1956 in Germany

1956 in West Germany

1954  • 1955  • 1956  • 1957  • 1958

Decades: 1940s  • 1950s  • 1960s

See also: History of Germany (1945–1990)  • Timeline of German history#20th century  • List of years in Germany#20th century

1956 in East Germany

1954  • 1955  • 1956  • 1957  • 1958

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

Events in the year 1956 in West Germany and East Germany.

Incumbents

• President – Theodor Heuss
• Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

Events

• May 1 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956
• June 22 - July 3 - 6th Berlin International Film Festival
• October 27 - Saar Treaty

Births

• 5 January - Frank-Walter Steinmeier, politician
• 7 January . Leonard Lansink, actor
• 7 January - Uwe Ochsenknecht, actor
• 21 January - Jürgen Kehrer, author
• 16 February - Bodo Ramelow, politician
• 25 February - Michel Friedman, lawyer, politician and talk show host
• 27 February - Rosemarie Gabriel,swimmer
• 28 March - Evelin Jahl, discus thrower
• 20 March - Theo Breuer, poet, essayist, editor, translator and publisher
• 28 March - Evelin Jahl, German discus thrower
• 12 April - Herbert Grönemeyer, singer
• 4 May - Ulrike Meyfarth, high jumper
• 18 May - Lothar Thoms, German track cyclist (died 2017)
• 31 May - Fritz Hilpert, German musician
• 3 June - Thomas Flach, German sailor
• 6 June - Hans-Peter Ferner, German athlete
• 4 July - Bettina Böttinger, television presenter
• 13 July - Günter Jauch, television presenter and journalist
• 24 July - Carmen Nebel, television presenter
• 24 July - Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt, journalist
• 1 August - Axel Milberg, actor
• 12 August - Brigitte Kraus, athlete
• 18 August - Rainer Woelki, bishop of Roman-Catholic Church
• 24 August - Nina Ruge, journalist and television presenter
• 21 September - Joachim Herrmann, politician
• 24 September - Ilona Slupianek, shot putter
• 26 September - Jutta Allmendinger, social scientist
• 30 September - Désirée Nick, actress and comedian
• 3 October - Ralph Morgenstern, actor
• 6 October - Rüdiger Helm, canoeist
• 20 November - Olli Dittrich, actor and comedian
• 28 November - Michael Eissenhauer, art historian
• 30 November - Heinz Rudolf Kunze, singer
• 5 December - Klaus Allofs, football player
• 9 December - Henriette Reker, politician

Deaths

• 1 January — Ludwig Dürr, German airship designer (born 1878)
• 3 January — Joseph Wirth, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)
• 13 January — Lyonel Feininger, German painter (born 1871)
• 7 February - Karl Schelenz, German sport teacher (born 1890)
• 20 February — Heinrich Barkhausen, German physicist (born 1881)
• 26 February — Rudolf Kanzler, surveyor and politician (born 1873)
• 21 March - Hans Müller-Schlösser, German playwright (born 1884)
• 13 April — Emil Nolde, German painter (born 1867)
• 16 April — Richard Kolkwitz, German botanist (born 1873)
• 29 April - Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (born 1876)
• 10 May - F.W. Schröder-Schrom, German actor (born 1879)
• 22 May - Walther Kossel, German physicist (born 1888)
• 29 May — Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (born 1883)
• 8 June - Hans Meiser, German Protestant theologian, pastor and first 'Landesbischof' of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (born 1881)
• 7 July — Gottfried Benn, German poet and essayist (born 1886)
• 14 August:
  • Bertolt Brecht, German writer (born 1898)
  • Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat and Nazi party chancellor (born 1873)
• 21 August - Wilhelm Weskamm, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (born 1891)
• 12 September - Hans Carossa, German novelist (born 1878)
• 13 October - Robert Lehr, German politician (born 1883)
• 2 November - Leo Baeck, German rabbi (born 1873)
• 13 November - Werner Haas, German motorcycle racer (born 1927)
• 25 December — Robert Walser, German writer (born 1878)

See also

• 1956 in German television