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Events in the year 1907 in Germany.


Incumbents


National level

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Kaiser Kaiser ( ; ) is the title historically used by German and Austrian emperors. In German, the title in principle applies to rulers anywhere in the world above the rank of king (). In English, the word ''kaiser'' is mainly applied to the emperors ...
Wilhelm II Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until Abdication of Wilhelm II, his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as th ...
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Chancellor Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ...
Bernhard von Bülow Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin, Prince of Bülow ( ; 3 May 1849 – 28 October 1929) was a German politician who served as the chancellor of the German Empire, imperial chancellor of the German Empire and minister-president of Prussia from 1900 to ...


State level


Kingdoms

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King of Bavaria The King of Bavaria () was a title held by the hereditary Wittelsbach rulers of Bavaria in the state known as the Kingdom of Bavaria from 1805 until 1918, when the kingdom was abolished. It was the second time Bavaria was a kingdom, almost a t ...
Otto Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants '' Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fr ...
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King of Prussia The monarchs of Prussia were members of the House of Hohenzollern who were the hereditary rulers of the former German state of Prussia from its founding in 1525 as the Duchy of Prussia. The Duchy had evolved out of the Teutonic Order, a Roman C ...
– Wilhelm II *
King of Saxony This article lists dukes, electors, and kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 6th century to the end of the German monarchies in 1918. The electors of Saxony from John the Steadfast ...
Frederick Augustus III *
King of Württemberg King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a constitutional monarch if his power is restrained by f ...
William II


Grand Duchies

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Grand Duke of Baden The Grand Duchy of Baden () was a German polity on the east bank of the Rhine. It originally existed as a sovereign state from 1806 to 1871 and later as part of the German Empire until 1918. The duchy's 12th-century origins were as a margravi ...
Frederick I Frederick I or Friedrich I may refer to: * Frederick of Utrecht or Frederick I (815/16–834/38), Bishop of Utrecht. * Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (942–978) * Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (1050–1105) * Frederick I ...
then Frederick II *
Grand Duke of Hesse The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine () was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The grand duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 as the Grand Duchy of Hesse (). It assumed the name ...
Ernest Louis *
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin This list of dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg dates from the origins of the Germany, German princely state of Mecklenburg's royal house in the High Middle Ages to the monarchy's abolition at the end of World War I. Strictly speaking, Mecklen ...
Frederick Francis IV *
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a territory in Northern Germany, held by the younger line of the House of Mecklenburg residing in Neustrelitz. Like the neighbouring Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, it was a sovereign member state ...
Adolphus Frederick V *
Grand Duke of Oldenburg 120px, Shield of the Counts of Oldenburg 120px, Shield of the Counts of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst This is a list of the counts, dukes, grand dukes, and prime ministers of Oldenburg. Counts of Oldenburg * 1088/1101–1108 Elimar I * 1108–1143 ...
Frederick Augustus II * Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachWilliam Ernest


Principalities

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Schaumburg-Lippe Schaumburg-Lippe, also called Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807 and a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, with its capi ...
George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (10 October 1846 – 29 April 1911) was the ruler of the small Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe within the German Empire from 1893 to 1911, succeeding his father Adolf I, and being succeeded by his son Adolf ...
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Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a small historic state in present-day Thuringia, Germany, with its capital at Rudolstadt. History Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was established in 1599 in the course of a resettlement of House of Schwarzburg, Schwarzburg dy ...
Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg Günther Victor (21 August 1852 – 16 April 1925) was the final sovereign prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Biography He was born in Rudolstadt the son of Prince Adolf of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1801–1875) and ...
-Rudolstadt *
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small principality in Germany, in the present day state of Thuringia, with its capital at Sondershausen. History Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a county (earldom) until 1697. In that year, it became a principal ...
Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (; 7 August 1830 – 28 March 1909) was the ruler of the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, a constituent state of the German Empire, and head of the House of Schwarzburg from 17 Ju ...
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Principality of Lippe Lippe (later Lippe-Detmold and then again Lippe) was a state in Germany, ruled by the House of Lippe. It was located between the Weser river and the southeast part of the Teutoburg Forest. It originated as a state during the Holy Roman Empire, an ...
Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (''Leopold Julius Bernhard Adalbert Otto Karl Gustav''; 30 May 1871 – 30 December 1949) was the final sovereign of the Principality of Lippe in northwestern Germany from 1905 until his abdication in 1918. Prior t ...
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Reuss Elder Line The Principality of Reuss-Greiz (), officially called the Principality of the Reuss Elder Line () after 1848, was a state in the German Empire, ruled by members of the House of Reuss. The Counts Reuss of Greiz, Lower-Greiz and Upper-Greiz () we ...
Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (; 20 March 187813 October 1927) was the last reigning Prince Reuss of Greiz from 1902 to 1918. Then he became head of the House Reuss of Greiz, which became extinct at his death in 1927. Early life Heinrich ...
(with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent) * Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line *
Waldeck and Pyrmont The County of Waldeck (later the Principality of Waldeck and Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and its successors from the late 12th century until 1929. In 1349 the county gained Imperial immediacy and ...
Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont


Duchies

* Duke of AnhaltFrederick II, Duke of Anhalt *
Duke of Brunswick Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they a ...
– vacant to 28 May, then
Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (; given names ''John Albert Ernest Constantine Frederick Henry''; 8 December 1857 – 16 February 1920) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin who served as the regent of two states of the German Empir ...
(regent) *
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Altenburg () was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine duchies, Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilometers and a populati ...
Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg *
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ( ), was an Ernestine duchy in Thuringia ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present-day states of Thuringia and Bavaria in Germany. It lasted from 1826 to ...
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Charles Edward (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert; 19 July 18846 March 1954) was at various points in his life a British prince, a German duke, and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the G ...
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Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Saxe-Meiningen ( ; ) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine duchies, Ernestine line of the House of Wettin, located in the southwest of the present-day Germany, German state of Thuringia. Established in 1681, by partition of the Ern ...
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (2 April 1826 – 25 June 1914), was the penultimate Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, reigning from 1866 to 1914. For his support for his successful court theatre he was also known as the ''Theaterherzog'' (theatre duke ...


Colonial Governors

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Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
(Kamerun) – Otto Gleim ''(acting governor)'' ''(2nd term)'' to 1 July, then Theodor Seitz ''(3rd term)'' * Kiaochow (Kiautschou) – Oskar von Truppel *
German East Africa German East Africa (GEA; ) was a German colonial empire, German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated into Portugu ...
(Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg *
German New Guinea German New Guinea () consisted of the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and several nearby island groups, and was part of the German colonial empire. The mainland part of the territory, called , became a German protectorate in 188 ...
(Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Albert Hahl ''(2nd term)'' *
German Samoa German Samoa officially Malo Kaisalika / Kingdom of Samoa (; Samoan: ''Malo Kaisalika'') was a German protectorate from 1900 to 1920, consisting of the islands of Upolu, Savai'i, Apolima and Manono, now wholly within the Independent State ...
(Deutsch-Samoa) –
Wilhelm Solf Wilhelm Heinrich Solf (5 October 1862 – 6 February 1936) was a German scholar, diplomat, jurist and statesman. Early life Solf was born into a wealthy and liberal family in Berlin. He attended secondary schools in Anklam, western Pomerania, a ...
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German South-West Africa German South West Africa () was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. German rule over this territory was punctuated by ...
(Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Friedrich von Lindequist to 20 May, then Bruno von Schuckmann *
Togoland Togoland, officially the Togoland Protectorate (; ), was a protectorate of the German Empire in West Africa from 1884 to 1914, encompassing what is now the nation of Togo and most of what is now the Volta Region of Ghana, approximately 90,400&nb ...
Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen


Events

* 25 January – The ' Hottentot election', so called because of the nationalist atmosphere whipped up during the campaign, sees the
Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany ( , SPD ) is a social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the party's leader since the 2019 leadership election together w ...
gain half a million votes and yet lose half of their seats.Tim Kirk, ''Cassell's Dictionary of Modern German History'', London, 2002, p. 421 * May – A separate
Imperial Colonial Office The Imperial Colonial Office or Reich Colonial Office () was a governmental agency of the German Empire tasked with managing German colonial empire, Germany's overseas territories. Dissolved after World War I, on 20 February 1919 the Reich Colon ...
is set up distinct from the Auswärtiges Amt. * 15 July – An experimental train is reported to reach 81 mph and reach 98 mph maximum * 6 October – The
Deutscher Werkbund The Deutscher Werkbund (; ) is a German association of artists, architects, designers and industrialists established in 1907. The ''Werkbund'' became an important element in the development of modern architecture and industrial design, parti ...
is established in
Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...
. * The
Herero and Namaqua Genocide Herero may refer to: * Herero people, a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members alive today * Herero language, a language of the Bantu family (Niger-Congo group) * Herero and Nama genocide * Herero chat, a species of bi ...
reaches its climax in this year.


Undated

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Arsphenamine Arsphenamine, also known as Salvarsan or compound 606, is an antibiotic drug that was introduced at the beginning of the 1910s as the first effective treatment for the deadly infectious diseases syphilis, relapsing fever, and African trypanosomi ...
is first synthesised in 1907 in Paul Ehrlich's lab by Alfred Bertheim.


Architecture

* Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke, a
swing bridge A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis. It has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravit ...
is opened in
Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven (, ''Wilhelm's Harbour''; Northern Low Saxon: ''Willemshaven'') is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western side of the Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea, and has a population of 76,089. Wilhelmsha ...
.


Arts

* Oscar Straus's opera '' Ein Walzertraum'' receives its premiere.


Diplomacy

* 18 October – Germany is among the signatories of the
Hague Convention of 1907 The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 are a series of international treaties and declarations negotiated at two international peace conferences at The Hague in the Netherlands. Along with the Geneva Conventions, the Hague Conventions were amon ...
.


Education

* The
University of Mannheim The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public university, public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Aca ...
is established.


Science

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Eduard Buchner Eduard Buchner (; 20 May 1860 – 13 August 1917) was a German chemist and Zymurgy, zymologist, awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation (biochemistry), fermentation. Biography Early years Buchner was born in Mun ...
is awarded the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry () is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outst ...
.


Sport

* May – 1907 World Wrestling Championships held in
Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
* 13–14 June – 1907 Kaiser Preis motor race is held. *
Freiburger FC Freiburger FC () is a German association football club based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. Freiburger FC were one of the founding clubs of the DFB (German Football Association) in 1900. History Founded in 1897, for many decades FFC were th ...
are crowned
German football champions The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest association football competition in Germany. History The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the co ...
for the first time. * The Rund um die Hainleite cycling race in
Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Central Germany (cultural area), Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the Gera (river), River Gera, in the so ...
is held for the first time.


Transport

* 5 October – The SMS Dresden is launched.


Births

* 4 January –
Willy Busch Wilhelm "Willy" Busch (4 January 1907 – 4 March 1982) was a German international footballer. Club career He was a player of TuS Duisburg. From 1940 to 1943 he played with Toni Turek, the 1954 World Champion. And in the 1943–44 season he ...
, footballer (died 1982) * 16 January – Martin Scherber, composer (died 1974) * 20 January –
Manfred von Ardenne Manfred baron von Ardenne (; 20 January 190726 May 1997) was a German researcher, autodidact in applied physics, and an inventor. He took out approximately 600 patents in fields including electron microscopy, medical technology, nuclear techn ...
, physicist (died 1997) * 25 January –
Helmut Weiss Helmut Weiss (January 25, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was a German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was notable for directing ''Tell the Truth (film), Tell the Truth'', the first film produced after the Second World War in what was to bec ...
, film director (died 1969) * 1 February – Günter Eich, author (died 1972) * 7 February – Kurt Hasse, equestrian (died 1944) * 19 February – Rudolf von Beckerath, organ builder (died 1976) * 23 February –
Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal Hans-Jürgen Graf von Blumenthal (23 February 1907 – 13 October 1944) was a German aristocrat and Army officer in the Second World War who was executed by the Nazi régime for his role in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Biog ...
, German resistance member (died 1944) * 11 March: **
Heinz Brandt Heinz Brandt (11 March 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German officer. During World War II he served as an aide to General Adolf Heusinger, the head of the operations unit of the General Staff. He may have inadvertently saved Adolf Hitler's life, ...
, equestrian and officer (died 1944) **
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke Helmuth James Graf von Moltke (11 March 1907 – 23 January 1945) was a German jurist who, as a draftee in the German Abwehr, acted to subvert German human-rights abuses of people in territories occupied by Germany during World War II. He w ...
, jurist (died 1945) ** Konrad Wolff, musicologist (died 1989) * 12 March –
Josef Stangl Josef Stangl (; 12 August 1907 – 8 April 1979) was a Roman Catholic bishop of Würzburg, Germany. Born in Kronach, Bavaria, Stangl became a priest on 16 March 1930, and he was appointed by Pope Pius XII as Bishop of Würzburg on 27 June 195 ...
,
Bishop of Würzburg A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role ...
(died 1979) * 13 March – Ludwig Biermann, astronomer (died 1986) * 17 March – Franz Kartz, boxer * 20 March – Helmut Echternach, theologian (died 1988) * 24 March – Josef Lanzendörfer, bobsledder * 30 March: ** Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte,
Luftwaffe The Luftwaffe () was the aerial warfare, aerial-warfare branch of the before and during World War II. German Empire, Germany's military air arms during World War I, the of the Imperial German Army, Imperial Army and the of the Imperial Ge ...
officer (died 1994) ** Rudolf Krause, racing driver (died 1987) * 7 April – Friedrich Wegener, pathologist (died 1990) * 8 April – Walter Leinweber, ice hockey player (died 1997) * 16 April –
August Eigruber August Eigruber (16 April 1907 – 28 May 1947) was an Austrian-born Nazi Gauleiter and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Reichsgau Oberdonau (Upper Danube) and Landeshauptmann of Upper Austria. He was convicted of war crimes at Mauthausen-Gusen c ...
,
Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...
Gauleiter A ''Gauleiter'' () was a regional leader of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) who served as the head of a ''Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany, Gau'' or ''Reichsgau''. ''Gauleiter'' was the third-highest Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party, rank in ...
(died 1947) * 30 April – Karl-Lothar Schulz, General (died 1972) * 8 May – Wolf Graf von Baudissin, General (died 1993) * 9 May –
Baldur von Schirach Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (; 9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a German politician who was the leader of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. From 1940 to 1945, he was the '' Gauleiter'' (district leader) and '' Reichsstatthalter'' (Reich gov ...
, head of the
Hitler Youth The Hitler Youth ( , often abbreviated as HJ, ) was the youth wing of the German Nazi Party. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name ("Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth") in July 1926. From 1936 until 1945, it was th ...
(died 1974) * 11 May: ** Hermann Behrends,
Schutzstaffel The ''Schutzstaffel'' (; ; SS; also stylised with SS runes as ''ᛋᛋ'') was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. It beg ...
officer (died 1948) ** Eva Schulze-Knabe, painter (died 1976) * 14 May –
Hans von der Groeben Hans von der Groeben (14 May 1907 – 6 March 2005) was a German diplomat, lawyer, journalist and member of the European Commission, born in Langheim (today Łankiejmy, Poland) near Rastenburg, East Prussia. A son of landowner Georg von ...
, diplomat (died 2005) * 17 May – Ulrich Biel, CDU politician (died 1996) * 22 May – Werner Müller, ethnologist (died 1990) * 27 May ** Alois Kratzer, ski jumper (died 1990) **
Herbert Seifert Herbert Karl Johannes Seifert (; 27 May 1907, Bernstadt – 1 October 1996, Heidelberg) was a German mathematician known for his work in topology. Biography Seifert was born in Bernstadt auf dem Eigen, but soon moved to Bautzen, where he atte ...
, mathematician (died 1996) * 2 June – Willy Langkeit, general (died 1996) * 6 June – Ernst Gaber, rower (died 1975) * 7 June – Hilarius Breitinger,
Franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent Religious institute, religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor bei ...
(died 1974) * 14 June – Paul Klinger, actor (died 1971) * 22 June – Eberhard Koebel, German youth leader and writer (died 1955) * 25 June: **
J. Hans D. Jensen Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen (; 25 June 1907 – 11 February 1973) was a German nuclear physicist. During World War II, he worked on the German nuclear energy project, known as the Uranium Club, where he contributed to the separation of uranium ...
, nuclear physicist (died 1973) ** Hugo Strauß, rower (died 1941) * 26 June – Friedrich Asinger, chemist (died 1999) * 1 July – Fabian von Schlabrendorff, jurist and German resistance member (died 1980) * 2 July – Ernst Kupfer, Luftwaffe officer (died 1943) * 7 July – Walter Dieminger, space scientist (died 2000) * 8 July – Otto Kranzbühler, judge (died 2004) * 11 July –
Adalbert von Blanc Adalbert Pierre Louis Karl Erich Johann von Blanc (11 July 1907 – 7 November 1976) was a German naval officer during World War II and later an admiral in the West German Navy. During World War II he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the I ...
, Kriegsmarine officer (died 1976) * 17 July – Winfried Mahraun, diver (died 1973) * 13 August –
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (13 August 1907 – 30 July 1967) was a German engineer and the last personal sole owner of the company Fried. Krupp. The eldest of eight siblings, he came from the Krupp family on his mother's ...
, industrialist (died 1967) * 30 August – Hans Georg Rupp, judge (died 1989) * 6 September – Ilse Schwidetzky, anthropologist (died 1997) * 9 September – Joachim Sadrozinski, officer (died 1944) * 10 September – Dorothea von Salviati, member of the royal family (died 1972) * 15 September –
Alfred Delp Alfred Friedrich Delp (; 15 September 1907 – 2 February 1945) was a German Jesuit priest and philosopher of the German Resistance. A member of the inner Kreisau Circle resistance group, he is considered a significant figure in Catholic ...
, priest and philosopher (died 1945) * 18 September – Jakob Brendel, wrestler (died 1964) * 19 September –
Heinrich Trettner Heinrich "Heinz" Trettner (19 September 1907 – 18 September 2006) was a German general who served in the Spanish Civil War, and during World War II and the Cold War. From 1964 to 1966, he served as Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, the he ...
, general (died 2006) * 20 September – Nicolaus von Below, adjutant to Adolf Hitler (died 1983) * 22 September –
Hermann Schlichting Hermann Schlichting (22 September 1907 – 15 June 1982) was a Germans, German fluid dynamics engineer. Life and work Hermann Schlichting studied from 1926 till 1930 mathematics, physics and applied mechanics at the University of Jena, Univ ...
, engineer (died 1982) * 23 September – Herbert Kappler, police chief (died 1978) * 25 September – Otto Weiß, Luftwaffe officer (died 1955) * 29 September – Helmut Lemke, CDU politician (died 1990) * 9 October –
Horst Wessel Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (9 October 1907 – 23 February 1930) was a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, who became a propaganda symbol in Nazi Germany following his murder in 1930 by two members ...
, Nazi Party activist (died 1930) * 12 October –
Wolfgang Fortner Wolfgang Fortner (12 October 1907 – 5 September 1987) was a German composer, academic composition teacher and conductor. Life and career Fortner was born in Leipzig. From his parents, who were both singers, Fortner very early on had intense ...
, composer (died 1987) * 17 October – Herbert Böhme, poet (died 1971) * 19 October – Paul Klingenburg, water polo player (died 1964) * 22 October: **
Emilie Schindler Emilie Schindler (; ; 22 October 1907 – 5 October 2001) was a Sudeten German-born woman who, with her husband Oskar Schindler, helped to save the lives of 1,200 Jews during World War II by employing them in his enamelware and munitions facto ...
, humanitarian (died 2001) ** Günther Treptow, opera singer (died 1981) * 24 October – Albert Hoffmann, Nazi Gauleiter (died 1972) * 9 November – Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, son of Kaiser Wilhelm II (died 1994) * 10 November – Hans Herbert Fiedler, opera singer (died 2004) * 15 November –
Claus von Stauffenberg Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (; 15 November 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German army officer who is best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, part of Op ...
, German resistance member and leader of the
20 July plot The 20 July plot, sometimes referred to as Operation Valkyrie, was a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the chancellor and leader of Nazi Germany, and overthrow the Nazi regime on 20 July 1944. The plotters were part of the German r ...
(died 1944) * 22 November – Gustav Adolf Scheel, physician (died 1979) * 24 November – Friedrich Geiger, car designer (died 1996) * 30 November – Anton Biersack, composer (died 1982) * 9 December – Max Deuring, mathematician (died 1984) * 12 December – Ilse Fürstenberg, actress (died 1976) * 13 December – Theodor Wisch, SS commander (died 1995) * 16 December –
Hanns Scharff Hanns-Joachim Gottlob Scharff (December 16, 1907 – September 10, 1992) was a German Luftwaffe interrogator during the Second World War. He has been called the "Master Interrogator" of the Luftwaffe, and possibly all of Nazi Germany; he has al ...
, interrogator (died 1992) * 20 December – Leny Marenbach, actress (died 1984) * 23 December – Georg Haentzschel, pianist (died 1992) * 27 December: **
Sebastian Haffner Raimund Pretzel (27 December 1907 – 2 January 1999), better known by his pseudonym Sebastian Haffner, was a German journalist and historian. As an émigré in Britain during World War II, Haffner argued that accommodation was impossible not on ...
, journalist (died 1999) ** Johann Trollmann, boxer (died 1943) * 28 December ** Franz Ehrlich, architect (died 1984) **
Erich Mielke Erich Fritz Emil Mielke (; 28 December 1907 – 21 May 2000) was a German communist official who served as head of the East Germany, East German Ministry for State Security (''Ministerium für Staatsicherheit'' – MfS), better known as the Sta ...
, politician (died 2000) ** Heinz Förstendorf, field hockey player (died 1988) * 31 December – Walter Huppenkothen, lawyer (died 1978)


Deaths

* 9 January – Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen of Hanover (born 1818) * 30 January – Ludwig Woltmann, German zoologist (born 1871) * 5 February – Ludwig Thuille, composer (born 1861) * 8 February –
Alfred Kirchhoff Alfred Kirchhoff (23 May 1838 in Erfurt – 8 February 1907 in Leipzig, Mockau) was a German geographer and naturalist. Biography He was educated at University of Jena, Jena and University of Bonn, Bonn, and for several years was an instructo ...
, German geographer (born 1838) * 14 February –
Adolf Seel Adolf Seel (1 March 1829–14 February 1907) was a German Painting, painter. He trained at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Academy of Arts and is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography Seel visited the a ...
, painter (born 1829) * 17 February –
Wilhelm von Bezold Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Bezold (June 21, 1837 – February 17, 1907) was a German physicist and meteorologist born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria. He is best known for discovering the Bezold effect and the Bezold–Brücke shift. Bezol ...
, physicist (born 1837) * 24 February – Otto Goldschmidt, composer (born 1829) * 6 March – Karl Heinrich von Boetticher, FKP politician (born 1833) * 13 March – Fritz Scheel, conductor (born 1852) * 20 March – Ottomar Rosenbach, physician (born 1851) * 25 March –
Ernst von Bergmann Ernst Gustav Benjamin von Bergmann (16 December 1836 – 25 March 1907) was a Baltic German surgeon. He was the first physician to introduce heat sterilisation of surgical instruments and is known as a pioneer of aseptic surgery. Early life ...
, surgeon (born 1836) * 1 April – Johann Friedrich Jaennicke, entomologist (born 1831) * 30 April –
Julius Langbehn Julius Langbehn (26 March 1851 – 30 April 1907) was a German national Romantic art historian and philosopher. He was born in Hadersleben, Schleswig (now Haderslev in Denmark), and died in Rosenheim. Biography Langbehn was born in Hadersleben ...
, art historian (born 1851) * 3 May – Hermann Tietz, merchant (born 1837) * 13 May – Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, nobleman (born 1829) * 30 May –
Ottomar Anschütz Ottomar Anschütz (16 May 1846 – 30 May 1907) was a German inventor, photographer, and chronophotographer. He is widely seen as an early pioneer in the history of film technology. At the Postfuhramt in Berlin, Anschütz held the first showi ...
, inventor (born 1846) * 5 July – Kuno Fischer, philosopher (born 1824) * 13 July – Heinrich Kreutz, astronomer (born 1854) * 10 August – Hermann Ende architect (born 1829) * 13 August –
Hermann Carl Vogel Hermann Carl Vogel (; ; 3 April 1841 – 13 August 1907) was a German astrophysicist. He was born in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony. From 1882 to 1907 he was director of the Astrophysical Observatory, Potsdam. He made extensive discoveries ...
, astronomer (born 1841) * 13 September – Jacob Friedrich Behrend, jurist (born 1833) * 28 September –
Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden Frederick I (; 9 September 1826 – 28 September 1907) was the Grand Duke of Baden from 1858 to 1907. Life Frederick was born in Karlsruhe, Baden, on 9 September 1826. He was the third son of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden and Princess ...
, nobleman (born 1826) * 3 October – Alfred Reisenauer, pianist (born 1863) * 10 October –
Adolf Furtwängler Johann Michael Adolf Furtwängler (30 June 1853 – 10 October 1907) was a German archaeologist, teacher, art historian and museum director. He was the father of the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler and grandfather of the German archaeologist And ...
, archaeologist (born 1853) * 12 November –
Prince Arnulf of Bavaria Prince Arnulf of Bavaria (; 6 July 1852 – 12 November 1907) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a General of Infantry. Early life Arnulf was born in Munich, Bavaria. He was the youngest son of Prince Regent Luitpold o ...
, nobleman and General (born 1852) * 16 November – Gustav Hertzberg, historian (born 1826) * 21 November – Paula Modersohn-Becker, painter (born 1876) * 25 November – Heinrich Dernburg, jurist (born 1829) * 30 November – Ludwig Levy, German architect (born 1854) * 21 December – Klara Hitler, mother of
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...
(born 1860)


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Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...