Christoph Friedrich von Ammon

Early life He was one of five children[1] born to Philipp Michael Paul von Ammon and Eleonore Maria Eusebia Griesshammer.

He was also taught by his relatives; like his maternal grandfather Christoph Heinrich Griesshammer whom he often visited and his father's brother Georg Conrad Lorenz Ammon who lived in Ansbach.

Additionally he read Homer, studied the Hebrew language, learned to act out the prose and metrical writings of the Old Testament and was therefore immediately placed in the top class of the Gymnasium in Bayreuth on January 19, 1783.

But at the same time he sought, like other representatives of this school of thought, such as Karl Bretschneider and Julius Wegscheider, to keep in close touch with the historical theology of the Protestant churches.

[7] Von Ammon's style in preaching was terse and lively, and some of his discourses are regarded as models of pulpit treatment of political questions.

This was not only the important family connection gained through the marriage; Ammons father-in-law was also the cousin of the father of Hegel and had served as the godfather at his baptism.