1924 in Germany
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The following lists events that happened during 1924 in the Weimar Republic.
Incumbents
National level
- Wilhelm Marx (1st term) (Centre)
Events
- 4 January - The Emminger Reform is enacted that abolished the jury system and replaced it with a mixed system of judges and lay judges.
- 31 January - Leaders of independent republic of the Rhineland Palatinate attempting to formally secede from Germany fails from lack of support.
- 23 February - Great Britain reduces German reparation recovery duties on German goods to 5% due to Germany's economic troubles.
- 26 February - The trial of Adolf Hitler for the Beer Hall Putsch begins and will last until 1 April.
- 3 March - Germany signs a treaty of friendship with Turkey.
- 4 May - German federal election, May 1924
- 26 May - Wilhelm Marx's government resigns after negotiations breakdown for a coalition.
- 6 June - Germany accepts Dawes Plan, a US plan to help solve German debt.
- 16 August - Representatives of the French government agree to leave the Ruhr in the Occupation of the Ruhr during the London Conference of World War I reparations.
- 29 August - The German Reichstag approves the Dawes Plan for the reduction of World War I reparations.
- 30 August - The German Reichsbank begins operating independent of the German government by issuing a new mark after the hyperinflation completely devaluates the old mark.
- 10 October - An international loan is granted to Germany to help the reconstruction of Germany's economy and industry.
- 18 November-30 November - France and Belgium return control of the Ruhr to Germany in the Occupation of the Ruhr.
- 7 December - German federal election, December 1924
Dates not known
- Anton Flettner develops the rotor ship using rotating cylinders instead of sails.
- The German firm Leitz develops the Leica camera which is the first to use 35mm film.
- German company Hugo Boss was founded.
- Electroencephalography for humans by Hans Berger. Berger discovered Alpha waves.
Popular culture
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Arts and literature
- Thomas Mann's novel Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain) is published.
- Kurt Hielscher's photographic album Deutschland: Baukunst und Landschaft (Germany: Architecture and Landscapes) is published.
- Forbidden Paradise, starring Pola Negri, Rod La Rocque, and Adolphe Menjou, is released by director Ernst Lubitsch.
- The Last Laugh, starring Emil Jannings, is released by director F.W. Murnau.
- Waxworks, starring William Dieterle, Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, and Werner Krauss, is released by director Paul Leni.
- The opera Intermezzo is first performed by Richard Strauss in Dresden, Germany.
- Artist Kurt Schwitters creates the Merz 32 collage.
Sports
Births
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- 3 January - Otto Beisheim, German businessman (died 2013)
- 4 January - Marianne Werner, German athlete
- 3 February - Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, German nobleman (died 2010)
- 12 February - Karl-Heinz Kipp, German entrepreneur (died 2017)
- 11 March - Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist (died 2014)
- 8 April - Günter Pfitzmann, German actor (died 2003)
- 10 April - Wolfgang Menge, German television director and journalist (died 2012)
- 23 April - Ruth Leuwerik, German film actress (died 2016)
- 3 May - Yehuda Amichai, German-born Israeli poet (died 2000)
- 12 May - Jürgen Dethloff, German engineer (died 2002)
- 14 May - Coco Schumann, jazz musician (died 2018)
- 23 May - Karlheinz Deschner, German writer (died 2014)
- 31 May - Gisela May, German actress and singer (died 2016)
- 4 June - Heinz Westphal, German politician (died 1998)
- 10 June - Friedrich L. Bauer, German computer scientist (died 2015)
- 19 June - Anneliese Rothenberger, German operatic soprano (died 2010)
- 20 June - Rainer Barzel, German politician (died 2006)
- 25 July - Arnold Weiss, German-born American soldier ((died 2010)
- 18 August - Armin, Prince of Lippe, German nobleman (died 2015)
- 2 September - Wolfgang Zeidler, German judge (died 1987)
- 4 September - Helmut Schlesinger, German economist
- 18 November - Elfie Pertramer, German actress (died 2011)
- 6 December - Meinrad Miltenberger, German canoeist (died 1993)
- 11 December - Heinz Schenk, German actor and television presenter (died 2014)
Deaths
- January 20 - Franz Dibelius, German Protestant theologian (born 1847)
- February 27 - Hans Georg Friedrich Groß, German balloonist and airship constructor (born 1860)
- March 20 - Adolf von Scholz, German politician (born 1833)
- April 10 - Hugo Stinnes, German industrialist and politician (born 1870)
- April 23 - Karl Helfferich, German politician (born 1872)
- April 25 - Ernst Büchner, German chemist (born 1850)
- August 11 - Franz Heinrich Schwechten, German architect (born 1841)
- October 10 - Carl von Thieme, German banker (born 1844)