10 September 1855, d 12 September 1921; and Julius Alfred Richard Hahn, b 11 February 1857, d 15 March 1929) were sent off to America alone. Family tradition identifies Oswald Friedrich Hahn as a Lutheran minister, and it occurs to me that he might be a member of the family of theologians. Oswald Friedrich Hahn married Sophia Koenig, presumably before 1855. She was still alive and living in Liegnitz on 4 October1876. There are Hahns in the neighboring towns of Ohlau, Breslau, Erdmannshain, and Greunberg.

Hahn Theologians

1. John Christoph Hahn of Großosterhausen, Sachen, Prußen (Prussen Saxony) married Christine Sophie Wachsmith. Child:

i. August Hahn, b 27 March 1792 Großosterhausen, d 13 May 1863 Breslau.

2. August Hahn (John Christoph Hahn1) was born 27 March 1792 in Großosterhausen (near Eisleben), Sachen, Prußen. He studied theology at the University of Leipzig and in 1819 was Professor Extraordinarius of Theology and Pastor of Altstadt in Königsberg. He married Louise Augustine Christine von Brueck on 04 August 1820. In 1822 he became professor ordinarius. At Konigsberg, Friedrich Ludwig Sieffert was his student. They collaborated on the book Chrestomathia syriaca (1825). Having distinguished himself as an editor, in 1826 he returned to the University of Leipzig as Professor of Theology. He became a famous theologian as a result of 1827 publications in Latin and German (De rationalismi qui dicitur vera indole et qua cum naturalismo contineatur ratione and Offene Erklarung an die Evangelische Kirche zunachst in Sachsen u. Prußen). He was a strong nationalist but sometimes controversial. He also produced an edition of the Hebrew Bible (1833). Frederick William III made him !
Professor of Theology at Breslau and in 1843 Superintendent of the Provence of Silesia. He died 13 May 1863 in Breslau. He had several sons. Children:

i. Heinrich August Hahn, 1821-61.

ii. . . . Other sons.

ii. Marie Hahn.

3. Heinrich August Hahn (August Hahn,2 John Christoph Hahn1), 1821-61. He studied theology at Breslau and Berlin and was Privatdozent at the University of Breslau in 1845, Professor ad interim at the University of Königsberg in 1846, Professor Extraordinarius there in 1851, and Professor Ordinarius at the University of Greifswald in in 1860. His published works include a commentary on the Book of Job (1850), a translation of the Song of Songs (1852), an exposition of Isaiah xl-lxvi (1857), and a commentary on Ecclesiastes.

4. Marie Hahn (August Hahn,2 John Christoph Hahn1) married Carl Kolde, a minister in Silesia.

i. Theodore Kolde, Ritter von Kolde, b 6 May 1850, d 12 October 1913.

4. Theodore Kolde, Ritter von Kolde (Marie Hahn1, August Hahn,2 John Christoph Hahn1) was born 6 May 1850 in Friedland, in Upper Silesia, Prussia. He studied theology at Breslau and Leipzig, eventually specializing in church history. He is most famous for Pages from Bavarian Church History and Contributions to Bavarian Church History. In 1881 he became a professor at Marburg and married the Englishwoman Anna Piper . They had four sons and three daughters. He died 12 October 1913.

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