BERLIN (AFP) ??” Germany's first postwar leader examines poised to beat the likes of illustrious compatriots Goethe.

BERLIN (AFP) ??” Germany's first postwar leader examines poised to beat the likes of illustrious compatriots Goethe, Luther and Einstein in a national catalogue of persons concluding to find the greatest German in history.

Konrad Adenauer was the nation's first chancellor following the debacle of World War II, presiding across the start of the economic miracle that underpins novel Germany.

He generally leads the list of the top 10 in the individual carried out by public ZDF television, pushing Martin Luther, whose challenge to the Catholic temple inspired the Reformation, into inferior place.

The series, entitled "Unsere Besten" (Our Best), is based forward a BBC version that was won last year by dint of Britain's WWII premier leader