1973 in Germany

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Events in the year 1973 in Germany.

Events

21 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973
1 March - Launch of the Volkswagen Passat, a large family hatchback based on the front-wheel drive running gear of the Audi 80. It is similar in concept to the Renault 16 from France and also competes with traditional saloons like the Ford Taunus and Opel Ascona.
22 June - 3 July - 23rd Berlin International Film Festival
11 December - Treaty of Prague
Date unknown: German company Gerry Weber was founded.

February 24 - Philipp Rösler, politician and physician
April 22 - Max Herre, singer
May 1 - Mike Jesse, footballer
May 2 - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, film director
May 20 - Kaya Yanar, comedian
June 22 - Sonya Kraus, actress
June 24 - Alexander Beyer, actor
July 15 - Yasemin Şamdereli, actress
August 25 - Heidi Klum, model, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer and television producer
August 25 - Fatih Akin, German film director, screenwriter and producer
September 10 - Deniz Yücel, German journalist
October 1 - Devid Striesow, German actor
December 2 - Jan Ulrich, German professional road bicycle racer
December 28 - Marc Blume, German sprinter

February 2 - Max Brauer, German politician (born 1887)
February 11 - J. Hans D. Jensen, German nuclear physicist (born 1907)
March 10 — Robert Siodmak, German film director (born 1900)
April 8 - Viktor de Kowa, German actor and singer (born 1904)
May 7 - Walter von Keudell, German politician (born 1884)
May 26 - Karl Löwith, German philosopher (born 1897)
May 28 - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German conductor and composer (born 1900)
June 8 — Emmy Göring, German actress (born 1893)
June 9 - Erich von Manstein, German commander of the Wehrmacht (born 1887)
June 18 — Theodor Krancke, Kriegsmarine admiral and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1893)
June 26 — Hans Schlemmer, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1893)
July 2 - Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (born 1892)
July 7 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (born 1895)
July 13 - Willy Fritsch, German actor (born 1901)
July 6 - Otto Klemperer, German conductor (born 1885)
August 1 - Walter Ulbricht, East German politician (born 1893)
August 12 - Karl Ziegler (1898-1973), chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (born 1898)
September 15 - Herbert Albert, conductor (born 1903)
October 10 — Hermann Reinecke, Wehrmacht general and convicted war criminal (born 1888)
December 14 - Josef Magnus Wehner, German poet and playwright (born 1891)

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