Schadeleben

Schadeleben is a village and a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. 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.


 * Fritz Anneke, German 1848er and US Colonel in the Civil War
 * Emil Anneke, brother of Fritz and first Republican Michigan Auditor General
 * Mathilde Franziska Anneke, 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 Schlitz Brewing Company 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 Rotary Club Duluth in 1927/8