1960 in Germany

Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	Other events of 1960; History of Germany • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1960 in Germany.

Incumbents

President – Heinrich Lübke
Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

Events

Births

5 January - Bettina Tietjen, German television presenter and talk show host
10 January - Claudia Losch, German shot putter
14 January - Andrea Fischer, German politician
3 February - Joachim Löw, German football coach
7 February
- Klaus J. Behrendt, German actor
- Kristin Otto, German swimmer
16 February - Frank-Markus Barwasser, German comedian and journalist
23 February - Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis, German socialite, businesswoman and artist
24 March - Nena, German singer
25 March - Markus Maria Profitlich, German comedian and actor
13 April - Rudi Völler, German football player
16 April - Pierre Littbarski, German football player
18 April - Neo Rauch, German artist
11 May - Jürgen Schult, German discus thrower
16 May - Tamme Hanken, German horse whisperer and animals bonesetter (died 2016)
7 June
- Steffen Seibert, German journalist
- Peter Limbourg, German journalist
1 August - Karl-Heinz Wiesemann, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
8 August - Ralf König, German comic writer
14 September - Christian Petzold, German film director
18 September - Wolfgang Bahro, German actor
23 September - Barbara Mensing, German archer^[1]
27 September - Patrick Lindner, German singer
12 October - Dorothee Vieth, German Paralympic cyclist^[2]
17 October - Hartmut Weber, German athlete
24 October - Christoph Schlingensief, German theatre director, performance artist and filmmaker (died 2010)
29 October - Dieter Nuhr, German comedian
2 November - Andy Borg, German singer
4 November - Frl. Menke, German singer
15 November - Susanne Lothar, German actress (died 2012)
27 November - Eike Immel, German football player
2 December - Justus von Dohnányi, German actor
12 December
- Volker Beck, German politician
- Martina Hellmann, German track and field athlete
22 December - Felicitas Hoppe, German writer

Deaths

4 January — Hugo Meurer, German admiral (born 1869)^[3]
25 January — Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist (born 1889)^[4]
27 January — Hans Schlossberger, German physician (born 1887)
18 March — Hans Bischoff, German entomologist (born 1889)
25 March - Ernst Melsheimer, German lawyer (born 1897)
30 March - Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor (born 1870)
20 April - Helmut Käutner, German film director (born 1908)
24 April — Max von Laue, German physicist (born 1879)^[5]
31 May — Walther Funk, German banker and economist (born 1890)
13 June — Wilhelm Keppler, German businessman (born 1882)
25 June — Walter Baade, German astronomer (born 1893)^[6]
29 June — Victor Janson, German actor and film director (born 1884)
2 July - Edmund Heckler German engineer & weapons manufacture (born 1906)
3 July — Erwin Jaenecke, German general (born 1890)
6 July — Hans Wilsdorf, German businessman and founder of Rolex (born 1881)
16 July - Albert Kesselring, German Generalfeldmarshal of Luftwaffe (born 1885)^[7]
24 July — Hans Albers, German actor (born 1891)^[8]
23 August — Bruno Loerzer, German aviator and air force general (born 1891)
7 September - Wilhelm Pieck, German politician (born 1876)
8 October - Hermann Schmitz, German industrialist (born 1881)
15 October — Henny Porten, German actress and producer (born 1890)
5 November — Erich Neumann, German psychologist (born 1905)^[9]
6 November - Erich Raeder, German admiral (born 1876)^[10]
9 November — Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, German Nazi general (born 1903)
2 December – Fritz August Breuhaus, German architect, interior designer and designer (born 1883)
7 December - Walter Noddack, German chemist (born 1893)
14 December - Hermine Körner, German actress (born 1878)
28 December - Eduard Ludwig, German architect (born 1906)
31 December - Joseph Wendel, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church (born 1901)

References

^ "Barbara MENSING - Olympic Archery | Germany". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^ "Dorothee Vieth - Team Deutschland Paralympics". www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ "Short biography, with photo of Meurer's gravestone". Ehrengräber in Kiel (in German). Archived from the original on 19 December 2010.
^ "Obituary: Beno Gutenberg, Seismologist, 70". The New York Times. January 28, 1960. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
^ Ewald, P. P. (1960). "Max von Laue 1879-1960". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6: 134–156. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0028. S2CID 71307727.
^ Osterbrock, D. E. (Sep 2002). "Walter Baade, Dynamical Astronomer at Goettingen, Hamburg, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Observatories". Aas/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #33. 33. Harvard Univ: 10.03. Bibcode:2002DDA....33.1003O.
^ Lingen, Kerstin von (2009). Kesselring's Last Battle: War Crimes Trials and Cold War Politics, 1945–1960. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-7006-1641-1. OCLC 263605489.
^ "Historisches Kalenderblatt". Deutschlandfunk. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
^ "Erel Shalit: Gershom Scholem: Obituary for Erich Neumann". www.erelshalit.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
^ "Erich Raeder". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2 November 2020 [20 July 1998]. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[1] "Barbara MENSING - Olympic Archery | Germany". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

[2] "Dorothee Vieth - Team Deutschland Paralympics". www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2020.

[3] "Short biography, with photo of Meurer's gravestone". Ehrengräber in Kiel (in German). Archived from the original on 19 December 2010.

[4] "Obituary: Beno Gutenberg, Seismologist, 70". The New York Times. January 28, 1960. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

[5] Ewald, P. P. (1960). "Max von Laue 1879-1960". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6: 134–156. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0028. S2CID 71307727.

[6] Osterbrock, D. E. (Sep 2002). "Walter Baade, Dynamical Astronomer at Goettingen, Hamburg, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Observatories". Aas/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #33. 33. Harvard Univ: 10.03. Bibcode:2002DDA....33.1003O.

[7] Lingen, Kerstin von (2009). Kesselring's Last Battle: War Crimes Trials and Cold War Politics, 1945–1960. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-7006-1641-1. OCLC 263605489.

[8] "Historisches Kalenderblatt". Deutschlandfunk. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.

[9] "Erel Shalit: Gershom Scholem: Obituary for Erich Neumann". www.erelshalit.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.

[10] "Erich Raeder". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2 November 2020 [20 July 1998]. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

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Births

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See also

References