# 1957 in Germany

Events in the year 1957 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President – Theodor Heuss
* Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

## Events

* 27 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957
* 12 April - Göttingen Manifesto
* 21 June - 2 July - 7th Berlin International Film Festival
* 1 August - The Deutsche Bundesbank was established.
* 15 September - West German federal election, 1957
* 29 October The Third Adenauer cabinet led by Konrad Adenauer was sworn in.

### Full date unknown

* The Balda Baldessa 35 mm film camera debuts.

## Births

* 8 February - Imogen Kogge, German actor
* 18 February - Marita Koch, German athlete
* 8 March - Axel A. Weber, German economist, professor and banker
* 10 March - Hans-Peter Friedrich, German politician
* 14 March - Kai Krause, German computer scientist
* 18 May - Frank Plasberg, German journalist
* 24 May - Walter Moers, German comic creator and author
* 31 May - Ilse Junkermann, German bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany
* 17 June - Joachim Król, German actor
* 5 July - Carlo Thränhardt, German high jumper
* 12 July - Götz Alsmann, German television presenter and musician
* 29 July - Ulrich Tukur, German actor
* 4 August Olaf Beyer, German athlete
* 18 August - Harald Schmidt, German actor, writer, columnist, comedian and television entertainer
* 26 August - Christian Schmidt, German politician
* 27 August - Bernhard Langer, German golfer
* 8 September - Christoph Eichhorn, German actor
* 10 September - Matthias Brenner, German actor
* 26 November - Matthias Reim, German singer
* 12 September - Hans Zimmer, German composer
* 20 September - Sabine Christiansen, German journalist
* 23 September - Suzanne von Borsody, German actress
* 29 September
** Uwe Foullong, politician
** Harald Schmid, German track and field athlete
* 21 October - Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist
* 10 November - Ingo Metzmacher, German conductor
* 8 December - Hannelore Anke, German swimmer
* 12 December - Tom Gerhardt, German actor and comedian
* 29 December - Oliver Hirschbiegel, German film director
* 30 December - Johann Riederer, German sport shooter

### Full date unknown

* Monika Maid, singer/songwriter

## Deaths

* January 1 - Hans Wölpert, German weightlifter (born 1898)
* January 22 - Claire Waldoff, German singer (born 1884)
* January 31 - Christian Hülsmeyer, German inventor, physicist and entrepreneur (born 1881)
* February 1 - Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal (born 1890)
* February 8 - Walther Bothe, German physicist (born 1891)
* February 13 - Gustav Mie, German physicist (born 1868)
* February 14 - Erich Ponto, German actor (born 1884)
* March 26 - Max Ophüls, German film director (born 1902)
* May 7 - Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (born 1877)
* May 10 - Kurt von Tippelskirch, German general (born 1891)
* May 15 - Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer, chemist (born 1899)
* June 4 – Louise Schroeder, German politician (born 1887)
* June 21 - Johannes Stark, German chemist Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)
* June 26 - Alfred Döblin, German novelist, essayist and writer (born 1878)
* August 5 - Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born 1877)
* August 30 - Otto Suhr, German politician (born 1894)
* October 28 - Ernst Gräfenberg, physician (medical doctor) and scientist (born 1881)
* October 29 - Rosemarie Nitribitt. German luxury call girl (born 1933)
* December 9 - Otto Landsberg, German politician (born 1869)
* December 27 - Otto Nuschke, German politician (born 1883)