Show ContentsHackenberg History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Hackenberg family

The surname Hackenberg was first found in Switzerland, where the name came from humble beginnings but gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. It later became more prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates and branches, some in foreign countries, always elevating their social status by their great contributions to society.

Early History of the Hackenberg family

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Hackenberg Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Hagenbach, Hagenbeeck, Hagersbach, Heggerbach, Heggelbach, Hegenbach, Hackenback, Hacensack, Hackensack and many more.

Early Notables of the Hackenberg family

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United States Hackenberg migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hackenberg Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Dorothea Hackenberg, who settled in St. Louis in 1839
  • Peter Johann Hackenberg, aged 45, who arrived in Missouri in 1841 1
  • F Hackenberg, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 1
  • Ferdinand Hackenberg, who landed in America in 1850 1
  • Georg Hackenberg, who settled in New York, NY in 1852

Contemporary Notables of the name Hackenberg (post 1700) +

  • Kevin Hackenberg, American cameraman, known for his work on The Sixth Sense (1999), Chasing Amy (1997) and The Woodsman (2004)
  • David "Davey" Hackenberg, American commercial beekeeper, founder of Hackenberg Apiaries; he witnessed the first case of what was going to be known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in November 2006
  • Christian Blaize Hackenberg (b. 1995), American football quarterback for the New York Jets (2016–2017) and the Oakland Raiders (2018)
  • Else Hackenberg (b. 1959), German actress, known for Die gute Sieben and Mein Sohn, der Herr Minister (1958)
  • Thomas Hackenberg (b. 1962), German Bavarian TV Award winning actor from Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known for Wie bitte?! (1992), The Ugly Duckling and Me! (2006) and Verbotene Liebe (1995)
  • Sigrid Hackenberg (1936-1980), German actress from Berlin, Germany, known for Tadellöser & Wolff (1975), Die Unverbesserlichen (1965) and Hurra, die Rattles kommen (1966)
  • Ulrich Hackenberg, German former chief of Volkswagen’s Research and Development
  • Peter Hackenberg (b. 1989), German footballer from Eutin, Germany who has played since 2007


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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