Ludwig Ernst Hahn

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Ludwig Ernst Hahn (born September 18, 1820 in Breslau , † September 30, 1888 in Berlin ) was a Prussian civil servant, conservative politician , historian and publicist .

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Ludwig Ernst Hahn was the second of three sons of the mathematician Eduard Moritz Hahn (Elkan Markus Hahn; 1781–1861), who was a teacher at the Maria Magdalenen Gymnasium in Breslau from 1815 to 1834 . The son Ludwig Ernst attended this grammar school until he graduated from high school in 1838. He then studied theology in Breslau and Berlin . He then worked as a tutor for the French diplomat and later finance minister Jean-Georges Humann . He and his family moved to Paris . Through his position Hahn got to know many important scholars and politicians, including Victor de Broglie , François Guizot , Adolphe Thiers and Victor Cousin . It was through these meetings that he took a liking to politics and began to work as a writer. He wrote a two-volume history of the Sorbonne (1848) and reported on the fall of Louis Philipp and the February Revolution (1849). He also translated the writings of François Guizot and Adolphe Thiers in the 1850s.

In 1848 he returned to Wroclaw and worked for various conservative newspapers. He also worked as a history teacher at a secondary school for girls . His conservative political convictions led Hahn to become a research assistant in the Prussian Ministry of Culture in Berlin in 1849 and temporarily with the Silesian provincial government in Breslau. In a strictly monarchical and conservative sense, Hahn wrote historical works at this time, such as his History of the Prussian Fatherland from 1854. Forty-eight editions were published by 1894.

In 1855 Hahn moved to the Prussian Ministry of the Interior , now with the rank of secret government councilor . During the more liberal New Era , he was transferred to Stralsund as a government and school councilor . During this time he published biographies about Friedrich II. And Elector Friedrich I.

Between 1856 and 1858 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives in the Arnim faction .

After Otto von Bismarck's appointment as Prime Minister, Hahn also returned to the Ministry of the Interior in 1862. He was one of the main people in charge of government journalism . So he was temporarily acting head of the literary office, d. H. the government's own news agency. He also wrote numerous memoranda and speeches from the throne for Wilhelm I. In 1863 Hahn was appointed lecturing councilor. In that year he founded and directed the Provincial Correspondence , with the help of which the rural press should be influenced in the interests of the government. That earned him the nickname “Press-Hahn”. He directed the correspondence until he left the civil service. In 1869 Hahn was appointed a secret Upper Government Council and in 1881 a real secret Upper Government Council. In 1882 he retired.

In addition to the daily propaganda for government policy, Hahn wrote larger papers, all of which served to glorify Wilhelm I and Bismarck. This included contributions to Prussian politics on the Schleswig-Holstein question , to domestic politics between 1862 and 1866, to the Franco-Prussian War and, above all, a four-volume biography of Bismarck. There was also a history of the Kulturkampf and a memorial book for Wilhelm I.

Works

  • Frederick the Great. For the German people. by Ludwig Hahn. With 10 picture. ad life of Frederick the Elder Size by W. Champhausen and 10 pictures. Friedrich's us contemporaries . Hertz, Berlin 1855.
  • Two years of Prussian-German politics, 1866–1867. Collection of official rallies a. semi-official Statements from the Schleswig-Holstein crisis to the establishment of the customs parliament . Edited by Ludwig Hahn. Hertz, Berlin 1868.
  • The war of Germany against France and the establishment of the German Empire. German politics 1867–1871. In pieces of files, official u. semi-official Utterances . Edited by Ludwig Hahn. Hertz, Berlin 1871.
  • Prince Bismarck: His political life and work documented in facts and the Prince's own manifestations . Portrayed by Ludwig Hahn. Continued by Carl Wippermann . 5 volumes. Hertz, Berlin 1878-1891.
  • Kaiser Wilhelm's memorial book. 1797-1879. Life and Character image d. Kaisers from own Aeussergn u. amtl. Kundgebgn . Volks-Edition 5. until the golden wedding d. Imperial couple continued Reproduced from Hertz, Berlin 1880.
  • History of the "Kulturkampf" in Prussia, presented in files . Berlin 1881, uni-potsdam.de
  • History of the Prussian Fatherland. Continued to the present . 21st edition. Hertz, Berlin 1888, gei-digital.gei.de .
  • Guide to Patriotic History for School and Home . 42nd edition. Hertz, Berlin 1886 (digitized version) .
  • Guide to Patriotic History for School and Home . Arranged by Esternaux. 58 and 59th editions. Cotta, Berlin 1913.

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  1. ^ Probably Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Leopold Esternaux (born March 11, 1864 in Berlin; † February 20, 1924 ibid) was a German official in the Foreign Ministry (1887-1916).
personal data
SURNAME Hahn, Ludwig Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian civil servant and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1888
Place of death Berlin