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Konrad Adenauer
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Overview
Born
January 5
,
1876
·
Cologne, Germany
Died
April 19
,
1967
·
Rhöndorf, Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
(heart failure)
Birth name
Conrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer
Nickname
Der Alte
Height
6′ 1¼″ (1.86 m)
Mini Bio
Konrad Adenauer was born on January 5, 1876 in Cologne, Germany. He was a writer, known for
Konrad Adenauer und seine Zeit (1966)
,
Deutschland grüßt Kennedy - Vier geschichtliche Tage (1963)
and
Das Lied meines Lebens (1956)
. He was married to Auguste Zinsser and Emma Weyer. He died on April 19, 1967 in Rhöndorf, Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Family
Spouses
Auguste Zinsser
(September 25, 1919 - March 3, 1948) (her death, 5 children)
Emma Weyer
(January 28, 1904 - October 6, 1916) (her death, 3 children)
Trivia
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1963)
Honorary citizen of Bonn (1951), Cologne (1951) and Berlin (1963).
He was voted greatest German person ever in 2005.
The Cologne/Bonn Airport is named after him. Konrad-Adenauer-Flughafen.
Had three children with his first wife Emma (1880-1916): Konrad (1906-1993), Max (1910-2004) and Maria (Ria, 1912-1998).
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[explaining his good health in old age] I never smoked in my life. That's why.
The Germans smoke too much for my liking, that's their only flaw.
Smokers not only cloud the air, most of them cloud their minds as well, and because of that they are easier to deal with.
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