Events in the year 1958 in Germany.
Incumbents President – Theodor Heuss Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer
Events January 20 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 June 27 - July 8 - 8th Berlin International Film Festival November 16 - East German general election, 1958
Science Date unknown - The Mössbauer effect, or recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence, is a physical phenomenon discovered by Rudolf Mössbauer in 1958.
Births January 24 - Frank Ullrich, biathlete January 25 - Jürgen Hingsen, decathlete February 12 - Gero Storjohann, politician (died 2023) February 17 - Claudia Schoppmann, historian and writer March 17 - Ulrike Hoffmann-Richter, psychiatrist (died 2024) March 20 - Stefan Keil, diplomat (died 2021) March 21 - Marlies Göhr, athlete March 24 Roland Koch, politician Mathias Richling, German actor, author, comedian and cabaret artist March 31 Dietmar Bartsch, politician Sylvester Groth, actor April 2 - Olaf Prenzler, sprinter April 26 - Ingolf Lück, actor May 7 - Christine Lieberknecht, politician May 19 - Dieter Reiter, politician May 21 - Sabine Bischoff, fencer May 23 - Thomas Reiter, astronaut June 2 - Andreas K. W. Meyer, dramaturge and opera manager (died 2023) June 3 - Margot Käßmann, Lutheran theologian, Landesbischöfin (bishop) of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover June 6 - Rudi Fink, boxer June 14 - Olaf Scholz, politician June 16 - Ulrike Tauber, swimmer June 18 - Peter Altmaier, politician June 29 - Dieter Althaus, politician July 25 - Karlheinz Förster, footballer July 27 - Barbara Rudnik, actress (died 2009) July 15 - Jörg Kachelmann Swiss presenter in the meteorological field and victim of false rape accusationsSueddeutsche.de: Das Leben des Wettermanns July 27 - Margarethe Schreinemakers, television presenter and talk show host August 5 - Ulla Salzgeber, equestrian September 1 - Dagmar Manzel, actress September 6 - Amelie Fried, writer September 26 - Rudi Cerne, figure skater September 29 - Tom Buhrow, journalist October 3 - Jürgen Hofmann, Olympic bobsledder October 8 - Ursula von der Leyen, politician October 14 - Peter Kloeppel, journalist October 19 - Alexander Held, actor (died 2026) October 23 - Axel Krause, painter and graphic artist October 25 - Kornelia Ender, swimmer November 9 Michael Boder, conductor (died 2024) Eva Herman, author and television presenter December 5 Annette Harnack, high jumper Martin Schaudt, equestrian December 10 - Annelore Zinke, gymnast December 11 - Dominic Raacke, actor December 15 - Stephan Weil, politician December 21 - Tom Enders, businessman December 25 - Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, nobleman Unknown - OUBEY, visual artist (died 2004)
Deaths January 9 - Karl Reinhardt, German philologist (born 1886) January 27 - Prince Oskar of Prussia, German nobleman (born 1888) January 30 - Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer (born 1888) February 22 - Theo Harych, German writer (born 1903) March 3 - Wilhelm Zaisser, German politician (born 1893) March 21 - Hans Ehrenberg, German theologian (born 1883) April 6 - Reinhold Schneider, German poet (born 1903) June 20 - Kurt Alder, German chemist (born 1902) June 29 - Karl Arnold, German politician (born 1901) June 30 - Walther Schreiber, German politician (born 1884) July 26 - Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (born 1866) August 25 - Leo Blech, German composer and conductor (born 1871) September 10 - Franz Wessel, German judge (born 1903) September 15 — Ferdinand Schumann-Heink, German actor (born 1893) October 11 - Johannes R. Becher, German politician, poet and novelist (born 1891) October 19 - Josef Wintrich, German judge (born 1891) October 23 - Erich Köhler, German politician (born 1892) October 24 - Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg, German politician and landowner (born 1891) October 27 - Barbara Schack, Sudeten German politician (born 1873 or 1874) November 19 - Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (born 1898) December 21 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German novelist (born 1884)
See also 1958 in German television
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