I whanau a Konrad Adenauer hei tuatoru o nga tamariki tokorima a Johann Konrad Adenauer (1833<unk>1906) me tana wahine a Helene (née Scharfenberg; 1849<unk>1919) i Cologne, Rhenish Prussia, i te 5 o Hanuere 1876. Ko ona tuakana ko Akuhata (1872<unk>1952), Johannes (1873<unk>1937), Lilli (1879<unk>1950) me Elisabeth, i mate i muri tata mai i te whanautanga i te 1880. Ko tetahi o nga mana whakaawe o te taiohi o Adenauer ko te Kulturkampf, he wheako i rite ki te korero ki a ia e ona matua i mahue ia ki te koretake mo te "Prussianism", a ka arahina ia kia rite ki etahi atu Katorika Rhineland o te rautau 19 ki te whakauru hohonu o te Rhineland i te tau 1894. I te tau 1894, ka oti i a ia tana whakamatautau Abitur i te ture me te ako i te ture i nga whare wananga o Bonn, i muri i te whakaoti i a ia i nga mahi i raro i te ture o te ture aor
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