Wilhelm Haan

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Wilhelm Haan (born December 25, 1801 in Torgau , † May 31, 1884 in Dresden ) was a Protestant theologian , educator and non-fiction author.

Life

He was the son of the Torgau girls' school teacher and later Dresden professor Gottlieb Haan. Wilhelm Haan received his first lessons in his father's private educational establishment in Dresden. From 1816 to 1821 he attended the Kreuzschule there and then until 1825 the University of Leipzig , where he studied theology. Haan got his first job as a teacher at the Rathsfreischule in Leipzig. In 1826 he moved to Frauenstein in the Ore Mountains as rector . In 1832 he became a deacon in Waldheim . In 1839 Wilhelm Haan became pastor and superintendent in the city of Leisnig , where he worked well into old age. In 1884 he died in the Saxon residence city of Dresden.

Wilhelm Haan was a member of the Royal Antiquities Association in Dresden, an honorary member of the Luther Foundation in Leipzig and the Free High Foundation for Science, Art and Education in Frankfurt am Main, a corresponding member of the German Society of Leipzig and a member of the Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig .

Works (selection)

  • Directory of all clergymen, school teachers, cantors etc. employed in the Kingdom of Saxony (continuation and revision of the preacher calendar by C. Ramming last published in 1818.) Dresden, 1826.
  • Ecclesiastical statistical handbook for the Kingdom of Saxony, or directory of the clergy, school teachers, cantors, etc. of all confessions employed there. (2nd edition) Dresden, 1838.
  • A letter to his colleagues in office , Freiberg, 1853.
  • Directory of the books, manuscripts and documents in the library of the Geschichts- und Alterthums-Verein for Leisnig and the surrounding area . Leisnig, 1870.
  • Homiletic ideas magazine. A collection of largely executed dispositions for sermons, pastoral and other matters. Ephorals , Leipzig, 1872.
  • Saxon Writer's Lexicon. Alphabetical compilation of the scholars, writers and artists currently living in the Kingdom of Saxony, along with brief biographical notes and evidence of their writings that have appeared in print , Leipzig, Robert Schaefer's Verlag, 1875.

Honors

  • Royal Saxon Order of Merit
  • Appointment as honorary citizen of Leisnig

literature

  • Wilhelm Haan: Saxon writer's lexicon. Alphabetical compilation of the scholars, writers and artists currently living in the Kingdom of Saxony, along with brief biographical notes and evidence of their writings that have appeared in print , Leipzig, Robert Schaefer's Verlag, 1875, p. 113.

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personal data
SURNAME Haan, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue, Protestant theologian and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Torgau
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1884
Place of death Dresden