1917 in Germany

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See also:	Other events of 1917 History of Germany  • Timeline  • Years

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[]

• January/February – Turnip Winter
• 19 January – Zimmermann Telegram
• 13 February – Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Psychiatrie in Munich is officially founded.
• 13 March – German Leather Museum in Offenbach am Main opened by Hugo Eberhardt
• 2 April – United States declaration of war on Germany (1917)
• 1 October – The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physik is officially founded in Berlin.
• 25 October – Hertling cabinet
• 18 December – German filmcompany UFA GmbH is founded in Berlin.
• 22 December – Deutsches Institut für Normung is founded.

Undated[]

• German company Viessmann is founded.
• German company Leoni AG is founded.

Births[]

• 5 January – Wieland Wagner, German opera director (died 1966)
• 24 March – Krafft Arnold Ehricke, German rocket-propulsion engineer and advocate for space colonization (died 1984)
• 9 April – Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and writer (died 1965)
• 16 May – Ulrich Matschoss, German actor (died 2013)
• 2 June – Heinz Sielmann, German zoologist, biologist and filmmaker (died 2006)
• 6 September – Philipp von Boeselager, German resistance fighter (died 2008)
• 12 September – Jürgen Seydel, German karateka (died 2008)
• 15 December – Karl-Günther von Hase, German diplomat and journalist (died 2021)
• 21 December – Heinrich Böll, German writer (died 1985)
• 23 December – Armin Zimmermann, German admiral (died 1976)

Deaths[]

• 23 January – Jesko von Puttkamer, German nobleman and colonial military chief (born 1855)
• 16 February – August Rauber, German anatomist (born 1841)
• 8 March – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and aircraft manufacturer (born 1838)
• 14 March – Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Prussian princess (born 1860)
• 17 March – Franz Brentano, German philosopher, psychologist, and priest (born 1838)
• 21 March – Alfred Einhorn, German chemist (born 1856)
• 31 March – Emil von Behring, German physiologist who received the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1854)
• 6 April:
  • Hans Berr, soldier turned World War I flying ace (born 1890)
  • Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893–1917), German Prussian King
• 14 April – Hartmuth Baldamus, German World War I flying ace (born 1891)
• 21 April – Bernd von Arnim, German naval officer (born 1885)
• 24 April – Oscar Blumenthal, German playwright (born 1852)
• 17 June – Karl Zilgas, German football player (born 1882)
• 27 June – Karl Allmenröder, German World War I flying ace (born 1896)
• 27 June - Gustav von Schmoller, German economist (born 1838)
• 3 August - Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (born 1849)
• 13 August – Eduard Buchner, German chemist and zymologist (born 1860)
• 15 August – Gustav Körte, German archaeologist (born 1852)
• 16 August – Wilhelm Morgner, German painter (born 1891)
• 20 August – Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist (born 1835)
• 15 September – Kurt Wolff (aviator), German aviator (born 1895)
• 28 September – Kurt Wissemann, German World War I flying ace (born 1893)
• 25 October:
  • Maximilian Bayer, German founder of Scouting in Germany (born 1872)
  • Hans Olde, German painter (born 1855)
• 15 November – Hans Ritter von Adam, German flying ace in World War I (born 1886)
• 20 November – Ludwig Sütterlin, German graphic artist (born 1865)

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