Johanna Hiedler
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Johanna Pölzl born Hitler (19 January 1830 − 8 February 1906), was the maternal grandmother of Adolf Hitler
.
Johanna was born and lived her entire life in the village of Spital (part of Weitra
) in the Waldviertel
of Lower Austria
. On 5 September 1848, Johanna married Johann Baptist Pölzl (1825-1901), a farmer and son of Johann Pölzl and Juliana (Walli) Pölzl. The couple would eventually have 5 sons and 6 daughters. Of their 11 children, only 2 sons and 3 daughters survived into adulthood. Their seventh child and third daughter, Klara
, was born on their farm in Spital on 12 August 1860.
On 17 September 1888, Johanna's elderly parents, Johann Nepomuk Hitler and Eva Maria (Decker) Hitler, died. Her daughter Klara would eventually become the 3rd wife of Alois Hiedler
[changed c.1876 from Schicklgruber] (later known as Alois Hitler, after at the age of forty, deciding on his stepfathers name, Hiedler, and the spelling was later changed by a clerk to Hitler). Alois was the illegitimate son of Maria Schicklgruber
, who had married Johanna's paternal uncle, Johann Georg Hiedler
, on 10 May 1842. Alois would claim in later life that Johann Georg Hiedler was not his stepfather, but in fact his biological father and was officially declared his legitimate son in 1876, but this claim was met with great debate among historians as to Alois Hitler's actual paternity.
Together, Klara and Alois had 6 children. The fourth of those six children, was Adolf Hitler (born 20 April 1889, at 6.30pm). Only one other of Klara's children, the youngest one named Paula
, survived into adulthood. Klara's husband, Alois, also had two other children, Alois Junior
and Angela
, from his second marriage.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
.
Johanna was born and lived her entire life in the village of Spital (part of Weitra
Weitra
Weitra is a small town in the district of Gmünd in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is located within the rural Waldviertel region on the upper Lužnice river, near the border with the Czech Republic. The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Brühl, Großwolfgers, Oberwindhag,...
) in the Waldviertel
Waldviertel
The Waldviertel is the northwestern region of the Austrian state Lower Austria. It is bounded to the south by the Danube, to the southwest by Upper Austria, to the northwest and the north by the Czech Republic and to the east by the Manhartsberg , which is the survey point dividing Waldviertel...
of Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
. On 5 September 1848, Johanna married Johann Baptist Pölzl (1825-1901), a farmer and son of Johann Pölzl and Juliana (Walli) Pölzl. The couple would eventually have 5 sons and 6 daughters. Of their 11 children, only 2 sons and 3 daughters survived into adulthood. Their seventh child and third daughter, Klara
Klara Hitler
Klara Hitler née Pölzl was an Austrian woman, the wife of Alois Hitler and the mother of Adolf Hitler.-Family background and marriage:...
, was born on their farm in Spital on 12 August 1860.
On 17 September 1888, Johanna's elderly parents, Johann Nepomuk Hitler and Eva Maria (Decker) Hitler, died. Her daughter Klara would eventually become the 3rd wife of Alois Hiedler
Alois Hitler
Alois Hitler was an Austrian civil servant who was the father of Adolf Hitler.-Early life:...
[changed c.1876 from Schicklgruber] (later known as Alois Hitler, after at the age of forty, deciding on his stepfathers name, Hiedler, and the spelling was later changed by a clerk to Hitler). Alois was the illegitimate son of Maria Schicklgruber
Maria Schicklgruber
Maria Anna Schicklgruber was Adolf Hitler's paternal grandmother.- Family :Maria was born in the village of Strones in the Waldviertel area. She was the daughter of Theresia Pfeisinger , and farmer Johannes Schicklgruber...
, who had married Johanna's paternal uncle, Johann Georg Hiedler
Johann Georg Hiedler
Johann Georg Hiedler was born to Martin Hiedler and Anna Maria Göschl . He was considered the officially accepted paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler by the Third Reich...
, on 10 May 1842. Alois would claim in later life that Johann Georg Hiedler was not his stepfather, but in fact his biological father and was officially declared his legitimate son in 1876, but this claim was met with great debate among historians as to Alois Hitler's actual paternity.
Together, Klara and Alois had 6 children. The fourth of those six children, was Adolf Hitler (born 20 April 1889, at 6.30pm). Only one other of Klara's children, the youngest one named Paula
Paula Hitler
Paula Hitler was the younger sister of Adolf Hitler and the last child of Alois Hitler and his third wife, Klara Pölzl...
, survived into adulthood. Klara's husband, Alois, also had two other children, Alois Junior
Alois Hitler, Jr.
Alois Hitler, Jr., born Alois Matzelsberger , was the son of Alois Hitler and Franziska Matzelsberger, and was the half-brother of Adolf Hitler.-Early life:...
and Angela
Angela Hitler
Angela Franziska Johanna Hammitzsch , first married to Leo Raubal, Sr., was the elder half-sister of Adolf Hitler.-Life:...
, from his second marriage.