When Gebhard Ludwig Himmler was born on 29 July 1898, in Münchener Ebene, München, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Joseph Gebhard Himmler, was 33 and his mother, Anna Maria Heider, was 32. He married Mathilde "Hilde" Wendler on 18 September 1926. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He died in 1982, in his hometown, at the age of 84, and was buried in Großhadern, Hadern, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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German: topographic name for someone living at a high altitude or in a pleasant place (see Himmel ), the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
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