Heinrich Friedrich Haker

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Heinrich Friedrich Haker in 1891

Heinrich Friedrich Haker (born November 8, 1823 in Gersdin near Franzburg , † October 28, 1907 in Stettin ) was a German businessman .

Heinrich Friedrich Haker was the first child of the governor Christoph Moritz Haker and his wife Johanne Marie Wilhelmine geb. Huth. After two years of village school, he first attended the elementary school, then the community school in Tribsees . Then he did a business apprenticeship. After starting out in Demmin and Anklam , he came to Stralsund to join the Privy Councilor of Commerce Spalding. During this time, Haker also wrote political articles for the Deutsche Zeitung . After six and a half years of activity, he said goodbye to Spalding and went on business trips to Poland, Belgium, Denmark and Norway.

In July 1852 he joined the largest commercial building in Szczecin, the Müller & Marchand company . Five years later he went into business for himself with his friend Adolf Rosenow and founded a grain trading company. In 1862 Haker was elected to the Szczecin City Council, of which he was a member for 36 years. He belonged to the liberal party. In 1876 he was appointed to the Commerce Council. In 1885 he became head of the Stettin merchant class.

Haker had been with Johanna Wolter, the only daughter of Thießower pilot commander Johann Caspar Wolter and his wife Adolphine, born in 1857 . Wegener, married.

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