1957 in Germany

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 - 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)
See also
1957 in German television
References
1950s in Germany
Years of the 20th century in Germany
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