Hannes von Lahnstein

Infobox soap character
name = Hannes von Lahnstein
series = Verbotene Liebe
portrayer = Daniel & Simon Kühn
first = Episode 2653
20 March 2006
last =
cause =
nickname = Hannes
alias = Hannes von Anstetten
gender = Male
born = early 2006
death =
age = 2
occupation =
title = Heir to the Lahnstein assets
residence = Lahnstein Penthouse
Düsseldorf, Germany
parents = Ansgar von Lahnstein
(father)
Tanja von Anstetten
(mother)
Carla von Lahnstein
(legal guardian)
grandparents = Johannes von Lahnstein
(paternal grandfather; deceased)
Francesca von Lahnstein
(paternal grandmother; deceased)
Walter Wittkamp
(maternal grandfather)
Annegret Wittkamp
(maternal grandmother)
aunts/uncles = Carla von Lahnstein
(paternal aunt)
Leonard von Lahnstein
(paternal uncle)
Sarah Hofmann
(paternal aunt)
Nico von Lahnstein
(paternal aunt)
Constantin von Lahnstein
(paternal uncle)
Meike Breuer
(maternal aunt)
Unnamed man
(maternal uncle)
cousins = Julius de Maron
(paternal cousin; deceased)
Sophia von Lahnstein
(paternal cousin)

Johannes 'Hannes' von Lahnstein Jr. (also known as Hannes von Anstetten) is a fictional character on German soap opera "Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)". He is the son of Tanja von Anstetten (Miriam Lahnstein) and Ansgar von Lahnstein (Wolfram Grandezka). The character is currently played by child actors Daniel and Simon Kühn since March 20, 2006.

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 (Thomas Gumpert) 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 (Nova Meierhenrich) 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 (Jenny Winkler) 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 (Klaus Zmorek).Tanja and Hannes currently live in Uruguay.

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 (Joscha Kiefer), 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 (Claudia Hiersche), Ansgar's sister, becomes the child's legal guardian. He now grows up with his cousin Sophia. Currently, 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 faking the 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.