Levin Ludwig I. Hahn
Levin Ludwig I (von) Hahn (born December 3, 1579 in Seeburg ; † May 18, 1635 there ) was a court official and soldier .
Life
Levin Ludwig Hahn came from the Mecklenburg noble family Hahn (No. 279 of the gender census ) and was the son of Kuno I (von) Hahn (1540-1590) and his second wife Sophia von der Schulenburg († 1591).
Together with his brother Werner I. (von) Hahn (1583–1634) he received his first lessons from private tutors. Between 1593 and 1596 Hahn attended the grammar school in Halle . In the summer semester of 1596 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig . On January 15, 1597 he moved to the University of Wittenberg , where he studied until 1600. He then went to Strasbourg for three years, until 1603 . After this three-year study visit, he was probably unable to attend a Grand Tour for financial reasons and returned home.
In 1604 Hahn took part in the Hungarian-Turkish war with his brother Werner and was under the command of Count Georg Friedrich von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim . Hahn was captured near Gran (today Esztergom ), brought to Istanbul and imprisoned there. After several adventurous but unsuccessful attempts to escape, he was finally able to free himself and returned to his home town of Seeburg on Whit Monday 1606.
On October 18, 1607 he married Anna von Veltheim . After the death of his wife on January 17, 1615, Hahn lived in Prague for well over two years . There he married Margarethe von Quitzow, a sister of Achatius von Quitzow , for the second time . Both marriages had four sons and ten daughters, including the eldest son from his first marriage, Kuno II (von) Hahn (1609–1645).
In 1619 Hahn received the imperial fiefdom on behalf of the Mecklenburg Duke Johann Albrecht II .
In 1623 he accompanied his son Kuno on his cavalier tour through France, Great Britain and on the return trip through the Netherlands. It is noteworthy that Hahn in letters to the Prince of Anhalt mainly spoke of troop movements, their arming and the like. a. Reported things in great detail.
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In 1626, Prince Ludwig I von Anhalt-Köthen accepted Hahn into the Fruit-Bringing Society . He gave him the company name of the person moving in and the motto in the body . The Saurauch ( Berberis vulgaris L. ) was given to him as an emblem . Hahn's entry can be found in the Koethen Society Register under no.131.
Levin Ludwig Hahn died at the age of 56 on May 18, 1635 in Seeburg.
literature
- Georg Koch: Himlische LebensKron Des weiland WolEdlen / Gestrengen / Vesten Mannhafften Mr. Levin Ludwig Hahnen / Churfürstl. Passage to Saxony wolbestalten Hauptmans des Keyserlichen freyen secular Stiffts Quedlinburgk / etc. ... Christseligen Andenckens: Which his WolEdle Gesturgigkeit / was received as a well-qualified spiritual fighter / Bey of the same deceased body ... Sepultur. [Publisher] Schmied, Hall in Sachsen 1635.
- Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch : History and documents of the Hahn family. 4 volumes. Schwerin, 1844-1856.
Web links
- Publications by and about Levin Ludwig I. Hahn in VD 17 .
- Literature about Levin Ludwig I. Hahn in the state bibliography MV
Individual evidence
- ↑ The primeval noble family only used the nobility pronoun "von" since the Count in the 19th century.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hahn, Levin Ludwig I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hahn, Levin Ludwig I. von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German court official and soldier, member of the Fruit Bringing Society |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1579 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seeburg (Mansfelder Land) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1635 |
| Place of death | Seeburg (Mansfelder Land) |