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==Early Life and Education==
Konrad Adenauer was born on January 5, 1876, in Cologne, Germany, to Johann Konrad Adenauer, a mid-level civil servant, and Helene Scharfenberg, from a civil servant’s family. Raised in a devout Catholic household with three siblings, Adenauer grew up in modest circumstances. He attended the Apostelgymnasium in Cologne, graduating in 1894 as an average but diligent student. Initially starting a bank apprenticeship, he received a grant from Cologne to study law at the University of Freiburg, followed by semesters in Munich (where he also studied economics) and Bonn. He passed the First State Examination in Law in 1897 and the Second State Examination in Berlin in 1901 with a “sufficient” grade, beginning his legal career as an examining magistrate.