1897 in Germany

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Events in the year 1897 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Kaiser — Wilhelm II
• Chancellor — Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

State level

Kingdoms

• King of Bavaria — Otto of Bavaria
• King of Prussia — Kaiser Wilhelm II
• King of Saxony — Albert of Saxony
• King of Württemberg — William II of Württemberg

Grand Duchies

• Grand Duke of Baden — Frederick I
• Grand Duke of Hesse — Ernest Louis
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin — Frederick Francis III to 10 April, then Frederick Francis IV
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz — Frederick William
• Grand Duke of Oldenburg — Peter II
• Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach — Charles Alexander

Principalities

• Schaumburg-Lippe — George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
• Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt — Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
• Schwarzburg-Sondershausen — Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
• Principality of Lippe — Alexander, Prince of Lippe (with Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe to 17 July, then Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, as regent)
• Reuss Elder Line — Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
• Reuss Younger Line — Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
• Waldeck and Pyrmont — Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Duchies

• Duke of Anhalt — Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
• Duke of Brunswick — Prince Albert of Prussia (regent)
• Duke of Saxe-Altenburg — Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
• Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha — Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• Duke of Saxe-Meiningen — Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Colonial Governors

• Cameroon (Kamerun) — Theodor Seitz (2nd term) to 10 September, then Jesko von Puttkamer (5th term) from 11 September
• German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Eduard von Liebert
• German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) — Curt von Hagen to 13 August, then Albert Hahl (acting) (1st term) to 11 September, then Hugo Skopnik (all Landeshauptleute of the German New Guinea Company)
• German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) — Theodor Leutwein (Landeshauptleute)
• Togoland — August Köhler (Landeshauptleute)

Births

• 2 March — Gurit Kadman, German-born Israeli dance instructor and choreographer (died 1987)
• 16 June - Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (died 1987)
• 5 July — Paul Ben-Haim (born Paul Frankenburger), German-born Israeli composer (died 1984)
• 17 July - Max Knoll, German electrical engineer (died 1969)
• 5 December — Gershom Scholem (born Gerhard Scholem), German-born Israeli philosopher and historian (died 1982)
• Full date unknown — Shimon Fritz Bodenheimer, German-born Israeli biologist and zoologist (died 1959)

Deaths

• 10 April — Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (born 1851)