1955 in Germany

1955 in West Germany

1953  • 1954  • 1955  • 1956  • 1957

Decades: 1940s  • 1950s  • 1960s

See also: History of Germany (1945–1990)  • Timeline of German history#20th century  • List of years in Germany#20th century

1955 in East Germany

1953  • 1954  • 1955  • 1956  • 1957

Decades: 1940s  • 1950s  • 1960s

See also: History of East Germany  • History of Germany (1945–1990)  • Timeline of German history#20th century  • List of years in Germany#20th century

Events in the year 1955 in West Germany and East Germany.

Incumbents

• President – Theodor Heuss
• Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

Events

• May 15 - Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1955
• June 24 - July 5 - 5th Berlin International Film Festival
• July 2 - Tierpark Berlin opened.
• July 15 - September 18 - documenta 1 in Kassel
• August 11 - 1955 Altensteig mid-air collision
• September 20 - Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR

Births

• 4 January - Wolfgang Tiefensee, German politician
• 14 January - Jan Fedder, German actor
• 16 January - Martin Roth, German museum director (died 2017)
• 18 January - Gerburg Jahnke, German comedian
• 25 January - Petra Gerster, German journalist
• 1 February - Hans Werner Olm, German comedian
• 1 February - Christian, Duke of Oldenburg, head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg
• 10 February - Bernd Martin, German football player (died 2018)
• 6 March - Friedbert Pflüger, German politician
• 8 March - Thomas Bellut, German journalist
• 11 March - Nina Hagen, German musician
• 21 March - Bärbel Wöckel, German sprinter
• 13 April - Ole von Beust, German politician
• 29 April - Klaus Siebert, German biathlete (died 2016)
• 15 May - Claudia Roth, German politician
• 15 May - Alexander Pusch, German fencer
• 26 May - Doris Dörrie, German film director
• 2 June - Heiko von der Leyen, German physician
• 10 June - Annette Schavan, German politician
• 11 June - Marie Gruber, German actress
• 1 July - Rosemarie Wenner, German methodist bishop
• 29 July - Christian Tramitz, German actor, comedian, voice actor and author
• 9 August - Udo Beyer, German track and field athlete
• 15 August - Roger Willemsen, German author, essayist and TV presenter (died 2016)
• 20 August - Helge Schneider, German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor
• 25 August - Gerd Müller, German politician
• 2 September - Claus Kleber, German journalist
• 14 September - Wilhelm Huxhorn, German footballer (died 2010)
• 20 September - Lilo Wanders, German transvestite entertainer, comedian and theatre/television host
• 22 September - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German football player and trainer
• 25 September - Peter Müller, German politician
• 25 September - Richy Müller, German actor
• 30 September - Andy Bechtolsheim, German businessman
• 11 October - Hans-Peter Briegel, German footballer
• 25 October - Peter Nocke, German swimmer
• 10 November - Roland Emmerich, German film director, screenwriter, and producer
• 8 December - Martin Semmelrogge, German actor
• 15 December - Renate Künast, German politician
• 22 December - Thomas C. Südhof, German biochemist
• 31 December - Gregor Braun, German cyclist

Deaths

• 15 January — Johannes Baader, German architect, writer and artist (born 1875)
• 24 January - Friedrich Wilhelm Kopsch, German anatomist (born 1868)
• 20 February — Eugen Schmalenbach, German economist (born 1873)
• 24 March - Otto Gessler, German politician (born 1875)
• 18 April — Albert Einstein, German theoretical physicist (born 1879)
• 29 May - Rudolf Klein-Rogge, German actor (born 1885)
• 29 June - Ernst Legal, German actor (born 1881)
• 29 June — Max Pechstein, German painter (born 1881)
• 2 August - Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, German nobleman (born 1869)
• 12 August — Thomas Mann, German author (born 1875)
• 13 August — Wilhelm Kreis, German architect (born 1873)
• 19 August - Otto Weiß, Luftwaffe officer (born 1907)
• 25 August - Heinrich Spoerl, German author (born 1887)
• 31 August:
  • Willi Baumeister, German painter, scenic designer, art professor and typographer (born 1889)
  • Eberhard Koebel, German youth leader and writer (born 1907)
• 9 October — Joseph Vollmer, German engineer (born 1871)
• 15 December — Otto Braun, German politician (born 1872)
• 19 December - Herbert von Dirksen, German diplomat (born 1882)