1926 in Germany

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1926
in
Germany

Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:Other events of 1926
History of Germany  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1926 in Germany.

Incumbents[]

National level[]

President

  • Paul von Hindenburg (Non-partisan)

Chancellor

Events[]

  • 1 January – the city of Cologne is badly hit by flooding in the river Rhine.
  • 6 JanuaryDeutsche Luft Hansa is formed by the merger of Deutsche Aero Lloyd and Junkers Luftverkehr
  • 7 JanuaryDeutschlandsender, a radio transmitter, is opened for the first time.
  • 20 January – Chancellor Hans Luther is forced to reconstitute his cabinet as a minority government, having lost the support of some of his partners the previous December.[1]
  • 14 February – the Nazi Party hold the Bamberg Conference in an attempt to strengthen Adolf Hitler's control over the party.
  • 19 MarchMax Wolf of the University of Heidelberg discovers the asteroid 2732 Witt.[2]
  • 11 AprilHermannplatz railway station opens in Berlin.
  • 24 AprilTreaty of Berlin (1926) is signed with the Soviet Union promising a five-year period of non-involvement if either state is attacked by a third party.
  • 16 MayWilhelm Marx succeeds Luther as Chancellor although otherwise the make-up of the Cabinet is not altered.[1]
  • 24 June – the liner Padua is launched. Other ships launched this year (all with date of launch unknown) include SS Amrum, SS Ilse L M Russ and SS Siegmund.
  • 28 June – German company Daimler-Benz was founded.
  • 3 SeptemberFunkturm Berlin radio tower is opened to the public.
  • 8 September – Germany officially joins the League of Nations.
  • 1 NovemberJoseph Goebbels is appointed Nazi Gauleiter of Berlin.[1]
  • 17 December – The Marx administration loses a vote of confidence and, although Marx continues as Chancellor, he does so without the involvement of previous coalition partners the German Democratic Party.[1]

Date unknown[]

  • The National Socialist German Students' League is established.
  • The Old Social Democratic Party of Germany and the Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation are both established.
  • Gustav Stresemann is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with fellow architect of the Locarno Treaties Aristide Briand.[3]
  • German company Südzucker was founded.

Popular culture[]

Arts[]

  • 27 MarchDer Protagonist, an opera by Kurt Weill, is performed for the first time at Semperoper in Dresden.
  • 9 NovemberPaul Hindemith's opera Cardillac is premiered at the Staatsoper, Dresden.
  • 14 NovemberDer Golem, an opera by Eugen d'Albert receives its premiere at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt.
  • 27 NovemberErnst Krenek's opera Orpheus und Eurydike premieres at the Staatstheater in Kassel.
  • The Adventures of Prince Achmed by Lotte Reiniger is released. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film.

Sport[]

Births[]

  • 3 JanuaryW. Michael Blumenthal, German-American economist and politician
  • 5 JanuaryWalther Leisler Kiep, German politician (died 2016)
  • 6 JanuaryWalter Sedlmayr, actor (died 1990)
  • 24 JanuaryHans-Jürgen Borchers, mathematical physicist (died 2011)
  • 26 JanuaryKurt-Heinz Stolze, pianist (died 1970)
  • 29 JanuaryErnst Träger, judge (died 2015)
  • 31 January:
    • Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Archbishop of Paderborn (died 2002)
    • Horst Giese, actor (died 2008)
    • Rudi Kopp, cross country skier
    • Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, noblewoman (died 2012)
  • 2 FebruaryFritz Stern, German-American historian (died 2016)
  • 3 February
  • 8 FebruarySonja Ziemann, actress (died 2019)
  • 11 FebruaryUrsula Buckel, opera singer (died 2005)
  • 16 FebruaryMargot Frank, sister of Anne Frank (died 1945)
  • 20 FebruaryAdolf Bechtold, footballer (died 2012)
  • 23 FebruaryChristian Habicht, historian (died 2018)
  • 11 March:
    • Albrecht Dietz, German entrepreneur and scientist (died 2012)
    • Heinz Kiessling, musician (died 2003)
    • Peer Schmidt, actor (died 2010)
  • 17 MarchSiegfried Lenz, writer of novels, short stories and essays (died 2014)
  • 25 MarchGeorg Schäfer (artist), painter and writer (died 1991)
  • 26 MarchHeinz Staab, German chemist (died 2012)
  • 8 AprilElisabeth Wiedemann, German actress (died 2015)
  • 18 April:
  • 22 AprilHarald Leipnitz, actor (died 2000)
  • 26 AprilMichael Mathias Prechtl, artist (died 2003)
  • 8 MayDavid Hurst, actor (died 2019)
  • 17 MayFranz Sondheimer, German-born Israeli-British chemist (died 1981)
  • 19 MayPeter Zadek, film director (died 2009)
  • 24 MayRudolf Kippenhahn, astrophysicist (died 2020)
  • 28 MayGerhard Beil, politician (died 2010)
  • 5 JuneJohannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, businessman (died 1990)
  • 14 JuneHermann Kant, writer (died 2016)
  • 20 JuneHans-Dieter Lange, journalist and television presenter (died 2012)
  • 21 JuneJohanna Quandt, business woman (died 2015)
  • 24 JuneWalter Hirrlinger, German politician (died 2018)
  • 1 JulyHans Werner Henze, composer (died 2012)
  • 2 JulyBerthold Wulf, priest (died 2012)
  • 4 JulyWolfgang Seidel, racing driver (died 1987)
  • 12 JulyOswald Mathias Ungers, architect (died 2007)
  • 15 JulyHans Frankenthal, writer and Holocaust survivor (died 1999)
  • 16 JulyStef Wertheimer, German-born Israeli entrepreneur and industrialist
  • 24 JulyHans Günter Winkler, showjumper (died 2018)
  • 25 JulyAugust Lütke-Westhues, equestrian (died 2000)
  • 1 AugustTheo Adam, opera singer (died 2019)
  • 6 AugustMoritz, Landgrave of Hesse (died 2013)
  • 9 AugustGustav Schmidt, sprint canoer (died 2016)
  • 21 AugustBen-Zion Orgad, (German-born) Israeli composer (died 2006)
  • 27 AugustKarl-Heinz Heddergott, football manager
  • 30 AugustRudi Gutendorf, footballer and manager (died 2019)
  • 3 September:
    • Rudi Arnstadt, East German border guard (died 1962)
    • Jochen Bleicken, professor of ancient history (died 2005)
  • 4 SeptemberHelmut Ringelmann, film producer (died 2011)
  • 6 SeptemberPrince Claus of the Netherlands (died 2002)
  • 10 SeptemberGerda Munsinger, prostitute and alleged spy (died 1998)
  • 17 September
  • 1 OctoberGerhard Stolze, opera singer (died 1979)
  • 4 OctoberKlaus Koch, theologian (died 2019)
  • 5 OctoberGottfried Michael Koenig, composer
  • 8 OctoberGünter Mittag, politician (died 1994)
  • 14 OctoberGünther Schwarberg, journalist (died 2008)
  • 15 OctoberKarl Richter, conductor (died 1981)
  • 18 OctoberKlaus Kinski, actor (died 1991)
  • 19 OctoberUdo Schaefer, Baháʼí author (died 2019)
  • 20 OctoberUrsula Happe, swimmer
  • 21 OctoberLeo Kirch, media entrepreneur (died 2011)
  • 26 OctoberBernhard Klodt, footballer (died 1996)
  • 30 OctoberDieter Zechlin, pianist (died 2012)
  • 1 NovemberGünter de Bruyn, writer (died 2020)
  • 15 November:
    • Alfred Biehle, politician (died 2014)
    • Manfred Müller, German bishop or Roman Catholic Church (died 2015)
    • Helmut Fischer, actor (died 1997)
  • 26 November
    • Peter van Pels, German-Dutch boyfriend of Anne Frank (died 1945)
    • Ralf Wolter, actor
  • 28 NovemberEberhard von Brauchitsch, industrialist (died 2010)
  • 9 DecemberErhard Eppler, politician and businessman (died 2019)
  • 10 DecemberJacob Birnbaum, Jewish activist (died 2014)
  • 19 DecemberHans Henn, bobsledder
  • 21 DecemberHerbert Ehrenberg, politician (died 2018)
  • 23 DecemberHeinz Graffunder, architect (died 1994)

Deaths[]

  • 2 FebruaryKarl von Weizsäcker, politician (born 1853)
  • 4 JanuaryFranz Stockhausen, conductor (born 1839)
  • 7 JanuaryPaul Cassirer, art dealer (born 1871)
  • 29 JanuaryWilhelm Heitmüller, theologian (born 1869)
  • 5 FebruaryGustav Eberlein, sculptor and painter (born 1847)
  • 6 FebruaryWolf Wilhelm Friedrich von Baudissin, theologian (born 1847)
  • 11 FebruaryFriedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert, painter (born 1865)
  • 13 FebruaryFriedrich Krafft Graf von Crailsheim, German politician (born 1841)
  • 20 FebruaryGeorg Friedrich Knapp, economist (born 1842)
  • 28 FebruaryGustav Otto, aircraft engineer (born 1883)
  • 7 MarchPaul Matschie, zoologist (born 1861)
  • 24 MarchSizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg, nobleman (born 1860)
  • 26 MarchConstantin Fehrenbach, politician (born 1852)
  • 4 AprilAugust Thyssen, industrialist (born 1842)
  • 21 MayFriedrich Kluge, lexicographer (born 1856)
  • 23 MayHans von Koessler, composer (born 1853)
  • 3 JuneRudolf Oeser, politician (born 1858)
  • 5 JuneRichard Wolffenstein, chemist (born 1864)
  • 22 JulyOtto Wilhelm Madelung, surgeon (born 1846)
  • 23 JulyKurt Wüsthoff, fighter pilot (born 1897)
  • 5 SeptemberKarl Harrer, journalist and politician (born 1890)
  • 15 SeptemberRudolf Christoph Eucken, philosopher (born 1846)
  • 7 OctoberEmil Kraepelin, psychiatrist (born 1856)
  • 9 OctoberJosias von Heeringen, Army general (born 1850)
  • 15 OctoberMathilde Bauermeister, opera singer (born 1849)
  • 17 OctoberOtto Heubner, internist and pediatrician (born 1843)
  • 26 NovemberFritz Cassirer, conductor (born 1871)
  • 2 DecemberKarl Joseph Eberth, pathologist (born 1835)
  • 11 DecemberCarl Magnus von Hell, chemist (born 1849)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Tim Kirk, Cassell's Dictionary of Modern German History, London, 2002, p. 421
  2. ^ JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 2732 Witt
  3. ^ The Nobel Peace Prize 1926
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