# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/albert-hahl
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:20:15.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/albert-hahl"
name: "Albert Hahl"
slug: "albert-hahl"
description: "Albert Hahl (1868–1945) was a German colonial administrator. In 1897, he was acting Landeshauptmann of the German New Guinea Company. After this he was appointed Governor of German New Guinea from 10 July 1901 to 13 April 1914. During his time as governor, he founded the town of Rabaul in 1903, by 1910 the offices of the government moved there from Kokopo, making Rabaul the official capital of the colony. Hahl is featured in Christian Kracht's 2012 novel Imperium, which focuses on August Engelhardt."
tagline: "German colonial governor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albert_Hahl_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1868-09-10"
deathDate: "1945-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.814436
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hahl"
    title: "Albert Hahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%BB%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%84_%CE%A7%CE%B1%CE%BB"
    title: "Άλμπερτ Χαλ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hahl"
    title: "Albert Hahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hahl"
    title: "Albert Hahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hahl"
    title: "Albert Hahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15995718"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump