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Jan Hammenecker

priest, writer (1878–1932)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ2165089 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jan Hammenecker (Mariekerke, 2 October 1878-Westrode, 13 June 1932) was a Flemish Roman Catholic priest and writer. One of his pupils was Gerard Walschap.

Editorial summary

“Jan Hammenecker” enters the record as priest, writer (1878–1932). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hammenecker, priest and writer can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1878, 1932—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1878-10-02. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Hammenecker, priest and writer.
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Why this record matters

“Jan Hammenecker” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Hammenecker, priest and writer provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2165089. VIAF identifies the subject as 285341206. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1878 and 1932.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Jan Hammenecker” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.