Incumbents

Events

25 February – German Constitutional Court abortion decision
27 February – The 2 June Movement kidnaps West German politician Peter Lorenz. He is released on March 4 after most of the kidnappers' demands are met.
27 June–8 July – 25th Berlin International Film Festival
August: Fire on the Lüneburg Heath
Date unknown
- German company Coppenrath & Wiese was founded.
- Launch of the Volkswagen Polo, a three-door hatchback which fits into the Volkswagen range below the Golf and is similar in size and concept to the Renault 5 from France.
- The Flick affair begins with a share trade where the Flick company sold shares worth 1.9 Billion Deutsche Mark from Daimler AG to the Deutsche Bank.

11 January – Roma Bahn, German actress (born 1896)
24 January – Erich Kempka, chauffeur of Adolf Hitler (born 1910)
2 February – Karl Maron, German politician (born 1903)
3 March – Therese Giehse, actress (born 1898)
22 March – Paul Verhoeven, actor, theatre and film director (born 1901)^[3]
1 April – Lorenz Jaeger, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church (born 1892)
17 April – Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, nobleman (born 1893)
17 June – Max Barthel, writer (born 1893)
6 July – Margret Boveri, journalist and writer (born 1900)
12 August – Werner Rittberger, figure skater (born 1891)
30 October – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
26 November – Anton Storch, politician (born 1892)
16 December – Wilhelm Stählin, German Lutheran theologian, bishop, preacher (born 1883)

^ "Geschichte des Hauses Wettin von seinen Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart" (in German). Prince Albert of Saxony. 5 March 2003. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
^ Wright, David (September 1999). "Ralf Schumacher: Coming Out of Michael's Shadow". Atlas F1. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
^ Evelyn Mack Truitt (1977). Who was who on screen. Bowker. p. 467. ISBN 9780835209144.

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