1951 in Germany
Events in the year 1951 in West Germany and East Germany.
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| Decades:
1940s • 1950s • 1960s |
| See also: History of Germany (1945–1990) • Timeline of German history#20th century • List of years in Germany#20th century |
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| Decades:
1940s • 1950s • 1960s |
| See also: History of East Germany • History of Germany (1945–1990) • Timeline of German history#20th century • List of years in Germany#20th century |
Incumbents
West Germany
East Germany
- Head of State – Wilhelm Pieck
- Head of Government – Otto Grotewohl
Events
- April 29 - Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1951
- June 5 - East German referendum, 1951
- June 6 to 17 - 1st Berlin International Film Festival
Births
- 1 January - Hans-Joachim Stuck, racing driver
- 4 January - Richard Oetker, German businessman
- 8 January - Franz Pachl, German chess player and composer
- 28 January - Karl Honz, German athlete
- 16 February - Franz-Josef Bode, German bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück
- 4 March - Edelgard Bulmahn, German politician
- 24 March - Monika Stolz, German politician
- 30 March - Wolfgang Niedecken, German singer
- 1 April - Johanna Wanka, German politician
- 9 April - Monika Piel, German journalist
- 17 April - Horst Hrubesch, German football player
- 18 May - Angela Voigt, German long jumper (died 2013)
- 26 June - Jürgen Rüttgers, German politician
- 28 June - Rolf Milser, German weightlifter
- 13 July - Sonia Seymour Mikich, German journalist
- 21 July - Eberhard Gienger, German politician and gymnast
- 26 July - Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, German politician
- 31 July - Martin Mosebach, German writer
- 3 August - Hans Schlegel, German astronaut
- 5 August - Franz-Peter Hofmeister, German athlete
- 15 August - Herfried Münkler, German political scientist
- 5 September - Paul Breitner, German football player
- 22 September - Wolfgang Petry, German singer
- 24 September - Heinz Hoenig, German actor
- 29 September - Jörg Diesch, German sailor
- 29 September- Jutta Ditfurth, German sociologist, writer, and radical ecologist politician
- 5 October - Beate Heister, German businesswoman
- 20 October - Hans-Georg Aschenbach, German ski jumper
- 21 November - Thomas Roth, German journalist
- 4 December - Reinhard Eiben, German canoeist
- 14 December -Mike Krüger, German comedian
- 18 December - Volker Bouffier, German politician
Deaths
- January 22 - Karl Nessler, German inventor of the permanent wave (born 1872)
- January 30 - Ferdinand Porsche, German automobile pioneer (born 1875)
- February 3 - August Horch German engineer and automobile pioneer, (born 1868)
- February 8 - Fritz Thyssen, German entrepreneur (born 1873)
- March 12 - Alfred Hugenberg, German businessman, politician and publisher (born 1865)
- April 26 - Gerda Müller, German actress (born 1894)
- April 26 - Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (born 1868)
- July 1 — Gustav Höhne, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1893)
- July 2 - Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (born 1875)
- July 20 - Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, German crown prince (born 1882)
- August 4 - Ernst von Weizsäcker, German diplomat and politician (born 1882)
- August 30 - Erich Emminger, German politician (born 1880)
- October 6 - Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist (born 1884)
- October 17 - Johann Becker, German politician (born 1869)
- October 20 - Karl Jarres, German politician (born 1874)
- December 4 - Sebastian Finsterwalder, German mathematician and glaciologist (born 1862)
References
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