1971 in Germany explained

Events in the year 1971 in Germany.

Incumbents

• • President – Gustav Heinemann Chancellor – Willy Brandt

Events

• 27 February – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971
• 14 March – West Berlin state election, 1971
• 21 March – Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1971
• 27 May – Dahlerau train disaster^[1]
• 6 June – We've had abortions! in magazine Stern
• 26 June-July 6 - 21st Berlin International Film Festival
• 3 September – Four Power Agreement on Berlin
• 14 November – East German general election, 1971
• Date unknown
  • University of Bremen is founded.
  • University of Kassel is founded.
  • Dalli, Dalli by Hans Rosenthal is first broadcast, on ZDF.^[2]

Births

• 3 January – Tarek Al-Wazir, German politician
• 8 January – Mike Süsser, German chef and author
• 26 January
  • Hubert Aiwanger, German politician
  • Rick Kavanian, German actor, comedian and author
• 19 March – Nadja Auermann, German model
• 11 April – Oliver Riedel, German musician
• 29 April – Anja Karliczek, German politician
• 13 August
  • Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
  • Heike Makatsch, German actress
• 23 July – Cornelia Pfohl, German archer^[3]
• 19 August – Guido Cantz, German television presenter
• 3 September – Mirja Boes, German comedian and actress
• 2 October – Xavier Naidoo, German singer
• 18 October – Jan Wagner, German writer
• 19 October – David Wagner, German soccer player and manager
• 30 October – Fredi Bobic, German football player
• 10 November – Nina Kunzendorf, German actress
• 18 November – Ilka Bessin, German comedian
• 5 December – Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German politician
• 30 December – Manuela Schmermund, German Paralympic sport shooter^[4]

Full date unknown

• Martin Klimas, photographer^[5]

Deaths

• 14 January – Heinrich Anacker, German author (born 1901)
• 25 January – Hermann Hoth, German general (born 1885)^[6]
• 25 April – Erich Engels, German screenwriter, producer and film director (born 1889)
• 11 May – Hans Carste, German composer and conductor (born 1909)
• 6 May – Helene Weigel, German actress (born 1900)^[7]
• 13 May – Hubert von Meyerinck, German actor (born 1896)
• 3 June – Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (born 1894)
• 21 June – Ludwig Schmidseder, German composer (born 1904)
• 26 June – Johannes Frießner, German general (born 1892)
• 7 August – Günther Rittau, German film director (born 1893)
• 17 August – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
  • • 1 November Walther Kittel, Wehrmacht general (born 1887)
  • Gertrud von Le Fort, German writer of novels, poems and essays (born 1876)^[8]
• 14 November – Paul Klinger, German actor (born 1907)
• 10 December – Gotthard Heinrici, German general (born 1886)
• 11 December – Gustav Ehrhart, German chemist (born 1894)

Notes and References

1. Book: World Disasters: Tragedies in the Modern Age. Taylor & Francis. 2001. 9781136742576. 188.
2. Book: Baedeker's Berlin. Prentice Hall Press. 1992. 9780130636522. 54.
3. Web site: Cornelia PFOHL - Olympic Archery Germany . International Olympic Committee . 11 April 2019 . en . 19 June 2016.
4. Web site: Wechseln zur Desktop Variante von Munzinger-Online . m.munzinger.de . 27 July 2020.
5. Web site: Zavos. Alison. Photographer Martin Klimas fires a projectile into fruits and vegetables. Feature Shoot. 18 October 2013.
6. Book: Hürter, Johannes . Johannes Hürter . Hitlers Heerführer - Die deutschen Oberbefehlshaber im Krieg gegen die Sowjetunion 1941/42 . Hitler's Army Leaders - The German Commanders-in-Chief in the War against the Soviet Union 1941/42 . de . 2nd . Munich, Germany . . 2007 . 978-3-486-58341-0. 634.
7. Web site: Helene Weigel | Jewish Women's Archive. Jwa.org . 1 January 2013.
8. Book: Katharina M. Wilson. M. Wilson. An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. 1991. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-8240-8547-6. 459.