Wacker may refer to:

People

Wacker von Wackenfels Johannes Matthaeus Wacker von Wackenfels (1550–1619) was an active diplomat, scholar and author, with an avid interest in history and philosophy. A follower of Neostoicism, he sought to resolve the doubts he still had about his conversion to Catho ...

* The Whacker, poker player Garry Bush's nickname * Wacker (surname) * ''Wacker'', a colloquial term for an inhabitant of Liverpool, England; a partial synonym for "

scouse Scouse (; formally known as Liverpool English or Merseyside English) is an Accent (dialect), accent and dialect of English language, English associated with Liverpool and the surrounding county of Merseyside. The Scouse accent is highly dis ...

Places

* Wacker (Heve), a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * Wacker, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Illinois, United States * Wacker Township, McPherson County, South Dakota, United States *

Ward Cove, Alaska Ward Cove (also Wacker, Wacker City, or Wards Cove) is an unincorporated community in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States. Its elevation is 164 feet (50 m). It has a post office with the ZIP code 99928. This village is an ...

, United States, also called Wacker, an unincorporated community in Ketchikan Gateway Borough *

Wacker Drive Wacker Drive is a major multilevel street in Chicago, Illinois, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River in the Loop.Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee, ''Streetwise Chicago'', "Wacker D ...

, a street in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Companies

Wacker Chemie Wacker Chemie AG is a German multinational chemical company which was founded in 1914 by Alexander Wacker. The company is controlled by the Wacker family holding more than 50 percent of the shares. The corporation is operating more than 25 prod ...

, Munich, Germany *

Wacker Neuson Wacker Neuson SE (formerly: Wacker Construction Equipment AG) with headquarters in Munich is a manufacturer of Heavy equipment, construction equipment and compact machines for concrete and construction site technology listed on the stock market. ...

, Munich, Germany

Sports

Austria

FC Admira Wacker Mödling Fußballklub Flyeralarm Admira Wacker Mödling, also known as Flyeralarm Admira for sponsorship reasons or simply Admira, is a football club from Mödling, Austria. The club was originally formed in 1905 as ''SK Admira Wien'' in the Austrian cap ...

, a football club from Mödling *

FC Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and o ...

, a defunct association football club from Innsbruck *

FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) FC Wacker Innsbruck is an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck. The club was formed in June 2002 as ''FC Wacker Tirol'', and plays their home games at Tivoli-Neu. The club regard themselves as the spiritual continuation of the tea ...

, an existing association football club from Innsbruck

Germany

Wacker 04 Berlin Wacker 04 Berlin was a Football in Germany, German football club based in Berlin. The club folded in 1994 after becoming insolvent. ''Wacker'' played at the highest level in Berlin for many years throughout its history, in the Oberliga Berlin-B ...

, a former football club based in Berlin *

Wacker Bernburg Wacker Bernburg was a Football in Germany, German association football club from the city of Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt that was established in 1910 as ''Fußball Club Wacker Bernburg''. The club changed its name to ''Sportverein Wacker Bernburg'' i ...

, a former association football club from Bernburg, Saxony *FC Wacker Biberach, a former association football club from Biberach an der Riß, Baden-Württemberg, that has merged with another club to

FV Biberach FV Biberach is a German association football club from the city of Biberach an der Riß, Baden-Württemberg. The origins of the club are with the gymnastics club ''Turngemeinde 1847 Biberach'', which first formed a football department in 1903, ...

SV Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Burghausen, Altötting, Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports. ...

, a football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria **

Wacker-Arena The Wacker-Arena is a multi-use stadium in Burghausen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SV Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a German football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and ...

, their stadium ** SV Wacker Burghausen II a defunct football club, reserve team of SV Wacker Burghausen *

Wacker Leipzig SC Wacker Leipzig was a German association football club playing in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was formed 24 February 1895 out of the merger of the school clubs ''Concordia Leipzig'' and ''Saxonia Leipzig''. ''Wacker'' was a founding member of ...

, a defunct association football club playing in Leipzig *

FC Wacker München FC Wacker München is a German association football club of about 200 members based in the Sendling borough of Munich, Bavaria. At their zenith in the 1920s the ''Blue Stars'' twice reached the semi-finals of the German Championship. After Worl ...

, an association football club based in the Sendling borough of Munich *

FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen is a German association football club from Nordhausen, Thuringia. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the Regionalliga Nordost in 1995 and 2013. It has also won the Thuringia Cup on three occasions and, t ...

, an association football club from Nordhausen, Thuringia *

FSV Wacker 03 Gotha FSV Wacker 03 Gotha is a German association football club from the city of Gotha, Thuringia. History The roots of the club go back to the founding of ''Fußball-Club Einigkeit Gotha'' on 7 July 1907. Later that year they took on the name ''FC W ...

, an association football club from Gotha, Thuringia

Switzerland

Wacker Thun Wacker Thun is a handball club from Thun, Switzerland. Wacker Thun competes in Nationalliga A of the Swiss Handball League. Kits Achievements *1 EHF Challenge Cup: 2005 *2 Swiss Handball League The Swiss Handball League (SHL) is the n ...

, a team handball club from Thun

Other uses

Wacker process The Wacker process or the Hoechst-Wacker process (named after the chemical companies of the same name) refers to the oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde in the presence of palladium(II) chloride as the catalyst. This chemical reaction was one of ...

, a chemical reaction * Vibrating plate compactor, a construction tool *

The Wackers The Wackers was an American folk rock band formed in 1970, out of another band, Roxy. Though short-lived the band was moderately successful, releasing three studio albums. Career Singer/songwriter Bob Segarini and multi-instrumentalist Randy ...

, an American rock band based in Montreal, Canada. *

The Wackers (TV series) The Wackers was an American folk rock band formed in 1970, out of another band, Roxy. Though short-lived the band was moderately successful, releasing three studio albums. Career Singer/songwriter Bob Segarini and multi-instrumentalist Randy ...

, 1975 British sitcom created by

Vince Powell Vincent Joseph Powell (6 August 1928 – 13 July 2009) was a British television scriptwriter. He collaborated with a writing partner, Harry Driver, until 1973. Early life Powell was born as Vincent Joseph Smith to Roman Catholic parents in Mi ...