# 1946 in Germany

Events in the year 1946 in Germany.

## Events
### January

* January:
** German steel production limited to 25% of prewar level by the Allied Control Council.
** British occupation zone denazification responsibilities turned over to the Germans.
** Soviet 2nd Shock Army returned to the Soviet Union.
* 8 January: Braunschweiger Zeitung founded.

### February

* 1 February: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra founded.
* 5 February: Soviet 47th Army disbanded.
* 20 February: The worst explosion in German history kills more than 300 coal miners in Bergkamen.
* 21 February: Die Zeit founded two days later.

### March

* March:
** Law for Liberation from National Socialism and Militarism turns denazification responsibility over to the Germans.
** Seventh United States Army inactivated.
** Bamberg Symphony founded.
* 2 March: Rheinische Post founded.

### April

* April: Badisches Volksecho founded.
* 2 April: Die Welt founded.
* 3 April: Lübecker Nachrichten founded.
* 8 April: Sozialistische Einheit ceased publication.
* 13 April: Sächsische Zeitung founded.
* 21 April:
** Merger of the KPD and SPD into the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.
** Deutsche Volkszeitung ceased publication.
* 23 April:
** Neues Deutschland founded.
** Das Volk ceased publication.

### May

* 16 May: Handelsblatt founded.
* 17 May: DEFA film studio founded.
* 20 May: Lausitzer Rundschau founded.

### June

* June: Gehlen Organization established.
* 29 June: Provisional German administration under Soviet supervision established in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
* 30 June: June 1946 Bavarian state election.

### July

* July: Europa-Archiv founded.
* 1 July: ABC-Zeitung founded.

### August

* 20 August: Dissolution of the Wehrmacht.

### September

* 6 September: Restatement of Policy on Germany.
* 16 September: BRIXMIS established.

### October

* 1 October: Nuremberg trials conclude.
* 20 October:
** 1946 Berlin state election.
** 1946 Soviet occupation zone state elections.
** Rhine Province disestablished.

### November

* 13 November: Münchner Merkur founded.

### December

* 1 December: December 1946 Bavarian state election.
* 5 December: Hamburg Ravensbrück trials begin.
* 11 December: Hörzu founded.
* 21 December: Middle Rhine Football Association founded.
* Christmas: First edition of Auto motor und sport appears.

### Undated

* Average intake per day of 1,080 kilocalories.
* German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development founded.
* Hansawelle founded.
* Südwest Presse founded.
* West German Athletics Championships established.
* Westphalian Football and Athletics Association founded.

## Births

* 23 February — Bodo Hauser, German journalist and writer (died 2004)
* 25 February — Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist
* 17 March — Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist and Nobel laureate (d. 1995)
* 27 March — Olaf Malolepski, German musician (Die Flippers)
* 16 April – Mordechai Geldman, Israeli poet and writer (died 2021)
* 17 April — Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist (died 1995)
* 9 May — Drafi Deutscher, German singer (died 2006)
* 14 May — Elmar Brok, German politician
* 15 May – Klaus-Peter Siegloch, German journalist
* 17 May — Udo Lindenberg, German singer
* 26 June — Maria von Welser, German journalist
* 1 July:
** Stefan Aust, German journalist
** Rosalie Abella, German jurist
* 10 July – Max Rieger, German alpine skier
* 20 August
** Henryk M. Broder, German journalist
** Ralf Hütter, German techno musician
* 2 September — Angelika Volquartz, German politician
* 15 September — Gerd Uecker, German artistic director (died 2024)
* 1 October — Michael Sladek, German physician and environmentalist (died 2024)
* 6 October
** Otmar Bernhard, German politician
** Renate Holub, German philosopher
* 14 December — Ruth Fuchs, German athlete
* 30 December — Berti Vogts, German football player and manager

## Deaths

* February 8 - Felix Hoffmann, German chemist (born 1868)
* February 10 - Eduard Fresenius, German entrepreneur (born 1874)
* May 16 - Bruno Tesch, German chemist and entrepreneur (born 1890)
* June 6 - Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist (born 1862)
* September 6 - Alfred Körte, German philologist (born 1866)
* 15 October — Hermann Göring, World War I fighter ace and Reichsmarshall of Nazi Germany (born 1893)
* 16 October — Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologue (born 1893)
* Date unknown — Albert Hinrich Hussmann, artist and sculptor