Johann Martin Hehn
Johann Martin Hehn (born August 31, 1743 in Römershofen , Franconia ; † June 16, 1793 in Otepää , Livonia ) was a German-Estonian Protestant clergyman and prose writer . He was the author of the first Estonian story book with secular content.
Live and act
Hehn was born the son of a farmer and mayor. After visiting the Casimirianum in Coburg , he studied Protestant theology at the University of Halle (Saale) . In 1769 he married Luise Dorothea Gadebusch, daughter of the Livonian historian and lawyer Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch , with whom he had two sons.
After that, he was in Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia) 1766-1769 Rector of the United Krons- and city school and 1769-1776 deacon at St. John's Church . Later he was a pastor in Otepää (Odenpäh), where he also died. His grandson is the cultural historian Victor Hehn .
After the death of his father-in-law Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch, his 1500 documents and letters on the history of Livonia came into his possession.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Johann Martin Hehn. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ^ Martin Hehn in the digital text collection of older literature in Estonia
- ↑ Hehn, Victor . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
- ↑ Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch , father of the modern historiography of Livonia
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hehn, Johann Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hehn, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Estonian clergyman and prose writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Römershofen , Franconia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1793 |
| Place of death | Otepää , Livonia |