1955 in Germany

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Events in the year 1955 in Germany.

Incumbents

President – Theodor Heuss
Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

Events

May 15 - Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1955
June 24 - July 5 - 5th Berlin International Film Festival
July 2 - Tierpark Berlin opened.
July 15 - September 18 - documenta 1 in Kassel
August 11 - 1955 Altensteig mid-air collision
September 20 - Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR

Births

4 January - Wolfgang Tiefensee, German politician
10 January
- Volker Mosblech, German politician (d. 2024)
- Michael Schenker, German guitarist, songwriter and producer
14 January - Jan Fedder, German actor (died 2019)
16 January - Martin Roth, German museum director (died 2017)
18 January - Gerburg Jahnke, German comedian
25 January - Petra Gerster, German journalist
1 February
- Hans Werner Olm, German comedian
- Christian, Duke of Oldenburg, head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg
10 February - Bernd Martin, German football player (died 2018)
6 March - Friedbert Pflüger, German politician
8 March - Thomas Bellut, German journalist
11 March - Nina Hagen, German musician
21 March - Bärbel Wöckel, German sprinter
26 March - Verena Butalikakis, German politician (died 2018)
13 April - Ole von Beust, German politician
29 April - Klaus Siebert, German biathlete (died 2016)
15 May - Claudia Roth, German politician
15 May - Alexander Pusch, German fencer
26 May - Doris Dörrie, German film director
2 June - Heiko von der Leyen, German physician
10 June - Annette Schavan, German politician
11 June - Marie Gruber, German actress
25 June - Martin Petzold, German opera singer (died 2023)
1 July - Rosemarie Wenner, German Methodist bishop
29 July - Christian Tramitz, German actor, comedian, voice actor and author
9 August - Udo Beyer, German track and field athlete
15 August - Roger Willemsen, German author, essayist and TV presenter (died 2016)
20 August - Helge Schneider, German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor
25 August - Gerd Müller, German politician
2 September - Claus Kleber, German journalist
14 September - Wilhelm Huxhorn, German footballer (died 2010)
20 September
- Georg Christoph Biller, German choral conductor (died 2022)
- Lilo Wanders, German transvestite entertainer, comedian and theatre/television host
22 September - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German football player and trainer
25 September - Peter Müller, German politician
25 September - Richy Müller, German actor
30 September - Andy Bechtolsheim, German businessman
11 October - Hans-Peter Briegel, German footballer
25 October - Peter Nocke, German swimmer
10 November - Roland Emmerich, German film director, screenwriter, and producer
8 December - Martin Semmelrogge, German actor
15 December - Renate Künast, German politician
22 December - Thomas C. Südhof, German biochemist
31 December - Gregor Braun, German cyclist

Deaths

15 January — Johannes Baader, German architect, writer and artist (born 1875)
24 January - Friedrich Wilhelm Kopsch, German anatomist (born 1868)
20 February — Eugen Schmalenbach, German economist (born 1873)
24 March - Otto Gessler, German politician (born 1875)
18 April — Albert Einstein, German theoretical physicist (born 1879)
29 May - Rudolf Klein-Rogge, German actor (born 1885)
29 June - Ernst Legal, German actor (born 1881)
29 June — Max Pechstein, German painter (born 1881)
2 August - Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, German nobleman (born 1869)
12 August — Thomas Mann, German author (born 1875)
13 August — Wilhelm Kreis, German architect (born 1873)
19 August - Otto Weiß, Luftwaffe officer (born 1907)
25 August - Heinrich Spoerl, German author (born 1887)
31 August:
- Willi Baumeister, German painter, scenic designer, art professor and typographer (born 1889)
- Eberhard Koebel, German youth leader and writer (born 1907)
9 October — Joseph Vollmer, German engineer (born 1871)
15 December — Otto Braun, German politician (born 1872)
19 December - Herbert von Dirksen, German diplomat (born 1882)
25 December - Angela Zigahl, German teacher and politician (born 1885)

References

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