von Hahn

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Hahn Hane, Hanen
Noble family
Country	Germany  Mecklenburg
Founded	1230; 791 years ago (1230)
Titles	Baron
Members	Philipp Heinrich Theodor von Hahn Johann August von Hahn Alexander von Hahn (1970)
Motto	Primus sum, qui deum laudat (I was the first to praise God)
Estate(s)	Mecklenburg Neuhaus in Holstein Wetterau in Hesse Postenden, Latvia
Cadet branches	Baltic states

The Hahn (originally Hane and Hanen) family is an ancient German-Baltic noble family, which was prominent in the Duchy of Kurland and Semgallen and on the Baltic island Ösel. The original name was Hane, this was an old Mecklenburg noble family, mentioned first time on 30 October 1230. The Mecklenburg clan branched out at the turn of the 14th century into a Mecklenburg and a Kurland clan.^[1]

Later the family carried the title Baron or Baron (Baroness, Baroness, Freifrau, Freiin). Ludolf Hahn (around 1300) is mentioned as the ancestor of the Baltic lines, whose descendants later established their residence with Heinrich von Hahn (around 1518) in Postenden near Talsen. Johann August von Hahn (around 1725 - 1799) descended from the Saaremaa von Hahns. Both family lines carried the same coat of arms.

Origins[]

The origin of the name and the family is not clear. The first Hahn, with whom this coat of arms is associated, is mentioned in the historical annals as Eckhard^[2] the I-st, or "Eggehardus Gallus" in Latin original. In 1230 he is referred to as a councilor and a knight of the Duke Johann the I-st of Mecklenburg. Not much is known about his ancestors, though the family legend points to Franconia as a place of family's origin. Regarded by some researchers ^[3] as highly improbable on mostly geographical grounds,^[3] this theory deserves further investigation due to close connections between the Obotrit's house of Mecklenburg and that of Franconian Hennebergs. The marriage in 1229 (a year before Eckhard Hane appears in chronicales) between the Johann and Luitgart von Henneberg,^[4] daughter of Poppo VII. von Henneberg, is of particular interest as it establishes a direct link between these two.

There is a similarity between the Hahn's coat of arms, the old Franconian families of Rothenhahn and Hahnsberg, further reinforced by the 'historical' form of the name of the Öesel's Hahn family: "Hahn genannt Rothenstern". Interesting similarity exists between the Hahn's coat of arms and that of the de Vogüé family of the Aubenas, France.

Finally, it is worth noticing the proximity between the name and the coat of arm of the Hennebergs (literally "Rooster's mountain) and the Hahns, rooster being its main point of reference.

The origin of the Baltic Hahn families deserves further research.^{[citation needed]} Presumed, thought unproven, connection between the Hahn family in Mecklenburg and the families in Courland^[5] and Öesel is a conventional explanation of their coat of arms's being identical to one another and virtually identical to that of the descendants of Eckhard Hahn.^[6]

The Ösel's Hahn family was accepted into the Nobility Corporation in 1849 with the arms of the Courland Hahns. In Russia this part of the family was also incorporated into Russian Nobility with the coat of arms, granted by the Catherine II.^[7]

Von Hahns have distinguished themselves through their outstanding service to the sovereigns of Russian, Holy Roman and German Empires, kings and queens of Denmark, Sweden and Poland.

Mecklenburg: Notable members:

• Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn – novelist

Courland: The history of the Baltic Hahns begins from Johann Hane referred to in 1318 as a vassal of the Danish king Erik. It is thought that Johann is a direct descendant of Eckhard Hane through his son Heinrich.

In 1318 AD king Erik of Denmark, granted lands to Johann Hane "for knightly and praise worthy deeds". Johann's brother, Reimar Hane, was Master of the Teutonic Order (in Livonia) from 1324 to 1328. In 1476 Berndt von der Borch, Master of the Order, granted Heinrich Hahn with the Postenden estate, which remained in the same hands until 1939 - longest uninterrupted land ownership in Courland. 1862 Ukaz of the Russian Imperial Senat allowed the family to use the title "Baron" officially.

Members[]

• Reimar Hane — Master of the German Order (1324–1328)
• Paul Theodor von Hahn (1793–1862) — Privy Councillor, civil governor of Courland (1824–1827), and of Livland (1827–1829), Senator and Imperial State Council member, honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.^[8]

Ösel: descendants of Johann August von Hahn. Family incorporated into the Ösel's Nobility Corporation in 1849.^[9]

• Johann August von Hahn (c. 1730 – 1799) — Privy Councillor to the Empress Catherine II, General-director of the St.Petersburg Post Department and Imperial Postmaster^[10]
• Friedrich August von Hahn (1761–1851) — Actual State Councillor, St.Petersburg post Director^[11]

Russian Empire: cadet branch of the Ösel family; descendants of Otto Karl v H, younger brother of Friedrich August v H (and son of Johann August von Hahn). Recorded at the Nobility Genealogical Book of Saint Petersburg Governorate. Members of the family use the title "Baron", alongside Hahn coat of arms.^[12][13]

• Eugen Kaspar von Hahn (1807–1874) — Senator, Privy Councillor^[14]
• Alexander von Hahn (1809–1895) — General of the Infantry, member of the Military Council of the Minister of War^[15]
• Dmitry K. von Hahn (1830–1907) — General of the Infantry, Inspector of the Border Guard Corps
• Sergey D. (1860–1914) — Actual Privy Councillor, President of the Russian Imperial Bank, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry^[16]

Coat of arms[]

• 

  Coat of Arms of von Hahn, Kurland and Oesel

• 

  Coat of arms of the Rotenhan

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  Coat of Arms of de Vogüé

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  Coat of arms of Henneberg

• 

  Coat of arms of Johann August von Hahn, granted by Catherine II of Russia and recorded at the Armorial of the Russian Empire]]

See also[]

• Kur coat of arms

External links[]

• Family history, genealogy & heraldry
• Medieval seals (emblems) of the Hahn family

References[]

• von Essen, Genealogisches Handbuch der Oeselschen Ritterschaft, 1935
• Stavenhagen, Oskar: Genealogisches Handbuch der kurländischen Ritterschaft