Johann Michael Hahn

The 'Five Brothers Painting', a group portrait of the personalities of Württemberg Pietism - left to right, Johannes Schnaitmann, Anton Egeler, Johann Martin Schäffer, Immanuel Gottlieb Kolb, Johann Michael Hahn.

Michael Hahn (2 February 1758, Altdorf bei Böblingen - 20 January 1819, Sindlingen, now known as Jettingen bei Herrenberg) was a German Pietist, Theosophist and the founder of the Hahn'schen Gemeinschaft. His alleged forename Johann does not appear on his birth certificate.

Life

He was born into a peasant family on 2 February 1758, at Altdorf near Stuttgart.[1] At the age of seventeen he claimed to have had a vision lasting for three hours. From that time on he attended Pietist meetings, despite his father's opposition which drove him from his home. He became a preacher, living on the estate of Duchess Frances at Sindlingen near Herrenberg in Württemberg, where he died on 20 January 1819.

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  1.  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Michelians". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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