Family of Angela Merkel

Family of Angela Merkel
Merkel's paternal grandparents, Ludwik Marian Kaźmierczak and Margarethe
Current regionGermany
Poland
MembersAngela Merkel, Horst Kasner, Ludwig Kasner
Connected membersHerlind Kasner, Willi Jentzsch, Marcus Kasner
Connected familiesKasner
TraditionsLutheranism

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. Merkel has been married twice, and kept the name of her first husband, Ulrich Merkel. Angela Merkel's family was extensively discussed in a 2013 biography.[1]

  1. ^ Kornelius, Stefan (2013). Angela Merkel: Die Kanzlerin und ihre Welt. Hoffmann und Campe. ISBN 978-3455502916.

Developed by StudentB