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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