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1926 in Germany

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Events in the year 1926 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

  • President - Paul von Hindenburg (Non-partisan)

  • Chancellor - Hans Luther (German People's Party) (to 12 May), Wilhelm Marx (Centre) (from 17 May)

Events

  • 1 January – the city of Cologne is badly hit by flooding in the river Rhine.
  • 6 January – Deutsche Luft Hansa is formed by the merger of Deutsche Aero Lloyd and Junkers Luftverkehr
  • 7 January – Deutschlandsender, a radio transmitter, is opened for the first time.
  • 20 January – Chancellor Hans Luther is forced to reconstitute his cabinet as a minority government, having lost the support of some of his partners the previous December.
  • 8 February – The Reich government under Chancellor Hans Luther unanimously decides to formally apply for Germany’s admission to the League of Nations.
  • 14 February – The Nazi Party holds the Bamberg Conference in an attempt to strengthen Adolf Hitler's control over the party.
  • 21 February – A major rally of the republican organization Black, Red, Gold Banner of the Reich takes place in Hamburg, with speeches by Prussian Minister-President Otto Braun and Reichstag President Paul Löbe.
  • 19 March – Max Wolf of the University of Heidelberg discovers the asteroid 2732 Witt.
  • 11 April – Hermannplatz railway station opens in Berlin.
  • 24 April – Treaty of Berlin (1926) is signed with the Soviet Union promising a five-year period of non-involvement if either state is attacked by a third party.
  • 12 May – The Luther government falls as a result of its support for a modified imperial flag for use at the Republic's foreign missions.
  • 16 May – Wilhelm Marx succeeds Luther as Chancellor although otherwise the make-up of the Cabinet is not altered.
  • 20 June – A referendum on expropriating former royal properties without compensation fails due to a low voter turnout.
  • 24 June – the liner Padua is launched. Other ships launched this year (all with date of launch unknown) include SS Amrum, SS Ilse L M Russ and SS Siegmund.
  • 28 June – German company Daimler-Benz was founded.
  • 3 July – The second NSDAP Party Congress is held in Weimar, featuring elaborate staging to promote Adolf Hitler.
  • 4 July –
    • The architectural collective Der Ring is founded in Berlin, with prominent members including Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
    • At the Nazi Party Day held in Weimar, Adolf Hitler proclaims the SS (Schutzstaffel) as his elite organization and entrusts them with the "Blood Flag".
  • 3 September – Funkturm Berlin radio tower is opened to the public.
  • 10 September – Germany officially joins the League of Nations.
  • 17 September – French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand and German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann reach a mutual agreement on major foreign policy goals, including early return of the Saar Basin and Rhineland evacuation.
  • 6 October – Hans von Seeckt resigns as Head of the Heeresleitung after a dispute over an unauthorized Reichswehr maneuver and tensions with Defence Minister Geßler and President Hindenburg.
  • 1 November –
    • Joseph Goebbels is appointed Nazi Gauleiter of Berlin.
    • Franz Pfeffer von Salomon is appointed commander of the SA (Sturmabteilung) across Germany.
  • 4 December – The Bauhaus is re-established in Dessau and gains state recognition as a Hochschule für Gestaltung.
  • 10 December – Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann and his French counterpart Aristide Briand receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on the Locarno Treaties.
  • 16 December – Philipp Scheidemann of the Social Democratic Party reveals that the Reichswehr is secretly working with the Soviet Red Army and anti-republican groups in Germany.
  • 17 December – The Marx administration loses a vote of confidence and, although Marx continues as Chancellor, he does so without the involvement of previous coalition partners the German Democratic Party.

Date unknown

  • The National Socialist German Students' League is established.
  • The Old Social Democratic Party of Germany and the Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation are both established.
  • Gustav Stresemann is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with fellow architect of the Locarno Treaties Aristide Briand.
  • German company Südzucker was founded.

Births

  • 2 January – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France (died 2020 in France)
  • 3 January – W. Michael Blumenthal, German-American economist and politician
  • 5 January – Walther Leisler Kiep, German politician (died 2016)
  • 6 January – Walter Sedlmayr, actor (died 1990)
  • 24 January – Hans-Jürgen Borchers, mathematical physicist (died 2011)
  • 26 January – Kurt-Heinz Stolze, pianist (died 1970)
  • 28 January – Meier Schwarz, Israeli plant physiologist (died 2022 in Israel)
  • 29 January – Ernst Träger, judge (died 2015)
  • 31 January:
    • Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Archbishop of Paderborn (died 2002)
    • Horst Giese, actor (died 2008)
    • Rudi Kopp, cross country skier
    • Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, nobleman (died 2012)
  • 2 February – Fritz Stern, German-American historian (died 2016)
  • 3 February:
    • Franz Islacker, footballer (died 1970)
    • Hans-Jochen Vogel, politician (died 2020)
  • 6 February – Elisabeth Guttenberger, Holocaust survivor and human rights activist (died 2024)
  • 8 February – Sonja Ziemann, actress (died 2020)
  • 11 February – Ursula Buckel, opera singer (died 2005)
  • 16 February – Margot Frank, sister of Anne Frank (died 1945)
  • 20 February – Adolf Bechtold, footballer (died 2012)
  • 23 February – Christian Habicht, historian (died 2018)
  • 11 March:
    • Albrecht Dietz, German entrepreneur and scientist (died 2012)
    • Heinz Kiessling, musician (died 2003)
    • Peer Schmidt, actor (died 2010)
  • 17 March – Siegfried Lenz, writer of novels, short stories and essays (died 2014)
  • 25 March – Georg Schäfer (artist), painter and writer (died 1991)
  • 26 March – Heinz Staab, German chemist (died 2012)
  • 8 April:
    • Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian (died 2024)
    • Elisabeth Wiedemann, German actress (died 2015)
  • 18 April:
    • Horst Käsler, handball player (died 1987)
    • Günter Meisner, actor (died 1994)
  • 22 April – Harald Leipnitz, actor (died 2000)
  • 26 April – Michael Mathias Prechtl, artist (died 2003)
  • 8 May – David Hurst, actor (died 2019)
  • 17 May – Franz Sondheimer, German-born Israeli-British chemist (died 1981)
  • 19 May – Peter Zadek, film director (died 2009)
  • 24 May – Rudolf Kippenhahn, astrophysicist (died 2020)
  • 28 May – Gerhard Beil, politician (died 2010)
  • 5 June – Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, businessman (died 1990)
  • 6 June – Klaus Tennstedt, conductor (died 1998)
  • 14 June – Hermann Kant, writer (died 2016)
  • 20 June – Hans-Dieter Lange, journalist and television presenter (died 2012)
  • 21 June – Johanna Quandt, business woman (died 2015)
  • 24 June – Walter Hirrlinger, German politician (died 2018)
  • 22 June – Elyakim Haetzni, Israeli lawyer and politician (died 2022)
  • 1 July:
    • Carl Hahn, businessman (died 2023)
    • Hans Werner Henze, composer (died 2012)
  • 2 July – Berthold Wulf, priest (died 2012)
  • 4 July – Wolfgang Seidel, racing driver (died 1987)
  • 12 July – Oswald Mathias Ungers, architect (died 2007)
  • 15 July – Hans Frankenthal, writer and Holocaust survivor (died 1999)
  • 16 July – Stef Wertheimer, German-born Israeli entrepreneur and industrialist (died 2025)
  • 24 July – Hans Günter Winkler, showjumper (died 2018)
  • 25 July – August Lütke-Westhüs, equestrian (died 2000)
  • 1 August – Theo Adam, opera singer (died 2019)
  • 6 August – Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (died 2013)
  • 9 August – Gustav Schmidt, sprint canoer (died 2016)
  • 21 August – Ben-Zion Orgad, (German-born) Israeli composer (died 2006)
  • 27 August – Karl-Heinz Heddergott, football manager
  • 30 August – Rudi Gutendorf, footballer and manager (died 2019)
  • 3 September:
    • Rudi Arnstadt, East German border guard (died 1962)
    • Jochen Bleicken, professor of ancient history (died 2005)
  • 4 September – Helmut Ringelmann, film producer (died 2011)
  • 6 September – Prince Claus of the Netherlands (died 2002)
  • 10 September – Gerda Munsinger, prostitute and alleged spy (died 1998)
  • 17 September:
    • Hermann Bausinger, cultural scientist (died 2021)
    • Klaus Schütz, politician (died 2012)
  • 1 October:
    • Manfred Messerschmidt, historian (died 2022)
    • Gerhard Stolze, opera singer (died 1979)
  • 4 October – Klaus Koch, theologian (died 2019)
  • 5 October – Gottfried Michael Koenig, composer (died 2021)
  • 8 October – Günter Mittag, politician (died 1994)
  • 14 October – Günther Schwarberg, journalist (died 2008)
  • 15 October – Karl Richter, conductor (died 1981)
  • 18 October – Klaus Kinski, actor (died 1991)
  • 19 October – Udo Schaefer, Baháʼí author (died 2019)
  • 20 October – Ursula Happe, swimmer
  • 21 October – Leo Kirch, media entrepreneur (died 2011)
  • 26 October – Bernhard Klodt, footballer (died 1996)
  • 30 October – Dieter Zechlin, pianist (died 2012)
  • 1 November – Günter de Bruyn, writer (died 2020)
  • 11 November – Werner Schmieder, politician
  • 15 November:
    • Alfred Biehle, politician (died 2014)
    • Manfred Müller, German bishop or Roman Catholic Church (died 2015)
    • Helmut Fischer, actor (died 1997)
  • 26 November:
    • Peter van Pels, German-Dutch boyfriend of Anne Frank (died 1945)
    • Ralf Wolter, actor
  • 28 November – Eberhard von Brauchitsch, industrialist (died 2010)
  • 9 December – Erhard Eppler, politician and businessman (died 2019)
  • 10 December – Jacob Birnbaum, Jewish activist (died 2014)
  • 16 December – Alfred Koerppen, musician (died 2022)
  • 19 December – Hans Henn, bobsledder
  • 20 December – Otto Graf Lambsdorff, politician (died 2019)
  • 21 December – Herbert Ehrenberg, politician (died 2018)
  • 23 December – Heinz Graffunder, architect (died 1994)

Deaths

References

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