Events in the year 1957 in Germany.
Incumbents President – Theodor Heuss Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer Second Adenauer cabinet (until October) Third Adenauer cabinet (sworn in on 29 October, after the federal election on 15 September)
Events 27 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 12 April - Göttingen Manifesto 21 June - 2 July - 7th Berlin International Film Festival 1 August - The Deutsche Bundesbank was established. 15 September - West German federal election, 1957 29 October The Third Adenauer cabinet led by Konrad Adenauer was sworn in.
Full date unknown The Balda Baldessa 35 mm film camera debuts.
Births
8 February - Imogen Kogge, German actor 18 February - Marita Koch, German athlete 8 March - Axel A. Weber, German economist, professor and banker 10 March - Hans-Peter Friedrich, German politician 14 March - Kai Krause, German computer scientist 18 May - Frank Plasberg, German journalist 24 May - Walter Moers, German comic creator and author 31 May - Ilse Junkermann, German bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany 17 June - Joachim Król, German actor 5 July - Carlo Thränhardt, German high jumper 12 July - Götz Alsmann, German television presenter and musician 29 July - Ulrich Tukur, German actor 4 August Olaf Beyer, German athlete 18 August - Harald Schmidt, German actor, writer, columnist, comedian and television entertainer 26 August - Christian Schmidt, German politician 27 August - Bernhard Langer, German golfer 8 September - Christoph Eichhorn, German actor 10 September - Matthias Brenner, German actor 26 November - Matthias Reim, German singer 12 September - Hans Zimmer, German composer 20 September - Sabine Christiansen, German journalist 23 September - Suzanne von Borsody, German actress 29 September Uwe Foullong, politician Harald Schmid, German track and field athlete 21 October - Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist 10 November - Ingo Metzmacher, German conductor 8 December - Hannelore Anke, German swimmer 12 December - Tom Gerhardt, German actor and comedian 29 December - Oliver Hirschbiegel, German film director 30 December - Johann Riederer, German sport shooter
Full date unknown
Deaths
January 1 - Hans Wölpert, German weightlifter (born 1898) January 22 - Claire Waldoff, German singer (born 1884) January 31 - Christian Hülsmeyer, German inventor, physicist and entrepreneur (born 1881) February 1 - Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal (born 1890) February 8 - Walther Bothe, German physicist (born 1891) February 13 - Gustav Mie, German physicist (born 1868) February 14 - Erich Ponto, German actor (born 1884) March 26 - Max Ophüls, German film director (born 1902) May 7 - Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (born 1877) May 10 - Kurt von Tippelskirch, German general (born 1891) May 15 - Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer, chemist (born 1899) June 4 – Louise Schroeder, German politician (born 1887) June 21 - Johannes Stark, German chemist Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874) June 26 - Alfred Döblin, German novelist, essayist and writer (born 1878) July 1 - August Euler, German aviator and aeronautical engineer (born 1868) July 3 - Richard Mohaupt, German composer and kapellmeister (born 1904) August 5 - Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born 1877) August 30 - Otto Suhr, German politician (born 1894) October 28 - Ernst Gräfenberg, physician (medical doctor) and scientist (born 1881) October 29 - Rosemarie Nitribitt. German luxury call girl (born 1933) December 9 - Otto Landsberg, German politician (born 1869) December 27 - Otto Nuschke, German politician (born 1883)
See also
1957 in German television
References