- Born
- Died
- Birth nameConrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer
- Nickname
- Der Alte
- Height6′ 1¼″ (1.86 m)
- Konrad Adenauer was born on January 5, 1876 in Cologne, Germany. He was a writer, known for Konrad Adenauer und seine Zeit (1966), Baumeister des Sozialismus Walter Ulbricht (1953) and Deutschland grüßt Kennedy - Vier geschichtliche Tage (1963). He was married to Auguste Zinsser and Emma Weyer. He died on April 19, 1967 in Rhöndorf, Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- SpousesAuguste Zinsser(September 25, 1919 - March 3, 1948) (her death, 5 children)Emma Weyer(January 28, 1904 - October 6, 1916) (her death, 3 children)
- 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).
- [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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