Events in the year 1969 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President
  • Heinrich Lübke (until 30 June 1969)
  • Gustav Heinemann (from 1 July 1969)
• Chancellor
  • Kurt Georg Kiesinger (until 21 October 1969)
  • Willy Brandt (from 21 October 1969)

Events

• 22 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969
• 5 March - 1969 West German presidential election
• 23 June - Bonn Agreement
• 25 June - 26 July - 19th Berlin International Film Festival
• 5 September - Bielefeld University was established.
• 28 September - 1969 West German federal election
• 22 October - The First Brandt cabinet led by Willy Brandt was sworn in.

Births

• January 3 – Michael Schumacher, racing driver
• January 15 – Meret Becker, actress
• January 24 – Annette Klug, fencer
• March 28 – Ilke Wyludda, discus thrower
• April 11 – Caren Miosga, journalist
• April 20 – Marietta Slomka, journalist
• May 14 – Sabine Schmitz, racing driver and television personality (died 2021)
• May 25 – Jörg Roßkopf, table tennis player
• June 14 – Steffi Graf, tennis player
• June 15 – Oliver Kahn, football player
• July 5 – Ansgar Brinkmann, politician
• July 10 – Jonas Kaufmann, opera singer
• July 16 – Sahra Wagenknecht, politician
• July 19 – Sabine Bau, fencer
• July 21 – Isabell Werth, equestrian
• July 22 – Ronny Weller, weightlifter
• August 3 – Ingo Oschmann, comedian
• August 21 – Oliver Geissen, television presenter
• August 28 – Christoph Ahlhaus, politician
• September 9 – Sandra Wagner-Sachse, archer^[1]
• October 1 – Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, politician
• October 9 – Torsten May, boxer
• October 19 – Dieter Thoma, ski jumper
• November 22 – Katrin Krabbe, athlete
• December 22 – Eyck Zimmer, chef
• December 25 – AnNa R., singer

Deaths

• January 13 - Helmut Weiss, German film director (born 1907)
• February 18 - Gisela Arendt, German swimmer (born 1918)
• February 22 - Johannes Dieckmann, German politician (born 1893)
• February 26 - Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist and philosopher (born 1883)
• March 7 - Wilhelm von Apell, German general (born 1892)
• April 21 - Rudolf Amelunxen, German politician (born 1888)
• May 2 - Franz von Papen, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)
• July 5 - Walter Gropius, German architect (born 1883)
• July 25 - Otto Dix, German painter (born 1891)
• 5 August — Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, German nobleman, explorer and politician (born 1873)
• August 6 - Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher (born 1903)
• August 8 - Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German physician (born 1896)
• August 17
  • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (born 1886)
  • Otto Stern, German physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics (born 1888)
• October 22 - Fritz Steinhoff, German politician (born 1897)
• November 6 - Max Knoll, German electrical engineer (born 1897)
• November 25 - Hans Reiter, German physician (born 1881)
• December 2 - Otto Dix, German painter (born 1891)
• December 5 - Claude Dornier, German airplane builder (born 1884)
• December 8 - Karl Fiehler, German politician (born 1895)
• December 19 - Rolf Dahlgrün, German politician (born 1908)
• December 22 - Armin von Gerkan, German archaeologist (born 1885)

See also

• 1969 in German television

References