# 1909 in Germany

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Events in the year 1909 in Germany.

## Incumbents
### National level

* Kaiser – Wilhelm II
* Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow until 14 July, then Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg

### State level
#### Kingdoms

* King of Bavaria – Otto
* King of Prussia – Wilhelm II
* King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus III
* King of Württemberg – William II

#### Grand Duchies

* Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick II
* Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis
* Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis IV
* Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolphus Frederick V
* Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II
* Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – William Ernest

#### Principalities

* Schaumburg-Lippe – George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
* Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (who assumed the title "Prince of Schwarzburg" from 28 March)
* Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen to 28 March, then Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
* Principality of Lippe – Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
* Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent)
* Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
* Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

#### Duchies

* Duke of Anhalt – Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
* Duke of Brunswick – Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (regent)
* Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
* Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

#### Colonial Governors

* Cameroon (Kamerun) – Theodor Seitz (3rd term) to 10 February, then Wilhelm Peter Hansen (acting governor) to October, the again Theodor Seitz (4th and final term)
* Kiaochow (Kiautschou) – Oskar von Truppel
* German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg
* German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Albert Hahl (2nd term)
* German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) – Wilhelm Solf
* German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Bruno von Schuckmann
* Togoland – Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen

## Events

* 19 December: German football club Borussia Dortmund was founded.
* Summer – German Chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch first demonstrate the Haber process, the catalytic formation of ammonia from hydrogen and atmospheric nitrogen under conditions of high temperature and pressure.

### Undated

* Bavaria 09 Berlin, German association football club founded.
* A team under German chemist Fritz Hofmann first synthesizes synthetic rubber (Methylkautschuk).
* Linde–Frank–Caro process was invented by Adolf Frank and developed with Carl von Linde and Heinrich Caro.
(Methylkautschuk).

## Births

* 4 January – Cilly Aussem, German tennis player (died 1963)
* 8 January – Willy Millowitsch, German actor (died 1999)
* 15 January – Jean Bugatti, German automobile designer (died 1939)
* 31 January – Yosef Burg German-born Israeli politician and rabbi (died 1999)
* 3 February – Kurt Petter, physician, youth leader and educational administrator (died 1969)
* 20 February – Heinz Erhardt, German comedian (died 1979)
* 19 March – Otto John, German lawyer (died 1997)
* 27 March – Golo Mann, German historian, essayist and writer (died 1994)
* 2 April – Otto Haxel, German nuclear physicist (died 1998)
* 23 April – Karl Klasen, German banker (died 1991)
* 24 April: Bernhard Grzimek German zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist in postwar West-Germany.(died 1987)
* Konrad Frey, German gymnast (died 1974)
* Werner Jacobs, German film director (died 1999)
* 25 April – Ludwig Martin, German lawyer (died 2010)
* 26 April – Marianne Hoppe, German actress (died 2002)
* 8 May – Paul May, German film director (died 1976)
* 11 May – Georg von Holtzbrinck, German publisher (died 1983)
* 22 May – Willi Geiger, German judge (died 1994)
* 25 May – Alfred Kubel, German politician (died 1999)
* 21 June — Helmut Möckel, youth leader and politician (died 1945)
* 22 June – Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort, German officer (died 1944)
* 4 July – Alex Seidel, German weapons manufacturer (died 1989)
* 7 July – Gottfried von Cramm, tennis player (died 1976)
* 22 July – Franz-Josef Röder, politician (died 1979)
* 9 August – Adam von Trott zu Solz, German diplomat (died 1944)
* 13 August – Werner Otto, German businessman (died 2011)
* 5 September – Hans Carste, German composer and conductor (died 1971)
* 7 September – Kurt A. Körber, German entrepreneur (died 1992)
* 14 October – Bernd Rosemeyer, German racing driver (died 1938)
* 25 October – Dieter Borsche, German actor (died 1982)
* 30 October – Carl Lange, German actor (died 1999)
* 7 November – Ezriel Carlebach, German-born Israeli journalist and publicist (died 1956)
* 1 December – Hans-Heinrich Sievert, German decathlete (died 1963)
* 2 December – Marion Dönhoff, German journalist (died 2002)
* 3 December – Charlotte Kretschmann, German supercentenarian (died 2024)
* 23 December – Joachim Werner, German archaeologist (died 1994)

## Deaths

* 22 January – Emil Erlenmeyer, chemist (born 1825)
* 2 February – Adolf Stoecker, German pastor and politician (born 1835)
* 26 February – Hermann Ebbinghaus, psychologist (born 1850)
* 24 March – Alfred Messel, German architect (born 1853)
* 28 March – Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, nobleman (born 1830)
* 30 April – Albert Langen, German publisher (born 1869)
* 9 May – Margarete Steiff, German seamstress and company founder (born 1847)
* 13 May – Heinrich Limpricht, German chemist (born 1827)
* 19 May - Gustav zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg, German politician (born 1849)
* 24 May – Georg von Neumayer, German polar explorer (born 1826)
* 3 June - Theodor Barth, German politician and publicis (born 1849)
* 8 June – Fritz Overbeck, German painter (born 1869)
* 3 July – Hermann Johannes Pfannenstiel, German gynecologist (born 1862)
* 13 October – Julius Ruthardt, German violinist and composer (born 1841)
* 30 October – Leopold Sonnemann, German newspaper publisher (born 1831)
* 16 December – Ludwig Friedländer, German philologist (born 1824)