1970 in Germany

Events in the year 1970 in Germany.

Incumbents[]

• President – Gustav Heinemann
• Chancellor – Willy Brandt

Events[]

• February 16 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970
• June 26 - July 7 - 20th Berlin International Film Festival
• December 7 - Warschauer Kniefall
• Date unknown: Merger of two German transportation/maritime companies, Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) and Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) or North German Lloyd (NGL) to new company Hapag Lloyd

Births[]

• January 15 - Oktay Urkal, German boxer
• January 23 - Nicola Beer, German politician
• January 28 - Julia Jäger, German actress
• January 29 - Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
• February 2 - Anton Hofreiter, German politician
• February 5 - Astrid Kumbernuss, German shot putter
• February 15 - Jens Fiedler, German cyclist
• March 18 - Matthias Maurer, German astronaut
• April 18 - Esther Schweins, German comedian
• April 20 - Sven Benken, German footballer and manager
• May 25 - Monica Lierhaus, German journalist
• May 27 - Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden, German nobleman
• June 7 - Alexander Dobrindt, German politician
• June 20 - Andrea Nahles, German politician
• July 6 - Roger Cicero, German jazz and pop musician (died 2016)
• August 25 - Claudia Schiffer, German model
• October 6 - Corinna May, German singer
• October 16 - Mehmet Scholl, German football player and manager
• November 15 - Uschi Disl, German biathlete

Deaths[]

• January 5 - Max Born, German physicist and mathematician (born 1882)
• February 16 - Carl de Vogt, German actor (born 1885)
• March 30 - Heinrich Brüning, German politician, former chancellor of Germany (born 1885)
• April 3 - Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (born 1897)
• May 9 - Franz Etzel, German politician (born 1902)
• May 12 - Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright (born 1891)
• June 3 - Hjalmar Schacht, German economist, banker, liberal politician (born 1877)
• June 6 — Friedrich Köchling, Wehrmacht general (born 1893)
• August 1 - Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist, medical doctor, and Nobel laureate (born 1883)
• August 10 - Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (born 1918)
• September 25 -Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist (born 1898)
• November 4 — Friedrich Kellner, German public servant and diarist (born 1885)
• December 14 - Franz Schlegelberger, German jurist and politician (born 1876)

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