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 " scouser"

Places

* Wacker (Heve), a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany *

Wacker, Illinois Wacker is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. Wacker is located near a railroad line southeast of Savanna and southwest of Mount Carroll Mount Carroll is a city in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. It ...

, an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Illinois, United States *

Wacker Township, McPherson County, South Dakota Wacker Township is one of the five townships of McPherson County, South Dakota, United States. It lies in the northeastern part of the county and borders the following other townships within McPherson County: * Hoffman Township — south * Weber ...

, 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, a street in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Companies

* Wacker Chemie, Munich, Germany * Wacker Neuson, Munich, Germany

Sports

Austria

* FC Admira Wacker Mödling, a football club from Mödling * FC Wacker Innsbruck, a defunct association football club from Innsbruck * FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002), an existing association football club from Innsbruck

Germany

* Wacker 04 Berlin, a former football club based in Berlin * Wacker Bernburg, 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 The SV Wacker Burghausen II is a defunct German association football club from Burghausen, Bavaria. It was the reserve team of SV Wacker Burghausen. The team's greatest successes came in 2005 and 2012 when it qualified on both occasions for the ...

a defunct football club, reserve team of SV Wacker Burghausen * Wacker Leipzig, a defunct association football club playing in Leipzig * FC Wacker München, 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