1949 in Germany
Events in the year 1949 in the Allied-occupied Germany, then in West Germany and East Germany.
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| See also: | Other events of 1949 History of Germany • Timeline • Years  | ||||
| 1949  •  1950  •  1951  •  1952  •  1953
 
 
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| Decades: 1940s  •  1950s  •  1960s
 
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| See also: History of Germany (1945–1990)  •  Timeline of German history#20th century • List of years in Germany#20th century  | 
| 1949  •  1950  •  1951  •  1952  •  1953
 
 
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| Decades: 1940s  •  1950s  •  1960s
 
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| See also: History of East Germany  •  History of Germany (1945–1990) • Timeline of German history#20th century • List of years in Germany#20th century  | 
Incumbents
    
    West Germany
    
- President – Theodor Heuss (starting 13 September)
 - Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer (starting 20 September)
 
East Germany
    
- Head of State – Wilhelm Pieck (starting 11 October)
 - Head of Government – Otto Grotewohl (starting 12 October)
 
Events
    
- 8 May - The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany was approved in Bonn.
 - 8 May - The Soviet War Memorial in East-Berlin is established.
 - 12 May - The Berlin Blockade ends.
 - 15/16 May - East German Constitutional Assembly election, 1949
 - 14 August - West German federal election, 1949
 - 16 September - Hamburger Morgenpost is first published.
 - 20 September - The First Adenauer cabinet led by Konrad Adenauer was sworn in.
 - 7 October - Constitution of East Germany
 - Date unknown: Liebherr, a multinational equipment manufacturer, is founded in Baden-Württemberg, to build the mobile tower crane devised by Hans Liebherr.[1]
 - Date unknown: Germany company Heckler & Koch was founded.
 - Date unknown: German company Adidas was founded.
 - Date unknown: The Currywurst is invented by Herta Heuwer in Berlin.
 
Births
    
- January 9 - Mary Roos, German singer
 - January 15 - Jürgen Roters, German politician
 - January 24 - Nikolaus Brender, German journalist
 - February 5 - Kurt Beck, German politician
 - February 13 - Jo Baier, German film director
 - February 22 - Joachim Witt, German singer
 - March 2 - Wolfgang Sandner, German physicist (died 2015)
 - March 5 - Franz Josef Jung, German politician
 - March 11 - Georg Schramm, German psychologist and Kabarett artist
 - March 26 - Patrick Süskind, German writer
 - April 5 - Klara Höfels, German actress and theatre director (died 2022)
 - April 6 - Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist
 - April 7 - Evelyn Haas, German judge
 - April 11 - Bernd Eichinger, German film producer, director and screenwriter (died 2011)
 - May 10 - Hans Reichel, German guitarist (died 2011)
 - May 12 
- Raimund Hoghe, German choreographer (died 2021)
 - Hans Leyendecker, German journalist
 
 - June 8 - Hildegard Falck, German athlete
 - June 12 - Jens Böhrnsen, German politician
 - June 13 - Ulla Schmidt, German politician
 - June 15 - Elmar Hörig, German television presenter
 - June 27 - Günther Schumacher, German track cyclist
 - June 28 - Peter Gruss, German biologist
 - June 29 - Kurt Schrimm, German prosecutor
 - July 4 - Horst Seehofer, German politician
 - July 19 - Maren Kroymann, German actress and singer
 - August 3 - Fritz Egner, German television host
 - August 22 - Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein, German nobleman, head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
 - August 30 - Peter Maffay, German singer
 - September 2 - Frank Ripploh, German actor and film director (died 2002)
 - September 3 - Volker Kauder, German politician
 - September 19 - Richard Rogler, German Kabarett performer and comedian
 - September 22 - Ludwig Schick, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
 - October 4 - Albrecht von Boeselager, German lawyer and forester
 - October 18 - Erwin Sellering, German politician
 - November 8 - Gabriele Krone-Schmalz, German journalist
 - November 24 - Bruno Weil, German conductor
 
Deaths
    
- January 5 - Max Bockmühl, German chemist (born 1882)
 - January 10 - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist (born 1865)
 - March 4 - Joannes Baptista Sproll, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (born 1870)
 - March 12 - August Bier, German surgeon (born 1861)
 - March 25 - Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, German nobleman (born 1887)
 - March 28 - Theodor Seitz, German colonial politician (born 1863)
 - March 30 - Friedrich Bergius, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (born 1884)
 - April 8 – Wilhelm Adam, German general (born 1877)
 - May 21 — Klaus Mann, German writer (born 1906)
 - May 22 - Hans Pfitzner, German composer (born 1869)
 - June 23 - Heinrich Schnee, German lawyer, colonial civil servant, politician, writer, and association official (born 1871)
 - July 18 - Bernhard Hoetger, German painter and sculptor (born 1874)
 - September 4 - Herbert Eulenberg, German author and poet (born 1876)
 - September 8 - Richard Strauss, German composer (born 1864)
 - September 14 - Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen, German politician (born 1901)
 - October 21 - Johannes Bell, German politician (born 1868)
 - November 23- Gustav Radbruch, German legal scholar and politician (born 1878)
 - December 23 - Arthur Eichengrün, German chemist (born 1867)
 - December 30 - Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, sovereign of the Principality of Lippe (born 1871)
 
References
    
- "The foundation of the Group". Liebherr. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
 
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