1962 in Germany

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Events in the year 1962 in Germany .

Incumbents

• President – Heinrich Lübke
• Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

Events

• 16-17 February - North Sea flood of 1962
• 2 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
• 28 February – Oberhausen Manifesto
• 22 June – 3 July 12th Berlin International Film Festival
• 8 October – Spiegel affair begins, when an article in Der Spiegel questions the adequacy of Germany's defence capability. ^[1]
• 14 December – The Fifth Adenauer cabinet, led by Konrad Adenauer, is sworn in.

Births

• 5 January – Ralf Meister, German Lutheran theologian, former General Superintendent (regional bishop) of Berlin, and Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover
• 9 January – André Wohllebe, German canoeist (died 2014)
• 19 January – Monika Grütters, German politician
• 31 January – Frank Wieneke, German judoka
• 8 February – Martin Wuttke, German actor
• 13 February – Christiane Weber, German fencer
• 25 February – Birgit Fischer, German kayaker
• 4 March – Stephan Reimertz, German historian and author
• 9 March – Rolf Saalfrank, shot putter
• 10 March – Sepp Daxenberger, politician (died 2010)
• 12 March – Andreas Köpke, footballer
• 24 March – Irina Meszynski, German discus thrower
• 26 March – Susanne Daubner, German television presenter
• 1 April – Stefanie Tücking, German radio and television presenter (died 2018)
• 24 April – Heike Kemmer, equestrian
• 28 April – Susanne Klatten, German business woman
• 29 April – Stephan Burger, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
• 18 May – Sandra, German singer
• 21 May – Uwe Rahn, German football player
• 31 May – Sebastian Koch, German actor
• 3 June – Dagmar Neubauer, German sprinter
• 10 June – Ralf Schumann, German sport shooter
• 22 June – Campino, German singer
• 24 June – Christine Neubauer, German actress
• 9 July – Jan Degenhardt, German lawyer and folk-singer
• 15 July – Jens Bullerjahn, German engineer and politician (died 2022)
• 21 July – Gabi Bauer, German journalist
• 28 July – Torsten Gütschow, German football player
• 9 August – Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German politician
• 23 August – Jürgen Tonkel, German actor
• 30 September – Kathrin Schneider, German politician
• 9 October – Durs Grünbein, German poet
• 25 October – Martin Haase, German linguist
• 30 October – Stefan Kuntz, German football player
• 1 November – Ulf Timmermann, German athlete
• 6 November – Georg Uecker, German actor
• 28 November – Andreas Behm, German weightlifter
• 30 November – Heinrich Deichmann, German entrepreneur
• 1 December – Detlev Buck, German actor, film producer and screenwriter
• 5 December – Marion Kracht, German actress
• 14 December – Bela B., German singer and musician
• 31 December – Katy Karrenbauer, German actress

Deaths

• 1 January – Hans von Salmuth, German general (born 1888)
• 7 February – Clara Nordström, Swedish-born German writer and translator (born 1886)
• 8 March – Hans Felber, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1889)
• 5 April – Käte Selbmann, German politician (b. 1906) ^[2]
• 11 May – Hans Luther, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)
• 18 May – Sandra, singer
• 19 May – Gabriele Münter, German painter (born 1877) ^[3]
• 26 May – Karl Rapp, German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich.(born 1882)
• 1 June – Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) (born 1906) ^[4]
• 15 June – Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, German nobleman (born 1887)
• 18 June – Friederich-Karl Burckhardt, German World War I flying ace (born 1889)
• 25 July – Helene Weber, German politician (born 1881)
• 9 August – Hermann Hesse, German writer (born 1877) ^[5]
• 20 August – Kurt Schumacher, German politician (born 1895)
• 1 September – Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, German general (born 1889) ^[6]
• 10 September – Rudolf Petersen, German politician (born 1878)
• 25 September – Herbert Koch, German archaeologist (born 1880)
• 21 October – Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (born 1891)
• 14 November – Wilhelm Lachnit, German painter (born 1899)
• 13 December – Rudolf Wissell, German politician (born 1869)

See also

• 1962 in German television

References

1. Marek, Michael; Görtz, Birgit (10 October 2012). "A scandal rocks the young federal republic". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
2. Herbst, Andreas (2009). "Selbmann, Käte". Who Was Who in the GDR? (in German). Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag. Retrieved 2024-04-12– via Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung.
3. Haftmann, Werner (1966). Painting In The Twentieth Century. London: Praeger Publishers. p. 409. ISBN   978-0-27588-730-8.
4. Hull, William L. (1963). The Struggle for a Soul. New York: Doubleday. p. 160. OCLC   561109771.
5. Ingo Cornils (2009). A Companion to the Works of Hermann Hesse. Camden House. p. 6. ISBN   978-1-57113-330-4.
6. Josef Charita; François de Lannoy (2001). Panzertruppen: Les Troupes Blindees Allemandes German Armored Troops 1935-1945. Heimdal. p. 21. ISBN   9782840481515.