Merkel was born Angela Dorothea Kasner in 1954, in Hamburg, West Germany, the daughter of Horst Kasner (1926–2011; né Kaźmierczak), [17][18] a Lutheran pastor and a native of Berlin, and his wife Herlind (1928–2019; née Jentzsch), born in Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland), a teacher of English and Latin.

Dec 9, 2015 · Merkel was the oldest of three children, and grew up on the outskirts of Templin, a small town near the Brandenburg forest. She had an early interest in politics—at fourteen, she secretly...

Angela Merkel was born Angela Dorothea Kasner on 17 July 1954, in Hamburg, West Germany, to Horst Kasner and his wife Herlind. Her father was a Protestant theologian and her mother was a teacher.

Grandma Greta and Grandpa Ludwig pictured with their son Horst Kazmierczak, Angela Merkel's father. The Kazmierczak family lived in Poznan, a Polish city under Prussian occupation.

Sep 24, 2021 · Her childhood would instil a cautiousness and thoughtfulness that became hallmarks of her leadership of Germany for 16 years. A quiet but studious child who excelled at school, Merkel mastered Russian.

Nov 22, 2015 · Angela Merkel on the eve of her election in 2005 with parents. Herlind Kasner, Angela Merkel’s mother, from Hamburg was a Latin and English teacher. Her father, Horst Kasner, originally...

The family of Angela Merkel, the former Chancellor of Germany, is of German and Polish descent. Merkel was born Angela Dorothea Kasner on 17 July 1954 in Hamburg. The Kasner name is derived from Jan Kaźmierczak, a Pole from Poznań who lived in the 18th century. Merkel's grandfather changed the name to Kasner in 1930.

Jan 17, 2025 · As was the case for most children growing up in the German Democratic Republic, Merkel participated in the state’s youth organizations. She was a member of the Young Pioneers (from 1962) and the Free German Youth (from 1968).

They have no children, but Sauer has two grown sons from a previous marriage. Although she was born in western Germany, Angela Merkel grew up and attended school in the German Democratic Republic, where she excelled in her mandatory Russian language studies. She later traveled in Russia as an exchange student.

Apr 2, 2014 · German stateswoman and chancellor Angela Merkel was born Angela Dorothea Kasner on July 17, 1954, in Hamburg, Germany. The daughter of a Lutheran pastor and teacher who moved his family east...