Schadeleben is a village and a former municipality in the district of

Salzlandkreis Salzland is a district in the middle of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Harz, Börde, Magdeburg, Jerichower Land, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Mansfeld-Südharz and Saalekreis. History Th ...

, in

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. Since 15 July 2009, it is part of the town Seeland. Schadeleben is the place of origin of the Annecke family. There have been a number of famous family members in the United States in the 19th and 20th century.Annecke, Heinrich: Die Bauernfamilie Annecke aus Schadeleben und ihre Stammfolge. Deutsches Familienarchiv, Band 13, 1960. S. 116-140 *

Fritz Anneke Karl Friedrich Theodor "Fritz" Anneke () was a German revolutionary, socialist and newspaper editor. He emigrated to the United States with his family in 1849 and became a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, and later worked as an en ...

, German 1848er and US Colonel in the Civil War *

Emil Anneke Emil Anneke (''Emil Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Annecke''; December 13, 1823 in Dortmund – October 27, 1888 in Bay City, Michigan, United States) was a German revolutionary and Forty-Eighter and American journalist, lawyer and politician (Republican ...

, brother of Fritz and first Republican

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Mathilde Franziska Anneke Mathilde Franziska Anneke (née Giesler; April 3, 1817 – November 25, 1884) was a German writer, feminist, and radical democrat who participated in the Revolutions of 1848–1849. In late 1849, she moved to the United States, where she campaign ...

, wife of Fritz, 1848er, famous U.S. feminist, suffragette, anti-abolitionist, college founder, writer and publisher * Percy Shelley Anneke, son of Fritz and Mathilde, sales rep of

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until 1883, co-CEO of Fitger Brewery in Duluth 1883-1920 * Victor H Anneke, son of Percy, Vice-President of Fitger in the 1920s, helped the company survive the prohibition, president of

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Duluth in 1927/8

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Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Seeland, Germany {{Salzlandkreis-geo-stub