# Karl Haniel

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'''Karl Haniel''' (12 February 1877 in [Koblenz](/source/Koblenz) – 30 October 1944 in Dabringhausen) was a German civil [servant](/source/servant) and [entrepreneur](/source/entrepreneur).

==Early career==

Karl Haniel was the son of District Administrators Paul Haniel and Ida Nobiling.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.saarland-biografien.de/Haniel-Karl-Eugen |title = Haniel Karl Eugen|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141207015607/http://www.saarland-biografien.de/Haniel-Karl-Eugen|archive-date = 2014-12-07}}</ref> He studied law in [Bonn](/source/Bonn), where he became a member of the Corps Guestphalia Bonn,<ref>Kösener Corpslisten 1930, '''12''', 665</ref> and entered the Prussian judicial service in 1901 as a court trainee. A year later he received a doctorate.

From 1903 he worked as a government trainee in [Düsseldorf](/source/D%C3%BCsseldorf). In 1907 he was appointed government assessor. In 1909 Haniel was employed in the Interior's Reich Office. Between 1912 and 1915, Haniel served as district administrator of the Merzig district in the then Prussian part of what was later to become [Saarland](/source/Saarland).

From 1915 to 1917, Haniel worked in the civil administration of [Hainaut](/source/Hainaut_Province) (in occupied Belgium). In 1917 he became head of administration for the province of Wallonia.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ksta.de/einst-traf-sich-hier-sogar-der-adel-13515390 |title =Einst traf sich hier sogar der Adel|date =21 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ifz-muenchen.de/heftarchiv/2005_2.pdf|title =Karl Haniel}}</ref>

Since 1920 Haniel became company leader of German company [Franz Haniel & Cie.](/source/Franz_Haniel_%26_Cie.)

==Literature==
* Haniel, Karl. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286, p.&nbsp;652.

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