1926 in Germany
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President- Paul von HindenburgPaul von HindenburgPaul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg , known universally as Paul von Hindenburg was a Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and politician, and served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934....
(Non-partisan)
Chancellor
Chancellor of Germany
The Chancellor of Germany is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany...
- Hans LutherHans LutherHans Luther was a German politician and Chancellor of Germany.-Biography:Born in Berlin, Luther started in politics in 1907 by becoming the town councillor in Magdeburg. He continued on becoming secretary of the German Städtetag in 1913 and then mayor of Essen in 1918...
(German People's PartyGerman People's PartyThe German People's Party was a national liberal party in Weimar Germany and a successor to the National Liberal Party of the German Empire.-Ideology:...
) to 12 May, then from 17 May Wilhelm MarxWilhelm MarxWilhelm Marx was a German lawyer, Catholic politician and a member of the Centre Party. He was Chancellor of the German Reich twice, from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1926 to 1928, and also served briefly as minister president of Prussia in 1925, during the Weimar Republic.-Life:Born in Cologne to...
(CentreCentre Party (Germany)The German Centre Party was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. Formed in 1870, it battled the Kulturkampf which the Prussian government launched to reduce the power of the Catholic Church...
) (2nd term)
Events
- 1 January - the city of CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
is badly hit by flooding in the River Rhine. - 6 January - Deutsche Luft HansaDeutsche Luft HansaDeutsche Luft Hansa A.G. was a German airline, serving as flag carrier of the country during the later years of the Weimar Republic and throughout the Third Reich.-1920s:Deutsche Luft Hansa was founded on 6 January 1926 in Berlin...
is formed by the merger of Deutsche Aero LloydNorddeutscher LloydNorddeutsche Lloyd was a German shipping company. It was founded by Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann in Bremen on February 20, 1857. It developed into one of the most important German shipping companies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was instrumental in the economic...
and Junkers LuftverkehrJunkersJunkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG , more commonly Junkers, was a major German aircraft manufacturer. It produced some of the world's most innovative and best-known airplanes over the course of its fifty-plus year history in Dessau, Germany. It was founded there in 1895 by Hugo Junkers,... - 7 January - DeutschlandsenderDeutschlandsenderDeutschlandsender is one of the longest-established radio station names in German. It was used between 1926 and the end of 1993 to denote a number of powerful stations designed to achieve all-Germany coverage .-1926—1945:The first Deutschlandsender, broadcasting from a powerful transmitter...
, a radio transmitter, is opened for the first time. - 14 February - the Nazi Party hold the Bamberg ConferenceBamberg ConferenceThe Bamberg Conference included some sixty members of the leadership of the Nazi Party, and was specially convened by Adolf Hitler in Bamberg, in Upper Franconia, Germany on Sunday 14 February 1926 during the "wilderness years" of the party....
in an attempt to strengthen Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
's control over the party. - 20 January - Chancellor Hans LutherHans LutherHans Luther was a German politician and Chancellor of Germany.-Biography:Born in Berlin, Luther started in politics in 1907 by becoming the town councillor in Magdeburg. He continued on becoming secretary of the German Städtetag in 1913 and then mayor of Essen in 1918...
is forced to reconstitute his cabinet as a minority government, having lost the support of some of his partners the previous December. - 19 March - Max WolfMax WolfMaximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography...
of the University of Heidelberg discovers the asteroid 2732 Witt2732 Witt2732 Witt is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 19, 1926 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
. - 11 April - HermannplatzHermannplatz (Berlin U-Bahn)Hermannplatz is a station in the Neukölln district of Berlin which serves as an interchange between the lines and . Operated by the BVG, it is one of the busiest stations on the Berlin U-Bahn system.-History:...
railway station opens in BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. - 24 April - Treaty of Berlin (1926) is signed with the Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
promising a five year period of non-involvement if either state is attacked by a third party. - 16 May - Wilhelm MarxWilhelm MarxWilhelm Marx was a German lawyer, Catholic politician and a member of the Centre Party. He was Chancellor of the German Reich twice, from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1926 to 1928, and also served briefly as minister president of Prussia in 1925, during the Weimar Republic.-Life:Born in Cologne to...
succeeds Luther as Chancellor although otherwise the make-up of the Cabinet is not altered. - 24 June - the liner Padua is launched. Other ships launched this year (all with date of launch unknown) include SS Amrum, SS Ilse L M RussSS Ilse L M RussIlse L M Russ was a 1,600 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1926 by Flensberger Schiffbau Gesellschaft., Flensburg. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945 at Kiel, passed to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed Empire Conqueror. In 1946, she was allocated to the Norwegian Government and...
and SS Siegmund. - 3 September - Funkturm BerlinFunkturm BerlinThe Berliner Funkturm or Funkturm Berlin is a transmitting tower in Berlin, built between 1924 and 1926 by Heinrich Straumer. It is nicknamed "der lange Lulatsch" and is one of the best-known points of interest in the city of Berlin. It stands in the Berlin trade fair ground in the...
radio tower is opened to the public. - 8 September - Germany officially joins the League of NationsLeague of NationsThe League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
. - 1 November - Joseph GoebbelsJoseph GoebbelsPaul Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. As one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers, he was known for his zealous oratory and anti-Semitism...
is appointed Nazi GauleiterGauleiterA Gauleiter was the party leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP or the head of a Gau or of a Reichsgau.-Creation and Early Usage:...
of BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. - 17 December - The Marx administration loses a vote of confidence and, although Marx continues as Chancellor, he does so with out the involvement of previous coalition partners the German Democratic Party.
Date unknown
- The National Socialist German Students' LeagueNational Socialist German Students' LeagueThe National Socialist German Students' League was founded in 1926 as a division of the NSDAP with the mission of integrating University-level education and academic life within the framework of the National Socialist worldview...
is established. - The Old Social Democratic Party of GermanyOld Social Democratic Party of GermanyThe Old Social Democratic Party of Germany , known as the Old Social Democratic Party of Saxony until 1927, was a political party in Germany. The party was a splinter group of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in Saxony, and had nationalistic tendencies...
and the Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation are both established. - Gustav StresemannGustav Stresemannwas a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic. He was co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926.Stresemann's politics defy easy categorization...
is awarded the Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
along with fellow architect of the Locarno TreatiesLocarno TreatiesThe Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland, on 5 October – 16 October 1925 and formally signed in London on 3 December, in which the First World War Western European Allied powers and the new states of central and Eastern Europe sought to secure the post-war...
Aristide BriandAristide BriandAristide Briand was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic and received the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize.- Early life :...
Arts
- 27 March - Der ProtagonistDer ProtagonistDer Protagonist is an opera in one act by Kurt Weill op. 15. The German libretto was written by Georg Kaiser based on his own play of the same name of ....
, an opera by Kurt WeillKurt WeillKurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...
, is performed for the first time at SemperoperSemperoperThe Semperoper is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden and the concert hall of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden . It is located near the Elbe River in the historic center of Dresden, Germany.The opera house was originally built by the architect Gottfried Semper in 1841...
in DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
. - 9 November Paul HindemithPaul HindemithPaul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...
's opera CardillacCardillacCardillac is an opera by Paul Hindemith in three acts and four scenes. Ferdinand Lion wrote the libretto based on the short story Das Fräulein von Scuderi by E.T.A. Hoffmann.-Performance history:...
is premiered at the Staatsoper, Dresden. - 14 November - Der Golem, an opera by Eugen d'AlbertEugen d'AlbertEugen Francis Charles d'Albert was a Scottish-born German pianist and composer.Educated in Britain, d'Albert showed early musical talent and, at the age of seventeen, he won a scholarship to study in Austria...
receives its premiere at the Alte OperAlte OperThe Alte Oper is a major concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The building was inaugurated in 1880. Many important works have been premiered at the Alte Oper, including Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in 1937....
in FrankfurtFrankfurtFrankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
. - 27 November - Ernst KrenekErnst KrenekErnst Krenek was an Austrian of Czech origin and, from 1945, American composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now , a study of Johannes Ockeghem , and Horizons Circled: Reflections on my Music...
's opera Orpheus und EurydikeOrpheus und EurydikeOrpheus und Eurydike is an opera by Ernst Krenek. The German text is based on a play by Oskar Kokoschka.Kokoschka began writing his play during his convalescence and it premiered in 1921, one year before Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus appeared...
premieres at the StaatstheaterStaatstheater KasselThe Staatstheater Kassel is a state-owned and -operated theater in Kassel, Germany.- History :A permanent theatre house already existed in Kassel during the first decade of the 17th century. It stood immediately next to the Ottoneum near the State Theatre which is now used as a Natural History...
in KasselKasselKassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
. - The Adventures of Prince AchmedThe Adventures of Prince AchmedThe Adventures of Prince Achmed is a 1926 German animated fairytale film by Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film; two earlier ones were made in Argentina by Quirino Cristiani, but they are considered lost...
by Lotte ReinigerLotte ReinigerCharlotte "Lotte" Reiniger was a German silhouette animator and film director.- Early life :Lotte Reiniger was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg, German Empire, on June 2, 1899...
is released. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film.
Sport
- 11 July - The German Grand PrixGerman Grand PrixThe German Grand Prix is an annual automobile race.Because Germany was banned from taking part in international events after World War II, the German GP only became part of the Formula One World Championship in 1951...
makes its first appearance on the sporting calendar. The event1926 German Grand PrixThe first auto race 1926 German Grand Prix, held at the AVUS track on July 11, 1926, in heavy rain, was won by native son, Rudolf Caracciola.After the 1936 win of Bernd Rosemeyer and two more wins by "Carratsch", no other German driver would accomplish a German GP win until Michael Schumacher in...
is won by Rudolf CaracciolaRudolf CaracciolaOtto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola , more commonly Rudolf Caracciola , was a racing driver from Remagen, Germany. He won the European Drivers' Championship, the pre-1950 equivalent of the modern Formula One World Championship, an unsurpassed three times...
. - 1. FC Nuremberg are crowned German football championsGerman football championsThe German football champions are the annual winners of the highest association football competition in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century.Brought to the country by English...
. - SV Wehen Wiesbaden and FSV 1926 FernwaldFSV 1926 FernwaldFSV Fernwald is a German association football club from the town of Fernwald, Hesse.-History:The club was established as FSV Steinbach on 30 March 1926...
are amongst the new association football clubs set up. - Berliner RCBerliner RCThe Berliner Rugby Club is a German rugby union club from Berlin, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga.-History:The club was formed in 1926.While very successful in its youth department, it has not managed similar achievements on the senior level....
,a Rugby UnionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club, are established.
Births
- 24 January - Hans-Jürgen BorchersHans-Jürgen BorchersHans-Jürgen Borchers was a mathematical physicist at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen who worked on operator algebras and quantum field theory. He introduced Borchers algebras and the Borchers commutation relations and Borchers classes in quantum field theory. He was awarded the Max Planck...
, mathematical physicist - 26 January - Kurt-Heinz StolzeKurt-Heinz StolzeKurt-Heinz Stolze was a German pianist, harpsichordist and composer.He was born in Hamburg. He studed piano, organ and conducting at the Hamburg Conservatory with Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg. His first engagement was as repetiteur at the Royal Opera, Copenhagen. In 1957 he joined the Württemberg...
, pianist - 31 January - Johannes Joachim DegenhardtJohannes Joachim DegenhardtJohannes Joachim Degenhardt was the Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany, as well as a cardinal.-Life:...
, Archbishop of Paderborn - 31 January - Horst GieseHorst GieseHorst Fritz Otto Giese was an East German actor.-Biography:In 1945, Giese made his debut on stage at his native Neuruppin, then in the Soviet occupation zone. Later he appeared on television. His first role in a movie was at the 1954 Alarm in the Circus...
, actor - 31 January - Rudi KoppRudi KoppRudolf "Rudi" Kopp was a West German cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 64th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.-External links:*...
, cross country skier - 31 January - Maria Emanuel, Margrave of MeissenMaria Emanuel, Margrave of MeissenMaria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen is the head of the Royal House of Saxony.Born in Schloss Prüfening, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany as son of Hereditary Prince Frederick Christian of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen and Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis.He and Princess Anastasia of Anhalt ...
, noblewoman - 3 February - Franz Islacker, footballer
- 3 February - Hans-Jochen VogelHans-Jochen VogelHans-Jochen Vogel is a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.- Early years and professional career :...
, politician - 11 February - Ursula BuckelUrsula BuckelUrsula Buckel was a German soprano singer, known for singing works of Johann Sebastian Bach.- Professional career :...
, opera singer - 20 February - Adolf BechtoldAdolf BechtoldAdolf Bechtold is a former German football player. He played his entire career with Eintracht Frankfurt winning the Championship with the Main siders....
, footballer - 23 February - Christian HabichtChristian Habicht (historian)Christian Habicht is a German historian of ancient Greece and an epigrapher in ancient Greek.After his Promotierung at the University of Hamburg in 1952, Habicht was an assistant professor there and after his Habilitation degree in 1957 Privatdozent...
, historian - 11 March - Heinz KiesslingHeinz KiesslingHeinz Kiessling was a German musician, conductor, composer and music producer, known mainly from his work for popular films and television programs.- Biography :...
, musician - 11 March - Peer SchmidtPeer SchmidtPeer Eugen Georg Schmidt was a German actor and voice actor. He is best known as the German voice of Gérard Philipe, Marlon Brando and Jean-Paul Belmondo.-Filmography:-References:...
, actor - 25 March - Georg SchaferGeorg SchaferGeorg Schafer was a German painter, poet and author who lived in Guatemala and the United States. He was born on March 25, 1926, in Leinefelde, Germany, and died on January 11, 1991, in Chatham, Massachusetts of heart failure....
, painter and writer - 18 April - Horst KäslerHorst KäslerHorst Käsler was a German handball player, coach, and author.Käsler had his greatest success as a player in the 1950s. In 1955 he led the German national team to a world championship in field handball....
, handball player - 18 April - Günter MeisnerGünter MeisnerGünter Meisner was a German actor. He is best remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler....
, actor - 26 April - Michael Mathias PrechtlMichael Mathias PrechtlMichael Mathias Prechtl was a German artist, illustrator and cartoonist. He served as a soldier on the Eastern Front during World War II and spent 1945-49 as a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union....
, artist - 17 May - Franz SondheimerFranz Sondheimer-Early life:Sondheimer was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1926 and, following the rise of the Nazis, fled to the United Kingdom in 1937.-Education:He was a pupil at Highgate School and subsequently studied chemistry, receiving his degree from Imperial College London.-Career:From 1949 to 1952,...
, German-born Israeli-British chemist. - 19 May - Peter ZadekPeter ZadekPeter Zadek was a German theatre and film director, play translator and screenwriter and is regarded as one of the greatest directors in German-speaking theater. He was the head of the Schauspielhaus Bochum, Bochum , the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg and the Berliner Ensemble from 1992 to 1996...
, film director - 24 May - Rudolf KippenhahnRudolf KippenhahnRudolf Kippenhahn is a German astrophysicist and science author.-Biography:Professor Dr. Rudolf Kippenhahn originally studied mathematics and physics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg before changing to Astronomy...
, astrophysicist - 24 May - Prince Rasso of BavariaPrince Rasso of BavariaPrince Rasso of Bavaria was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach.-Early life:Rasso was born at Schloß Leutstetten near Starnberg, Bavaria...
, nobleman - 28 May - Gerhard BeilGerhard BeilGerhard Beil was a politician for the SED and the Minister for Foreign Trade of the GDR.-References:...
, politician - 14 June - Hermann KantHermann KantHermann Kant is a German writer born in Hamburg noted for his writings during the time of East Germany. He won the Heinrich Mann Prize in 1967.-References:...
, writer - 1 July - Hans Werner HenzeHans Werner HenzeHans Werner Henze is a German composer of prodigious output best known for "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life"...
, composer - 2 July - Berthold WulfBerthold WulfBerthold Wulf is a German priest, poet and philosopher.- Life :Wulf was born in Hanover, Province of Hanover. He was the third child of Bertha Wulf and Karl Wulf, who was a musician and conductor. He spent his childhood with his elder brother and his twin brother in Hildesheim near Hanover. When...
, priest - 4 July - Wolfgang SeidelWolfgang SeidelWolfgang Seidel was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in 12 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 2 August 1953...
, racing driver - 12 July - Oswald Mathias UngersOswald Mathias UngersOswald Mathias Ungers was a German architect and architectural theorist, known for his rationalist designs and the use of cubic forms. Among his notable projects are museums in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Cologne....
, architect - 15 July - Hans FrankenthalHans FrankenthalHans Frankenthal was a German Jew who was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland in 1943...
, writer and Holocaust survivor - 16 July - Stef WertheimerStef WertheimerStef Wertheimer is a German-born Israeli entrepreneur and industrialist, a former Member of the Knesset, and is well known for founding industrial parks in Israel and neighboring countries.-Early life:Wertheimer was born in Kippenheim, Germany...
, German-born Israeli entrepreneur and industrialist - 24 July - Hans Günter WinklerHans Günter WinklerHans Günter Winkler is a successful former German show jumping rider...
, showjumper - 25 July - August Lütke-WesthuesAugust Lütke-WesthuesAugust Lütke-Westhues was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the German team at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm....
, equestrian - 1 August - Theo AdamTheo AdamTheo Adam is a distinguished German classical bass-baritone who had an active international career in operas, concerts, and recitals from the 1940s through the 1990s. He particularly excelled in portraying roles from the operas of Richard Wagner...
, opera singer - 9 August - Gustav SchmidtGustav SchmidtGustav Schmidt is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds and a silver ....
, sprint canoer - 21 August - Ben-Zion OrgadBen-Zion OrgadBen-Zion Orgad was an Israeli composer....
, (German-born) Israeli composer - 27 August - Karl-Heinz HeddergottKarl-Heinz HeddergottKarl-Heinz Heddergott is a German former professional football manager.-Coaching career:An alumnus of German Sport University Cologne, he was a member of the German Football Association from 1967 to 1980. He also managed 1. FC Köln, Egypt and Oman.-References:...
, football manager - 30 August - Rudi GutendorfRudi GutendorfRudolf "Rudi" Gutendorf is a German football manager, renowned for managing the highest number of national teams – to date a total of 18 teams.- Career :...
, footballer and manager - 3 September - Rudi ArnstadtRudi ArnstadtRudi Arnstadt was an East German border guard who was shot and killed while serving as a captain of the border troops of the former East Germany. He was shot by Hans Plüschke, a 23-year-old West German border guard. According to West German officials, Plüschke was returning fire after his patrol...
, East German border guard - 3 September - Jochen BleickenJochen BleickenJochen Bleicken was a German professor of ancient history.-Biography:...
, professor of ancient history - 4 September - Helmut RingelmannHelmut RingelmannHelmut Ringelmann was a German film and television producer.Ringelmann was born in Munich, he produced a number of television series including the long running Der Kommissar from 1968 to 1974. He is best remembered as the Producer of the Derrick TV series.Ringelmann died in his house in Grünwald...
, film producer - 10 September - Gerda MunsingerGerda MunsingerGerda Munsinger was an East German prostitute and alleged Soviet spy who was the centre of the Munsinger Affair political scandal in Canada....
, prostitute and alleged spy - 17 September - Klaus SchützKlaus SchützKlaus Schütz is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party .-Biography:He was Mayor of West Berlin from 1967 to 1977, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1967/68. After his resignation he worked as German Ambassador to Israel until 1981 and Director General of the Deutsche Welle...
, politician - 1 October - Gerhard StolzeGerhard StolzeGerhard Stolze was a German tenor.A character tenor best known as a Wagner singer. His most famous roles were Mime , David , Loge , Aegisth and Herod...
, opera singer - 4 October - Klaus KochKlaus Koch- External links :*...
, theologian - 5 October - Gottfried Michael KoenigGottfried Michael KoenigGottfried Michael Koenig is a contemporary German-Dutch composer.-Biography:Koenig studied church music in Braunschweig, composition, piano, analysis and acoustics in Detmold, music representation techniques in Cologne and computer technique in Bonn. He attended and later lectured at the...
, composer - 14 October - Günther SchwarbergGünther SchwarbergGünther Schwarberg was a German journalist and author whose 1979 series of articles in German news magazine Der Stern and subsequent book "The SS Doctor and the Children" brought the World War II era war crimes committed in Neuengamme concentration camp and Bullenhuser Damm School in Hamburg to...
, journalist - 15 October - Karl Richter, conductor
- 19 October - Udo SchaeferUdo SchaeferUdo Schaefer is a German lawyer and a Bahá'í author.-External links:****...
, Bahá'í author - 20 October - Ursula HappeUrsula HappeUrsula Happe is a German swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where she received a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke.-References:...
, swimmer - 21 October - Leo KirchLeo KirchLeo Kirch was a German media entrepreneur who founded the Kirch Group.-Life:Kirch was born in Volkach, Bavaria, but shortly afterward his family moved to the nearby town of Würzburg. After completing High school he studied marketing and management as well as mathematics at the University of...
, media entrepreneur - 26 October - Bernhard KlodtBernhard KlodtBernhard "Berni" Klodt was a German football player. He was born in Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck; the goalkeeper Hans Klodt was his brother....
, footballer - 30 October - Dieter ZechlinDieter ZechlinDieter Zechlin is a German pianist. He was one of East Germany's most prominent pianists throughout the 1950-60s. In 1959 he received the Art Prize of the GDR and in 1961 the National Prize of the GDR....
, pianist - 15 November - Alfred BiehleAlfred BiehleAlfred Biehle is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.Between 1990 and 1995 he was a representative of the Wehrbeauftragter des Deutschen Bundestages.-References:...
, politician - 15 November - Helmut FischerHelmut FischerHelmut Fischer was a popular award winning German actor.-Life:Helmut Fischer was the son of a businessman and a tailor and grew up in the Munich district of Neuhausen in Donnersbergerstraße 50a, where he also went to school...
, actor - 28 November - Eberhard von BrauchitschEberhard von BrauchitschEberhard von Brauchitsch was a German industrial manager. In his work for Flick KG, he was responsible for the donation of about 26 million Deutsche Mark to all the major German political parties and their associated foundations between 1969 and 1981...
, industrialist - 9 December - Erhard EpplerErhard EpplerErhard Eppler is a German Social Democratic politician and founder of the GTZ .- Early years :Born in Ulm, Erhard Eppler grew up in Schwäbisch Hall, where his father was the headmaster of the local grammar school. From 1943 to 1945 he served as a soldier in an anti-aircraft unit...
, politician and businessman - 10 December - Yaakov (Jacob) BirnbaumYaakov (Jacob) BirnbaumYaakov Birnbaum is the founder of Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry and many other human rights organizations. Because SSSJ was the first initiative to address the plight of Soviet Jewry, he is regarded as to be the father of the Movement to Free Soviet Jewry. He is a son of Solomon Birnbaum...
, Jewish activist - 19 December - Hans HennHans HennHans Henn was a West German bobsledder who competed in the mid 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1955 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz....
, bobsledder - 21 December - Herbert EhrenbergHerbert EhrenbergHerbert Ehrenberg is a retired German politician.Ehrenberg was born in Kollnischken, East Prussia and visited school in Goldap until 1943, when he was conscripted to the German Army and became a prisoner of war...
, politician
Deaths
- 2 February - Karl von WeizsäckerKarl von WeizsäckerKarl Hugo Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German politician who served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Württemberg, and a member of the prominent Weizsäcker family....
, politician - 4 January - Franz StockhausenFranz StockhausenFranz Stockhausen was a German choral conductor, and a member of a celebrated German musical family....
, conductor - 7 January - Paul CassirerPaul CassirerPaul Cassirer was a German art dealer and editor who played a significant role in the promotion of the work of artists of the Berlin Secession and of French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, in particular that of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne.- Starting out :Paul Cassirer started out as...
, art dealer - 29 January - Wilhelm HeitmüllerWilhelm HeitmüllerWilhelm Heitmüller was a German Protestant theologian born in Döteberg, presently a division in the town of Seelze....
, theologian - 6 February - Wolf Wilhelm Friedrich von BaudissinWolf Wilhelm Friedrich von BaudissinWolf Wilhelm Friedrich Graf von Baudissin was a German Protestant theologian who was a native of Sophienhof, near Kiel....
, theologian - 11 February - Friedrich Wilhelm KuhnertFriedrich Wilhelm KuhnertFriedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert was a German painter, author and illustrator, who specialized in animal images.-Personal life:...
, painter - 20 February - Georg Friedrich KnappGeorg Friedrich KnappGeorg Friedrich Knapp was a German economist and founder of the chartalist school of monetary theory, which takes the statist stance on money, claiming that it must have no intrinsic value and strictly be used as governmentally-issued token i.e...
, economist - 28 February - Gustav OttoGustav OttoGustav Otto was a German aircraft and aircraft-engine designer and manufacturer.Otto was born in Cologne to Nikolaus August Otto, the founder of N. A. Otto & Cie. and inventor of the four-stroke internal combustion engine...
, aircraft engineer - 24 March - Sizzo, Prince of SchwarzburgSizzo, Prince of SchwarzburgGünther Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg was the head of the House of Schwarzburg and pretender to the principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.-Biography:...
, nobleman - 26 March - Constantin Fehrenbach, politician
- 4 April - August ThyssenAugust ThyssenAugust Thyssen was a German industrialist.-Career and marriage:...
, industrialist - 21 May - Friedrich KlugeFriedrich KlugeFriedrich Kluge is known for the Kluge etymological dictionary of the German language , which was first published in 1883....
, lexicographer - 23 May - Hans von KoesslerHans von KoesslerHans von Koessler was a German composer, conductor and music teacher. In Hungary, where he worked for 26 years, he was known as János Koessler....
, composer - 5 June - Richard WolffensteinRichard Wolffenstein (chemist)Richard Wolffenstein was a German chemist.He discovered acetone peroxide in 1895 by reacting acetone with hydrogen peroxide....
, chemist - 22 July - Otto Wilhelm MadelungOtto Wilhelm MadelungOtto Wilhelm Madelung was a German surgeon who was a native of Gotha.In 1869 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Tübingen, and later worked in a military hospital during the Franco-Prussian War...
, surgeon - 23 uly - Kurt WüsthoffKurt WusthoffLeutnant Kurt Wüsthoff was a German fighter pilot credited with 27 victories during World War I. He was the second youngest winner of Germany's highest decoration for valor, the Pour le Merite or Blue Max.-Early life:...
, fighter pilot - 5 September - Karl HarrerKarl HarrerKarl Harrer was a German journalist and politician, one of the founding members of the "Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" in 1919, the party that soon would become the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei .Harrer was also a member of the Thule Society, which gave him the task of founding a...
, journalist and politician - 7 October - Emil KraepelinEmil KraepelinEmil Kraepelin was a German psychiatrist. H.J. Eysenck's Encyclopedia of Psychology identifies him as the founder of modern scientific psychiatry, as well as of psychopharmacology and psychiatric genetics. Kraepelin believed the chief origin of psychiatric disease to be biological and genetic...
, psychiatrist - 9 October - Josias von HeeringenJosias von HeeringenJosias von Heeringen was a German general of the imperial era who saw service in the First World War.-Biography:Heeringen was born in Kassel in the Electorate of Hesse...
, Army general - 15 October - Mathilde BauermeisterMathilde BauermeisterMathilde Bauermeister was an opera singer who for decades held the record for most performances by a female artist at the Metropolitan Opera, a record now held by Thelma Votipka....
, opera singer - 17 October - Otto HeubnerOtto HeubnerJohann Otto Leonhard Heubner was a German internist and pediatrician who was a native of Mühltroff....
, internist and pediatrician - 26 November - Fritz CassirerFritz CassirerFriedrich Leopold Cassirer, was a German conductor. He was one of the early proponents of the music of Frederick Delius, and conducted the premiere of Delius's first opera.-Biography:Cassirer was born in Breslau...
, conductor - 2 December - Karl Joseph EberthKarl Joseph EberthKarl Joseph Eberth was a German pathologist and bacteriologist who was a native of Würzburg.In 1859 he earned his doctorate at the University of Würzburg, and became an assistant to anatomist Albert von Kölliker...
, pathologist - 11 December - Carl Magnus von HellCarl Magnus von HellCarl Magnus von Hell was the German chemist who discovered, together with Jacob Volhard and the Russian chemist Nikolay Zelinsky, the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky halogenation reaction.-Life:...
, chemist