Has five children, Andreas (b. 1966, with his first wife Elisabeth),
Thomas Elstner (b. 1971, with Sylvie Kaiser),
Mascha Litterscheid (b. 1975, with Monika Maerz), Lena Maria Elisa (b. 1992, with Britta Gessler) and
Enya Elstner (1997, with Britta Gessler), from four relationships.