# 1958 in Germany

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Events in the year 1958 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President – Theodor Heuss
* Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

## Events

* January 20 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958
* June 27 - July 8 - 8th Berlin International Film Festival
* November 16 - East German general election, 1958

## Science

* Date unknown - The Mössbauer effect, or recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence, is a physical phenomenon discovered by Rudolf Mössbauer in 1958.

## Births

* January 24 - Frank Ullrich, biathlete
* January 25 - Jürgen Hingsen, decathlete
* February 12 - Gero Storjohann, politician (died 2023)
* February 17 - Claudia Schoppmann, historian and writer
* March 17 - Ulrike Hoffmann-Richter, psychiatrist (died 2024)
* March 20 - Stefan Keil, diplomat (died 2021)
* March 21 - Marlies Göhr, athlete
* March 24
** Roland Koch, politician
** Mathias Richling, German actor, author, comedian and cabaret artist
* March 31
** Dietmar Bartsch, politician
** Sylvester Groth, actor
* April 2 - Olaf Prenzler, sprinter
* April 26 - Ingolf Lück, actor
* May 7 - Christine Lieberknecht, politician
* May 19 - Dieter Reiter, politician
* May 21 - Sabine Bischoff, fencer
* May 23 - Thomas Reiter, astronaut
* June 2 - Andreas K. W. Meyer, dramaturge and opera manager (died 2023)
* June 3 - Margot Käßmann, Lutheran theologian, Landesbischöfin (bishop) of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover
* June 6 - Rudi Fink, boxer
* June 14 - Olaf Scholz, politician
* June 16 - Ulrike Tauber, swimmer
* June 18 - Peter Altmaier, politician
* June 29 - Dieter Althaus, politician
* July 25 - Karlheinz Förster, footballer
* July 27 - Barbara Rudnik, actress (died 2009)
* July 15 - Jörg Kachelmann Swiss presenter in the meteorological field and victim of false rape accusations
* July 27 - Margarethe Schreinemakers, television presenter and talk show host
* August 5 - Ulla Salzgeber, equestrian
* September 1 - Dagmar Manzel, actress
* September 6 - Amelie Fried, writer
* September 26 - Rudi Cerne, figure skater
* September 29 - Tom Buhrow, journalist
* October 8 - Ursula von der Leyen, politician
* October 14 - Peter Kloeppel, journalist
* October 23 - Axel Krause, painter and graphic artist
* October 25 - Kornelia Ender, swimmer
* November 9
** Michael Boder, conductor (died 2024)
** Eva Herman, author and television presenter
* December 5
** Annette Harnack, high jumper
** Martin Schaudt, equestrian
* December 10 - Annelore Zinke, gymnast
* December 11 - Dominic Raacke, actor
* December 15 - Stephan Weil, politician
* December 21 - Tom Enders, businessman
* December 25 - Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, nobleman
* Unknown - OUBEY, visual artist (died 2004)

## Deaths

* January 9 - Karl Reinhardt, German philologist (born 1886)
* January 27 - Prince Oskar of Prussia, German nobleman (born 1888)
* January 30 - Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer (born 1888)
* February 22 - Theo Harych, German writer (born 1903)
* March 3 - Wilhelm Zaisser, German politician (born 1893)
* March 21 - Hans Ehrenberg, German theologian (born 1883)
* April 6 - Reinhold Schneider, German poet (born 1903)
* June 20 - Kurt Alder, German chemist (born 1902)
* June 29 - Karl Arnold, German politician (born 1901)
* June 30 - Walther Schreiber, German politician (born 1884)
* July 26 - Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (born 1866)
* August 25 - Leo Blech, German composer and conductor (born 1871)
* September 10 - Franz Wessel, German judge (born 1903)
* September 15 — Ferdinand Schumann-Heink, German actor (born 1893)
* October 11 - Johannes R. Becher, German politician, poet and novelist (born 1891)
* October 19 - Josef Wintrich, German judge (born 1891)
* October 23 - Erich Köhler, German politician (born 1892)
* October 24 - Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg, German politician and landowner (born 1891)
* October 27 - Barbara Schack, Sudeten German politician (born 1873 or 1874)
* November 19 - Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (born 1898)
* December 21 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German novelist (born 1884)