1950 in Germany

1950 in West Germany

1949  • 1950  • 1951  • 1952  • 1953

Decades: 1940s  • 1950s  • 1960s

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

1950 in East Germany

1949  • 1950  • 1951  • 1952  • 1953

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 1950 in West Germany and East Germany.

Incumbents

West Germany

• President – Theodor Heuss
• Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

East Germany

• Head of State – Wilhelm Pieck
• Head of Government – Otto Grotewohl

Events

• June 5 - German broadcaster ARD started.
• July 6 - Treaty of Zgorzelec was signed between the Republic of Poland and East Germany (GDR).
• October 5-9 - Himmerod memorandum
• October 19 - East German general election, 1950

Births

• January 9 - Rio Reiser, singer (died 1996)
• January 21 - Marion Becker, athlete
• January 27 - Ulrich Deppendorf, journalist
• January 30 - Reinhold Kauder, canoeist
• February 2 - Barbara Sukowa, actress
• February 8 - Manfred Milinski, German biologist
• March 6 - Felix Genn, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
• March 22 - Hugo Egon Balder, actor and comedian
• March 22 - Herman Weigel, German film producer
• April 25 - Peter Hintze, German politician (died 2016)
• April 30 - Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, German judge
• May 12 - Renate Stecher, athlete
• May 16 - Georg Bednorz, physicist
• May 18 - Thomas Gottschalk, actor and television presenter
• May 26 - Werner Bergmann, sociologist
• June 16 - Klaus Lage, singer
• June 21 - Ferdinand Kirchhof, judge
• June 20 - Gudrun Landgrebe, actress
• July 7 - Gerda Hasselfeldt, politician
• July 27- David Storl, track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put
• August 5 - Rosi Mittermaier, alpine ski racer
• September 2 - Michael Rother, musician
• September 23 - Dietmar Lorenz, judoka
• October 13 - Annegret Richter, athlete
• October 28 - Annette Humpe, singer
• November 10 - Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller, historian
• November 17 - Roland Matthes, swimmer
• November 28 - Hans Fassnacht, swimmer

Deaths

• 8 February - Arthur Kampf, German painter (born 1864)
• 9 February - Franz Justus Rarkowski, German bishop of Roman-Catholic Church (born 1873)
• 12 February — Max Beckmann, German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (born 1884)
• 3 March - Eugen Klöpfer, German actor (born 1886)
• 11 March - Heinrich Mann, German writer (born 1871)
• 3 April - Kurt Weill, German composer (born 1900)
• 22 April - Günther Rüdel, German general (born 1883)
• 27 April — Karl Straube, German organist (born 1873)
• 3 May - August Marahrens, German Protestant bishop who served as Landesbischof of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover (born 1875)
• 29 May - Wilhelm Bendow, German actor (born 1884)
• 29 June — Melitta Bentz, German inventor and entrepreneur (born 1873)
• 1 September - Fritz Kampers, German actor (born 1891)
• 10 October - Josef Straßberger, German weightlifter (born 1894)
• 1 November - Heinrich Tessenow, German architect (born 1876)
• 2 November - Kurt Schmitt, German economic leader and the Reich Economy Minister (born 1886)
• 8 November — Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer, German zoologist (born (1873)
• 30 November - Werner Haase, German surgeon (born 1900)
• 21 December - Konrad von Preysing, German prelate of Roman-Catholic Church (born 1880)
• 27 December — Max Beckmann, German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (born 1884)