Agnes von Zahn-Harnack

Agnes von Zahn-Harnack (19 June, 1884, Gießen – 22 May 1950, Berlin) was German teacher, writer and bourgeois women's rights activist.

Agnes von Zahn-Harnack
Zahn-Harnack's memorial plaque, 24 Dorotheenstrasse, Berlin.
Born(1884-06-19)June 19, 1884
Gießen, Germany
DiedMay 22, 1950(1950-05-22) (aged 65)
Berlin, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationTeacher
writer
Women's rights activist
Parent(s)

Early life

She was the daughter of the theologian Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930) and Amalie Thiersch (1858–1937). She was born Agnes Harnack as it was only in 194 that her father was awarded the hereditary title of nobility only in 1914. She attended two girls' high schools in Berlin-Charlottenburg between 1890 and 1900.

Zahn-Harnack was chairwoman of the Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine from 1931 to its dissolution in 1933, when they chose to break the organisation up rather than continue under the supervision of the Nazi regime.

Personal life

On 8 December 1919, Zahn-Harnack married Karl von Zahn (1877-1944) in Berlin, Germany. Zahn-Harnack's husband was a civil servant in the Weimar Republic's Ministry of the Interior.


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