1996 in Germany

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See also:

Other events of 1996
History of Germany • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1996 in Germany.

Incumbents

President – Roman Herzog
Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

Deutsche Telekom is privatized.
February 15–26 – 46th Berlin International Film Festival
March 1 – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996
April 11: Düsseldorf Airport fire
June 28: Osnabrück mortar attack
October 1: Jakub Fiszman is abducted.

Elections

Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1996

Births

May 2 – Lisa Mayer, athlete
August 13 – Antonia Lottner, tennis player
November 11 – Gianluca Gaudino, footballer
November 21 – Gina Lückenkemper, athlete

Deaths

January 1 – Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer (born 1906)
January 6 – Kurt Schmücker, German politician (born 1919)
February 23 – Helmut Schön, German football player and manager (born 1915)
February 26 – Georg Henneberg, German physician (born 1908)
March 4 – Gerhard Schaffran, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (born 1912)
March 15 – Wolfgang Koeppen, German writer (born 1906)
March 28 – Hans Blumenberg, philosopher and intellectual historian (born 1920)
May 3 – Hermann Kesten, German author (born 1900)
June 11 – Brigitte Helm, German actress (born 1906)
July 8 – Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, German nobleman (born 1905)
August 15 – Albert Osswald, German politician (born 1919)
August 20 – Rio Reiser, singer (born 1950)
September 19 – Helmut Heißenbüttel, German writer (born 1921)
September 21 – Franz Pfnür, German alpine skier (born 1908)
September 21 – Claus Holm, German actor (born 1918)
October 13 – Henri Nannen, German journalist (born 1913)
November 8 – Johannes Frömming, German harness racing driver (born 1910)
December 29 – Wolfgang Pietzsch, German chess grand master (born 1930)

See also

1996 in German television

References

Years in Germany (1870–present)
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21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1996 in Europe
Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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