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          <!-- Field: Pseudo-Tag; ID: Name; Data: Eden Douglas Todd -->
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common stock, $0.01 par value</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/11/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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        <issuerName>Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.</issuerName>
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          <com:street1>132 East High Street</com:street1>
          <com:city>Jefferson City</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>MO</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>65101</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>Douglas Eden</reportingPersonName>
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        <soleDispositivePower>100000.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>544931.00</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>644931.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
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      <classPercent>9.4</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IA</typeOfReportingPerson>
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        <issuerName>Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>132 East High Street Jefferson City MO 65101</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>Douglas Eden</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>13029 Sorrento Way, Bradenton, FL 34211</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>USA</citizenship>
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        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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      <reportingPersonName>Douglas Eden</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>Douglas Eden</signature>
        <title>Principal, Eden Capital Management, LLC</title>
        <date>12/15/2025</date>
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