Hannes Von Lahnstein - Character's Background

Character's Background

In early 2006, Tanja returns with her son, Hannes, and wants to build a family together with Ansgar. But he has other plans. At first, he didn't accept his son and wants have nothing to do with him or Tanja. But the interest that Hannes is the first child of a new Lahnstein generation makes Ansgar believe, that his son would to be used of to bring him and his father Johannes closer and that that would him bring back in the family business. After a while, Ansgar really loves Hannes as his son and fights with Tanja over custody. Tanja, as always, doesn't want that to be fate and as her sister Meike Breuer comes to town, she wants him as a nanny for Hannes. But Meike falls in love with Ansgar. He finds out, that Meike is Tanja's sister and uses her to get custody. Later, Ansgar marries Nathalie Käppler and she is the new Mom for Hannes. But Tanja wouldn't let her and kidnaps her son and make Nathalie and Ansgar believe, that Nathalie cost Hannes' death. After Tanja fakes her own death too, she leaves Düsseldorf with the help of Adrian Degenhardt.

They return in December 2007, when Hannes got kidnapped to bring him back to his father Ansgar. Tanja soon needs to discover that Adrian was behind that, after Sebastian von Lahnstein, Ansgar's cousin, found out the child was still alive. Tanja only wants to come back to take Hannes again from his father, but her plan doesn't work and instead she soon becomes problems with the police for kidnapping her own son and faking her death. But Tanja manages it to blackmail Ansgar with one of his own intrigues and doesn't need go to prison after he predicates that Tanja had no other choice. Then Ansgar and Tanja fight for custody of Hannes again. But non of them wins, when Carla, Ansgar's sister, becomes the child's legal guardian thanks to Lydia Brandner, who's working for the Children's and Young People's Affairs. He now grows up with his cousin Sophia. Tanja tries to win her son back by trying to bring Ansgar to marry her. So they can win back custody of their son together and can enjoy the millions of the Lahnstein assets, because of faked last will of Johannes, Hannes is the heir. There is only one problem left for Tanja: Ansgar's found again love for his wife Nathalie. Tanja gets Nathalie behind bars with a scheme and she and Ansgar get married in August 2008. Shortly after, Tanja and Ansgar win the custody back as planned. But Ansgar opens up to Carla about the fake will to protect the family assets from Tanja. He also makes it clear that he still loves Nathalie and has an openly affair with her.

Right before the wedding, a surprising guest arrived, when Annegret Wittkamp, Tanja's mother, shows up to make peace with her daughter and to learn more about her grandson. Tanja doesn't want to forgive her and tries to get rid of her several times. After she spoke out the dark truth about Tanja's past, Annegret sees that Tanja never can forgive her and wants to leave town. After a harsh conversation, Annegret decides to end her life and committed suicide into the Rhine. After that, Tanja is hunted by her and learns that she wants to give Hannes a real family. That's why she tries to be a good wife to Ansgar and wants to win him back on her side. After three years, Hannes has his christening in November 2008. Nathalie is planned to be his godmother, but Tanja drugged her and makes it look like she is drinking again. In the end, Carla becomes his godmother. Tanja tries to convince Ansgar to extend their family and team up with her again, but their relationship is too unstable to make anything like that happen. Meanwhile Hannes forms a natural bound with Maria di Balbi, who turns out to be his grandmother after posing as the late Francesca von Lahnstein.

The marriage of Ansgar and Tanja finally fails, when Ansgar starts an affair with Lydia, who in the meanwhile became the wife of Sebastian. When Lydia turns out to be pregnant, Ansgar makes plans for his newfound love and his two children, which include getting rid of Tanja's interference once and for all. Tanja plans on protecting her son's interest in the Lahnstein fortune and even makes an attempt of the life of Lydia's unborn child. She then discovers that the paternity is in question as also Lydia's soon-to-be ex-husband Sebastian could also be the father. Tanja advices Lydia to take matter into her own hands and kill the child inside of her, before Ansgar is going to leave her for the lie she told. Lydia leaves town after the brake up with Ansgar. Over 2011, Hannes would gain three half-siblings, with the birth of Ansgar and Lydia's son Nick Brandner, the birth of Tanja's daughter Emma von Lahnstein with Sebastian and the discovery that Ansgar fathered Kim Wolf.

Currently, Hannes is away at a boarding school in Switzerland and is only visiting from time to time. He returns with Tanja in December 2011, where Hannes is shown as a sassy young boy, who seems to be well aware of his family's power and wealth. While Hannes remains on good terms with Sebastian, who has become his step-father, he seems to show a little resentment for his baby sister Emma when he looks at her for the first time. Hannes is also known as good poker player even though he's still at young age.