Family tree of Helmut Kohl

Helmut Josef Michael Kohl served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and as chairman of the CDU from 1973 to 1998. Kohl’s 16-year tenure is the longest of any German Chancellor since Otto von Bismarck, and oversaw the end of the Cold War, the German reunification and the creation of the European Union.

Through his mother’s side he a descendant of Peter Schöffer, an early German printer, but mostly associated with Schöfferhofer brand, a popular beer in Germany.

His only nephew Harald Getrey established the “McDonald’s Getrey” a restaurant in the Saarland, Germany.

List of ancestors of Helmut Kohl:

1. Dr. phil. Helmut Josef Michael Kohl b. April 3, 1930, Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; d. June 16, 2017, Oggersheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
2. Johann Kaspar Kohl, "Hans" b. January 3, 1887, Greußenheim, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany; d. October 20, 1975, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3. Kaspar Kohl b. April 15, 1854, Greußenheim, Unterfranken, BY, Germany; d. Ludwigshafen am Rhein, RP, Germany
4. Jakob Kohl b. May 10, 1818; d. June 23, 1884
5. Johann Kohl b. June 23, 1791; d. December 16, 1863
5. Maria Magdalena Kohl b. September 15, 1792; d. July 3, 1871
4. Eva Kohl b. June 14, 1821; d. March 15, 1856
3. Eva Kohl b. June 4, 1859, Greußenheim, Unterfranken, BY, Germany
4. Kaspar Rummel b. September 21, 1823; d. January 14, 1895
4. Margarethe Rummel b. November 3, 1826; d. May 16, 1878
2. Cäcilie Kohl b. November 17, 1891, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; d. August 2, 1979, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3. Peter Josef Schnur b. October 2, 1862, Bundenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; d. January 6, 1930, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4. Joseph Schnur
4. Margaretha Schnur
3. Anna Maria Schnur b. January 20, 1865, Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; d. April 15, 1932, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4. Georg Höcker, II b. November 5, 1834, Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; d. 1910, Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4. Gertraud Höcker b. October 25, 1839, Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; d. May 2, 1897, Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5. Michael Enzenauer b. 1798, Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; d. January 26, 1860, Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5. Elisabeth Enzenauer b. October 25, 1804, Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; d. September 5, 1869, Maudach, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
6. Valentin Laubner b. March 24, 1767, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany; d. March 24, 1820, Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
7. Johann Christian Laubner, III b. 1721, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany; d. February 16, 1771, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
8. Johann Christian Laubner, II b. 1680, Kerzenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; d. 1742, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
9. Johann Christian Laubner, I b. 1645, Kerzenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; d. September 22, 1722, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
9. Wife Of Johann C. Laubner
8. Anna Sabina Laubner b. October 4, 1685, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany; d. January 17, 1766, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
9. Johann Reis b. July 22, 1616, Nr Ft Ashby, Hampshire, Virginia, United States; d. April 10, 1685, Nr Ft Ashby, Mineral, West Virginia, United States
10. Valentin Reis b. November 30, 1589, Biblis, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany; d. April 1635, Biblis, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany
10. Barbara Kammerer b. 1590, Bobstadt, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany; d. 1636, Hessen, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
9. Margaretha Gauer b. 1636, Biblis, Kurfürstentum Bayern, Heiliges Römisches, Reich Deutscher Nation; d. 1693, Biblis, Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt, Heiliges Römisches, Reich Deutscher Nation
10. Hans Johann Rup b. 1605, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany; d. March 19, 1668, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
10. Anna Maria Rup b. February 16, 1606, Buhlenberg, Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; d. November 23, 1666, Nbrickenfeld, Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
7. Anna Christina Laubner b. July 28, 1729, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany; d. October 29, 1770, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
8. Peter Bruck b. January 8, 1696, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany; d. April 21, 1735, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
8. Maria Barbara Barth b. August 17, 1698, Klein-Rohrheim, Gernsheim, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany; d. April 1, 1762, Biblis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
9. Anselm Casimir Hertling b. February 25, 1636, Cologne, Koln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; d. April 2, 1712, Klein, , , Germany
10. Johann CARL Hertling b. 1605, Mainz, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; d. 1638, Gernsheim, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
10. Anna Clara Hertling b. 1610, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; d. April 24, 1679, Rhein, Oberbergischer Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
9. Margaretha (Sophie) Hertling b. 1640; d. November 1, 1693, Klein-Rohrheim
6. Apollonia Laubner b. October 15, 1774, Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; d. July 9, 1813, Friesenheim, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany