Willi Jentzsch

Willi Jentzsch
Born	15 May 1886 Wolfen, Prussia, German Empire (now the Federal Republic of Germany)
Died	23 May 1936 (aged 50) Danzig, Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Republic of Poland)
Occupation(s)	Teacher, Senator
Spouse	Gertrud Drange
Children	Herlind Jentzsch
Parent(s)	Friedrich Wilhelm Jentzsch (father) Wilhelmine Pauline Minna Wilde (mother)
Relatives	Angela Merkel (granddaughter)

Willi Jentzsch (15 May 1886 in Wolfen – 23 May 1936 in the Free City of Danzig) was a German teacher, school administrator and politician. He served as chairman of the Danziger Beamtenbund (Danzig Federation of Civil Servants) and was elected as one of the eleven Senators of the Free City of Danzig on 27 October 1926, but resigned on 1 November 1927 for health reasons. On 1 November 1927, he was appointed rector of the renowned Gymnasium St. Johann in Fleischergasse. In March 1936, he became school director in Danzig, and thus head of all elementary schools in the city-state.

Family

Willi Jentzsch was the son of Wilhelm Jentzsch, a landowner (Gutsbesitzer) who belonged to a prominent family in Wolfen.

Jentzsch married Gertrud Alma Drange in 1921 in Danzig. She was the daughter of Emil Drange, who made career in the administration of the Eastern Prussian city of Elbing, and his wife Emma (née Wachs). Through their daughter Herlind, who married Horst Kasner, Willi and Gertrud Jentzsch were the maternal grandparents of Angela Merkel (née Kasner). After the death of Willi Jentzsch in 1936, his family relocated to Hamburg.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Willi Jentzsch

2. Johann Christoph Jentzsch 2. Friedrich Wilhelm Jentzsch 5. Anna Marie Hanke 1. Willi Jentzsch 12. Friedrich August Wilde 6. Friedrich Carl Wilde 13. Marie Sophie Mißbach 3. Wilhelmine Pauline Minna Wilde 28. Johann Wilhelm Ehrenberg 14. Friedrich Gottlob Ehrenberg 29. Johanne Marie Sophie Grosse 7. Caroline Wilhelmine Ehrenberg 30. Johann Christoph Kretschmann 15. Rosine Elisabeth Kretschmann 31. Anna Rosina Schaaf

References

• Die Kanzlerin und ihre Welt by Stefan Kornelius, ISBN 978-3-455-50291-6
• Prominente Elbinger - Ostpreussen