Jentzsch is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Heber Jentzsch (born 1935), American Scientologist Heinz Jentzsch (1920–2012), German horse trainer Herlind Jentzsch, the mother of Angela Merkel Simon Jentzsch (born 1976), German footballer Willi Jentzsch, father of Herlind and Merkel's grandfather German-language surnames