Markus Lanz (born 16 March 1969) is a German-Italian television presenter based in Germany.

Early life

Lanz is a member of the German-speaking majority in the Italian province of

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

. He grew up in Geiselsberg, a village located 1,344 metres above sea level in the central

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. Lanz stated that his family was poor, and that his father died at an early age, leaving his mother to care for three children. His good school grades earned him a scholarship to the monastery of Neustift, where he went to private Catholic secondary school. He finished high school at the Humanistisches Gymnasium in

Bruneck Bruneck (; it, Brunico or Ladin: ''Bornech'' or ''Burnech''; la, Branecium or ''Brunopolis'' is the largest town in the Puster Valley in the Italian province of South Tyrol. Geography Bruneck rises up in the middle of a wide valley (perhaps a ...

in 1988 and completed military service as a radio operator in the alpine division of the Italian army before working at the radio station ''Radio Holiday''. In 1992, Lanz completed a vocational training course in communications at the ''Bayerische Akademie für Werbung und Marketing''.

Career

In 1992, Lanz started a two-year trainee program at ''Radio Hamburg'' in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

. In 1995, he became the news announcer at the regional TV station RTL North, and in 1997, started as presenter of a regional evening news show in

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

. Since 2008, Lanz has hosted the weekly cooking show ''Lanz kocht!'' Since October 2009, he has hosted the talk show ''

Markus Lanz Markus Lanz (born 16 March 1969) is a German-Italian television presenter based in Germany. Early life Lanz is a member of the German-speaking majority in the Italian province of South Tyrol. He grew up in Geiselsberg, a village located 1,3 ...

'' three evenings a week. Between October 2012 and 2014, he presented the monthly German TV show '' Wetten, dass..?'' as successor to

Thomas Gottschalk Thomas Johannes Gottschalk (born 18 May 1950) is a German radio and television host and entertainer. He is best known for hosting '' Wetten, dass..?'', for many years Europe's biggest television show, which he steered to huge success in Germany, ...

Private life

Lanz plays the piano and founded the band "W5" in which he played with his brother. He has a son (born 2000) from a previous relationship with TV presenter

Birgit Schrowange Birgit Schrowange (born Schrowangen; 7 April 1958 in Nehden, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German television presenter. Schrowange works as television presenter on German broadcasters. She has presented ''Extra – Das RTL-Magazin'' on RTL Telev ...

. In July 2011, Lanz married Angela Gessmann. Lanz is a Roman-Catholic.''Markus Lanz für seinen Einsatz für christliche Werte ausgezeichnet''
(in German), rp-online.de, 24 November 2021, retrieved 7 June 2022

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External links

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Markus Lanz
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Lanz kocht official website
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Markus Lanz
at

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