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Events in the year 1917 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
- Kaiser - Wilhelm II
- Chancellor - Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg to 13 July, then Georg Michaelis to 31 October, then from 1 November Georg von Hertling
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria - Ludwig III 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 II
- Grand Duke of Hesse - Ernest Louis
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Frederick Francis IV
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Adolphus Frederick VI
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg - Frederick Augustus II
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - William Ernest
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe - Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt - Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Principality of Lippe - Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line - Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, as regent)
- Reuss Younger Line - Heinrich XXVII, 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 - Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg - Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen - Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governor
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) — Albert Heinrich Schnee, although much of territory under Allied occupation.
Events
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Births
- December 21 - Heinrich Böll, German writer (died 1985)
Deaths
- March 8 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and aircraft manufacturer (born 1838)
- March 21 - Alfred Einhorn, German chemist (born 1856)
- March 31 - Emil von Behring, German physiologist who received the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1854)
- April 6
- Hans Berr
- Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893–1917), German Prussian King
- April 14 - Hartmuth Baldamus
- April 21 - Bernd von Arnim
- June 17 - Karl Zilgas
- June 27 - Karl Allmenröder
- August 15 - Gustav Körte, German archaeologist (born 1852)
- August 20 - Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist (born 1835)
- August 30 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist and zymologist (born 1860)
- September 15 - Kurt Wolff (aviator), German aviator (born 1895)
- September 28 - Kurt Wissemann (born 1893)
- October 25 - Maximilian Bayer (born 1872)
- November 15 - Hans Ritter von Adam (born 1886)
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