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Hannelore Kohl (née Johanna Klara Eleonore Renner)
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Memorial Page for Hannelore Kohl (née Johanna Klara Eleonore Renner)

Mar 7, 1933 – Jul 5, 2001(68 years)Died in:Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, kreisfreie Stadt

Wife of German chancellor Helmut Kohl

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Emoria lights a memorial candle in remembrance of Hannelore Kohl.

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July 5th, 2026

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March 7th, 2026

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Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Hannelore Kohl (* March 7, 1933 in Berlin; † July 5, 2001 in Ludwigshafen) was a wife of German chancellor Helmut Kohl. She was 68 years old. She was married to Helmut Kohl. She studied at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Her awards include Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate and Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Her cause of death was drug overdose. She was buried at Friesenheim.

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Born in Berlin, Germany

1933

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

1951

until 1952

Kohlhammer Verlag

1952

until 1953

BASF

1953

until 1960

Married Helmut Kohl

1960

until 2001

Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1999

Died in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, kreisfreie Stadt (drug overdose)

2001

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Hannelore Kohl (née Johanna Klara Eleonore Renner). Forever remembered.