Hacken & Galka Families

Carolina's sister Maria Galka (picture taken around 1920) married Friedrich Scheffler and gave rise to generations of relatives in and near Kassel, Germany (with surnames like Scheffler, von Mackensen, Fubel, Mandel, Mosch, Böttger, and in Vienna, Austria, Nikl and Hlavac).

Nearly a century and a half after her birth, Galka descendants still look up to her. From left: Dieter Hanf (husband of Charlotte Hanf); Charlotte Hanf (granddaughter of Wilhelm Galka, Maria's brother); Rüdiger-Volker Scheffler, grandson of Maria; Gerlinde Hlavac, granddaughter of Maria.

130 years after Maria's birth, descendants of her and of her sister Carolina met in St. Gilgen, Austria, for a family reunion. 

In 2009 descendants of Maria Galka again had a reunion in Vienna.  Top row from left: Gerhard Mandel (husband of Renate Mandel); Pepi Hlavac (husband of Gerlinde Hlavac). Bottom row from left: Renate Mandel (née Scheffler), granddaughter of Maria Galka; Elke Scheffler (wife of Volker Scheffler)l Gerlinde Hlavac (née Nikl), granddaughter of Maria Galka; Volker Scheffler, grandson of Maria Galka.