1995 in Germany explained

Events in the year 1995 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President - Roman Herzog
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

• 9-22 February - 45th Berlin International Film Festival
• 13 May — Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
• 14 May — North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 1995
• 30 June — The third series (BBk I/Ia) Deutsche Mark banknotes cease to be legal tender after being in circulation for 30-34 years.
• September - T-Online was founded in Berlin.
• Private company Deutsche Post was founded in Bonn.

Births

• 6 February — Leon Goretzka, German footballer
• 8 February — Joshua Kimmich, German football player
• 16 February — Carina Witthöft, tennis player
• 12 March — Fabian Vogel, German trampoline gymnast
• 1 August — Tina Punzel, German diver

Deaths

• 9 January — Gisela Mauermayer, German athlete (born 1913)
• 19 January — Hermann Henselmann, German architect (born 1905)
• 28 January — Adolf Butenandt, German chemist (born 1903)
• 1 March — Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist (born 1946)
• 28 March — Hanns-Joachim Friedrichs, German journalist (born 1927)
• 2 May — Werner Veigel, German journalist and news speaker (born 1928)
• 31 July — Lotte Rausch, German actress (born 1913)
• 18 August — Helmuth Schlömer, Wehrmacht general (born 1893)
• 28 August — Michael Ende, writer (born 1929)^[1]
• 15 September — Dietrich Hrabak, German fighter pilot (born 1914)^[2]
• 16 September — Hans Häckermann, German actor (born 1930)
• 29 September — Gerd Bucerius, German journalist (born 1906)
• 26 November — Wim Thoelke, German television presenter (born 1927)
• 18 December — Konrad Zuse, German civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer (born 1910)
• 30 December — Heiner Müller, German dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director (born 1929)^[3]

See also

• 1995 in German television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michael Ende, 65, German Children's Writer. The New York Times. September 1, 1995. Alan Cowell.
2. Book: Heaton . Colin . Lewis . Anne-Marie . 2014 . https://books.google.com/books?id=vWL4AgAAQBAJ&dq=Dietrich+Hrabak+1995&pg=PA215 . The German Aces Speak II: World War II Through the Eyes of Four More of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders . A Leader of Aces: Generalmajor Dietrich Anton Hrabak . . 978-0-7603-4590-0. 219–225.
3. News: Heiner Muller, the Playwright And Social Critic, Dies at 66. The New York Times. Eric Pace. January 3, 1996.