Konrad Zdarsa held Austrian citizenship based on his father's nationality and was able to travel abroad without restrictions even from communist East Germany.

His late maternal uncle Alfons Goppel (1905–1991), was a German politician in the CSU Party and Bavarian Prime Minister from 1962 to 1978.

After finishing tenth grade, Zdarsa was initially prohibited from higher education and instead trained vocationally as a machinist in a factory in Hainichen.

The colours green and blue in the coat of arms are showing the origin from Saxony and Styria, as well as Bavaria.

The emblems are a dove of Peace (his hometown Hainichen), Benno of Meissen and Jacob (as a sign of the diocese, where he became bishop).