Hackmann
The German-speaking surname Hackmann can be traced back to several origins:
1. On Hack md. hocke, hockener, stocker or mhd. hoke, hoken, hoker, hake . It means small trader, hump, grocer. Related names: Hack, Hocke, Hokemann
2. The Low German name hake ( tree in Westphalia ), which is common in Emsland and southern Oldenburg , is the gate in the Wallhecke or Landwehr , which used to enclose the districts . Hackmann was the man who was responsible for closing this gate. In Westphalia the designation was Bäumker, Beumker, Baumhöer, Baumschlieser.
Name bearer
- Bernd Hackmann (* 1963), German sound engineer and filmmaker
- Eugen Hackmann (1793–1873), Romanian metropolitan and Austrian politician
- Friedrich August Hackmann (* 1670), German legal scholar, rediscovered the Low German version of Reineke Fuchs in 1709/11
- Heinrich Hackmann (1864–1935), German Protestant theologian, religious historian and sinologist
- Hermann Hackmann (1913–1994), German protective custody camp leader in Majdanek concentration camp
- Jörg Hackmann (* 1962), German historian
- Lena Hackmann (* 1984), German soccer player
- Werner Hackmann (1947–2007), German politician ( SPD ) and football official
Spellings
- See also: Hackman