1960 in Germany

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Events in the year 1960 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President – Heinrich Lübke
• Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

Events

• 1 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960
• 24 June - 5 July - 10th Berlin International Film Festival

Births

• 5 January - Bettina Tietjen, German television presenter and talk show host
• 10 January - Claudia Losch, German shot putter
• 14 January - Andrea Fischer, German politician
• 3 February - Joachim Löw, German football coach
• 7 February
  • Klaus J. Behrendt, German actor
  • Kristin Otto, German swimmer
• 16 February - Frank-Markus Barwasser, German comedian and journalist
• 23 February - Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis, German socialite, businesswoman and artist
• 24 March - Nena, German singer
• 25 March - Markus Maria Profitlich, German comedian and actor
• 13 April - Rudi Völler, German football player
• 16 April - Pierre Littbarski, German football player
• 18 April - Neo Rauch, German artist
• 11 May - Jürgen Schult, German discus thrower
• 16 May - Tamme Hanken, German horse whisperer and animals bonesetter (died 2016)
• 7 June
  • Steffen Seibert, German journalist
  • Peter Limbourg, German journalist
• 1 August - Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
• 8 August - Ralf König, German comic writer
• 14 September - Christian Petzold, German film director
• 18 September - Wolfgang Bahro, German actor
• 23 September - Barbara Mensing, German archer[1]
• 27 September - Patrick Lindner, German singer
• 12 October - Dorothee Vieth, German Paralympic cyclist[2]
• 17 October - Hartmut Weber, German athlete
• 24 October - Christoph Schlingensief, German theatre director, performance artist and filmmaker (died 2010)
• 29 October - Dieter Nuhr, German comedian
• 2 November - Andy Borg, German singer
• 4 November - Frl. Menke, German singer
• 9 November
  • Andreas Brehme, German football player and manager (died 2024)
  • Roland Dickgießer, German footballer
• 15 November - Susanne Lothar, German actress (died 2012)
• 27 November - Eike Immel, German football player
• 2 December - Justus von Dohnányi, German actor
• 12 December
  • Volker Beck, German politician
  • Martina Hellmann, German track and field athlete
• 22 December - Felicitas Hoppe, German writer

Deaths

• 4 January — Hugo Meurer, German admiral (born 1869)[3]
• 25 January — Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (born 1889)[4]
• 27 January — Hans Schlossberger, German physician (born 1887)
• 18 March — Hans Bischoff, German entomologist (born 1889)
• 25 March - Ernst Melsheimer, German lawyer (born 1897)
• 30 March - Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor (born 1870)
• 20 April - Helmut Käutner, German film director (born 1908)
• 24 April — Max von Laue, German physicist (born 1879)[5]
• 31 May — Walther Funk, German banker and economist (born 1890)
• 13 June — Wilhelm Keppler, German businessman (born 1882)
• 25 June — Walter Baade, German astronomer (born 1893)[6]
• 29 June — Victor Janson, German actor and film director (born 1884)
• 2 July - Edmund Heckler German engineer & weapons manufacture (born 1906)
• 3 July — Erwin Jaenecke, German general (born 1890)
• 6 July — Hans Wilsdorf, German businessman and founder of Rolex (born 1881)
• 16 July - Albert Kesselring, German Generalfeldmarshal of Luftwaffe (born 1885)[7]
• 24 July — Hans Albers, German actor (born 1891)[8]
• 23 August — Bruno Loerzer, German aviator and air force general (born 1891)
• 7 September - Wilhelm Pieck, German politician (born 1876)
• 8 October - Hermann Schmitz, German industrialist (born 1881)
• 15 October — Henny Porten, German actress and producer (born 1890)
• 5 November — Erich Neumann, German psychologist (born 1905)[9]
• 6 November - Erich Raeder, German admiral (born 1876)[10]
• 9 November — Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, German Nazi general (born 1903)
• 2 December – Fritz August Breuhaus, German architect, interior designer and designer (born 1883)
• 7 December - Walter Noddack, German chemist (born 1893)
• 14 December - Hermine Körner, German actress (born 1878)
• 28 December - Eduard Ludwig, German architect (born 1906)
• 31 December - Joseph Wendel, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church (born 1901)

See also

• 1960 in German television

References

1. "Barbara MENSING - Olympic Archery | Germany". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
2. "Dorothee Vieth - Team Deutschland Paralympics". www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
3. "Short biography, with photo of Meurer's gravestone". Ehrengräber in Kiel (in German). Archived from the original on 19 December 2010.
4. "Obituary: Beno Gutenberg, Seismologist, 70". The New York Times. January 28, 1960. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
5. Ewald, P. P. (1960). "Max von Laue 1879-1960". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6: 134–156. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0028. S2CID 71307727.
6. Osterbrock, D. E. (Sep 2002). "Walter Baade, Dynamical Astronomer at Goettingen, Hamburg, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Observatories". AAS/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #33. 33. Harvard Univ: 10.03. Bibcode:2002DDA....33.1003O.
7. Lingen, Kerstin von (2009). Kesselring's Last Battle: War Crimes Trials and Cold War Politics, 1945–1960. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-7006-1641-1. OCLC 263605489.
8. "Historisches Kalenderblatt". Deutschlandfunk. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
9. "Erel Shalit: Gershom Scholem: Obituary for Erich Neumann". www.erelshalit.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
10. "Erich Raeder". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2 November 2020 [20 July 1998]. Retrieved 13 April 2021.