1907 in Germany

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Events in the year 1907 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Kaiser - Wilhelm II
• Chancellor - Bernhard von Bülow

State level

Kingdoms

• King of Bavaria - Otto of Bavaria
• King of Prussia - Kaiser Wilhelm II
• King of Saxony - Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
• King of Württemberg - William II of Württemberg

Grand Duchies

• Grand Duke of Baden - Frederick I then Frederick II
• Grand Duke of Hesse - Ernest Louis
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Frederick Francis IV
• Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Adolphus Frederick V
• Grand Duke of Oldenburg - Frederick Augustus II
• Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - William Ernest

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 - Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
• Reuss Elder Line - Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent)
• Reuss Younger Line - Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
• Waldeck and Pyrmont - Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Duchies

• Duke of Anhalt - Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
• Duke of Brunswick - vacant to 28 May, then Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (regent)
• Duke of Saxe-Altenburg - Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
• Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• Duke of Saxe-Meiningen - Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Colonial Governors

• Cameroon (Kamerun) - Otto Gleim (acting governor) (2nd term) to 1 July, then Theodor Seitz (3rd term)
• Kiaochow (Kiautschou) - Oskar von Truppel
• German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) - Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg
• German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) - Albert Hahl (2nd term)
• German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) - Wilhelm Solf
• German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) - Friedrich von Lindequist to 20 May, then Bruno von Schuckmann
• Togoland - Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen

Events

• 25 January - The 'Hottentot election', so called because of the nationalist atmosphere whipped up during the campaign, sees the Social Democratic Party of Germany gain half a million votes and yet lose half of their seats.
• May 1907 - A separate Imperial Colonial Office is set up distinct from the Auswärtiges Amt.
• 15 July - Experimental train reported to reach 81 mph and reach 98 mph maximum
• 6 October - The Deutscher Werkbund is established in Munich.
• The Herero and Namaqua Genocide reaches its climax in this year.

Architecture

• Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke, a swing bridge is opened in Wilhelmshaven.

Arts

• Oscar Straus's opera Ein Walzertraum receives its premiere.

Diplomacy

• 18 October - Germany is among the signatories of the Hague Convention of 1907.

Education

• The University of Mannheim is established.

Science

• Eduard Buchner is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Sport

• May - 1907 World Wrestling Championships held in Frankfurt
• 13–14 June - 1907 Kaiser Preis motor race is held.
• Freiburger FC are crowned German football champions for the first time.
• The Rund um die Hainleite cycling race in Erfurt is held for the first time.

Transport

• 5 October - The SMS Dresden is launched.

Births

• 4 January - Willy Busch, footballer
• 16 January - Martin Scherber, composer
• 17 January - Max Schäfer, Waffen-SS officer
• 20 January - Manfred von Ardenne, physicist
• 4 February - Ludwig Barth, Wehrmacht officer
• 19 February - Rudolf von Beckerath, organ builder
• 23 February - Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, German resistance member
• 26 February - Emil Seibold, Waffen-SS officer
• 11 March - Helmuth James Graf von Moltke, jurist (died 1945)
• 11 March - Konrad Wolff, musicologist
• 12 March - Josef Stangl, Bishop of Würzburg
• 13 March - Ludwig Biermann, astronomer
• 17 March - Franz Kartz, boxer
• 20 March - Helmut Echternach, theologian
• 24 March - Josef Lanzendörfer, bobsledder
• 30 March - Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, Luftwaffe officer
• 30 March - Rudolf Krause, racing driver
• 8 April - Walter Leinweber, ice hockey player
• 16 April - August Eigruber, Nazi Gauleiter
• 30 April - Karl-Lothar Schulz, General
• 8 May - Wolf Graf von Baudissin, General
• 9 May - Baldur von Schirach, head of the Hitler Youth
• 10 May - Carl-Friedrich Mohr, Kriegsmarine officer
• 11 May - Hermann Behrends, Schutzstaffel officer
• 11 May - Eva Schulze-Knabe, painter
• 14 May - Hans von der Groeben, diplomat
• 15 May - Karl Baacke, Wehrmacht officer
• 17 May - Ulrich Biel, CDU politician
• 22 May - Werner Müller, ethnologist
• 27 May - Alois Kratzer, ski jumper
• 27 May - Herbert Seifert, mathematician
• 2 June - Willy Langkeit, General
• 6 June - Ernst Gaber, rower
• 7 June - Hilarius Breitinger, Franciscan
• 22 June - Eberhard Koebel, youth leader
• 25 June - J. Hans D. Jensen, nuclear physicist (died 1973)
• 25 June - Hugo Strauß, rower
• 26 June - Friedrich Asinger, chemist
• 1 July - Fabian von Schlabrendorff, jurist and German resistance member
• 2 July - Franz Kleffner, Waffen-SS officer
• 2 July - Ernst Kupfer, Luftwaffe officer
• 7 July - Walter Dieminger, space scientist
• 8 July - Otto Kranzbühler, judge
• 11 July - Adalbert von Blanc, Kriegsmarine officer
• 17 July - Kurt Gröschke, Luftwaffe officer
• 17 July - Winfried Mahraun, diver
• 28 July - Karl Mühleck, Waffen-SS officer
• 9 August - Wolfgang Jörchel, Waffen-SS officer
• 11 August - Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen, Kriegsmarine officer
• 13 August - Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, industrialist
• 6 September - Ilse Schwidetzky, anthropologist
• 10 September - Dorothea von Salviati, member of the royal family
• 14 September - Waldemar Holst, Kriegsmarine officer
• 18 September - Jakob Brendel, wrestler
• 19 September - Heinrich Trettner, General
• 20 September - Nicolaus von Below, Luftwaffe officer
• 22 September - Hermann Schlichting, engineer
• 23 September - Herbert Kappler, police chief
• 25 September - Otto Weiß, Luftwaffe officer
• 29 September - Helmut Lemke, CDU politician
• 2 October - Walter Bestmann, Waffen-SS officer
• 3 October - Fritz Müller, Wehrmacht officer
• 9 October - Horst Wessel, Nazi Party activist
• 11 October - Reinhard Burst, Wehrmacht officer
• 12 October - Wolfgang Fortner, composer
• 17 October - Herbert Böhme, poet
• 19 October - Paul Klingenburg, water polo player
• 22 October - Emilie Schindler, humanitarian
• 22 October - Günther Treptow, opera singer
• 24 October - Albert Hoffmann, Nazi Gauleiter
• 28 October - Anton Berg, Wehrmacht officer
• 9 November - Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, son of Kaiser Wilhelm II
• 10 November - Hans Herbert Fiedler, opera singer
• 15 November - Claus von Stauffenberg, German resistance member and leader of the 20 July plot (died 1944)
• 21 November - Ernst Hechler, U-boat commander
• 22 November - Gustav Adolf Scheel, physician
• 24 November - Friedrich Geiger, car designer
• 30 November - Anton Biersack, composer
• 9 December - Max Deuring, mathematician
• 13 December - Theodor Wisch, Waffen-SS General
• 14 December - Alfred Fischer, Waffen-SS officer
• 15 December - Harro Schacht, U-boat commander
• 16 December - Hanns Scharff, interrogator
• 23 December - Georg Haentzschel, pianist
• 27 December - Sebastian Haffner, journalist
• 27 December - Johann Trollmann, boxer
• 28 December - Franz Ehrlich, architect
• 28 December - Heinz Förstendorf, field hockey player
• 31 December - Walter Huppenkothen, lawyer

Deaths

• 9 January - Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen of Hanover
• 5 February - Ludwig Thuille, composer
• 14 February - Adolf Seel, painter
• 17 February - Wilhelm von Bezold, physicist
• 24 February - Otto Goldschmidt, composer
• 6 March - Karl Heinrich von Boetticher, FKP politician
• 13 March - Fritz Scheel, conductor
• 20 March - Ottomar Rosenbach, physician
• 25 March - Ernst von Bergmann, surgeon
• 1 April - Johann Friedrich Jaennicke, entomologist
• 30 April - Julius Langbehn, art historian
• 3 May - Hermann Tietz, merchant
• 13 May - Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, nobleman
• 30 May - Ottomar Anschütz, inventor
• 5 July - Kuno Fischer, philosopher
• 13 July - Heinrich Kreutz, astronomer
• 13 August - Hermann Carl Vogel, astronomer
• 13 September - Jacob Friedrich Behrend, jurist
• 28 September - Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, nobleman
• 3 October - Alfred Reisenauer, pianist
• 10 October - Adolf Furtwängler, archaeologist
• 12 November - Prince Arnulf of Bavaria, nobleman and General
• 16 November - Gustav Hertzberg, historian
• 21 November - Paula Modersohn-Becker, painter
• 25 November - Heinrich Dernburg, jurist
• 21 December - Klara Hitler, mother of Adolf Hitler