Willi Jentzsch (15 May 1886 in

Bitterfeld-Wolfen Bitterfeld-Wolfen () is a town in the district Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated in south-eastern Saxony-Anhalt, west of the river Mulde, in an area that is dominated by heavy industry and lignite mining. The town was forme ...

– 23 May 1936 in the Free City of Danzig) was a German teacher, school administrator and politician. He served as chairman of the (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 () who belonged to a prominent family in

. 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. Through their daughter Herlind, who married Horst Kasner, Willi and Gertrud Jentzsch were the maternal grandparents of

Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (; ; born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as Leader of the Opp ...

(née Kasner). After the death of Willi Jentzsch in 1936, his family relocated to

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

Ancestry

References

*''Die Kanzlerin und ihre Welt'' by Stefan Kornelius,
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Heads of schools in Germany People from the Kingdom of Prussia Free City of Danzig politicians Angela Merkel 1886 births 1936 deaths {{Germany-academic-bio-stub