1961 in Germany

none 1961 Events in the year 1961 in Germany. Incumbents President – Heinrich Lübke Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer Events 25 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 23 June - 4 July - 11th Berlin International Film Festivalhttp://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1961/01_jahresblatt_1961/01_Jahresblatt_1961.html 11th Berlin International Film Festival 18 January 2010 berlinale.de 12 August - The construction of the Berlin Wall takes place at the heart of Berlin (see also Allied Control Council). It becomes an important symbol of the Cold War. 17 September - West German federal election, 1961 30 October: The Adenauer III government gives in to pressure from the Turkish government and signs a recruitment agreement (de) with it for guest workers (Gastarbeiter). 14 November - The Fourth Adenauer cabinet, led by Konrad Adenauer, is sworn in.Louise Willmot Hans-Peter Schwarz Konrad Adenauer: From the German Empire to the Federal Republic, 1876-1952 Berghahn Books 1995 862 Date unknown - The Bark scale is devised by German acoustics scientist Eberhard Zwicker and named after Heinrich Barkhausen who proposes the first subjective measurements of loudness.Zwicker, E. (1961), "https://archive.today/20130414113421/http://asadl.org/jasa/resource/1/jasman/v33/i2/p248_s1 Subdivision of the audible frequency range into critical bands," The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Volume 33, Issue 2, p. 248 (1961) Births 24 January — Guido Buchwald, German football player 9 January — Petra Thümer, German swimmer 5 February — Dietmar Bär, German actor 6 February — Malu Dreyer, German politician 18 February — Armin Laschet, German politician 25 February — Hermann Gröhe, German politician 20 March — Maja Maranow, German actress (died 2016) 21 March — Lothar Matthäus, German football player and manager 19 April — Bernd Stelter, German comedian 23 April — Dirk Bach, German actor (died 2012) 29 April — Prince Heinrich of Hanover, German historian and publisher 6 May — Patty Ryan, German singer 7 May — Hans-Peter Bartels, German politician 8 May — Andrea Pollack, German swimmer 14 May Ulrike Folkerts, German actress Urban Priol, German comedian 6 June — Anke Behmer, German athlete 12 June — Hannelore Kraft, German politician 29 June — Jörg Meuthen, German politician 15 August — Dietmar Mögenburg, German high jumper 7 September — Jochen Horst, German actor 10 September — Uwe Freimuth, German decathlete 12 September — Kirsten Fehrs, German Lutheran bishop 14 September — Martina Gedeck, German actress 15 September Hendrikje Fitz, German actress (died 2016) Frank Emmelmann, German sprinter 23 September — Manfred Schiller, German politician 22 October — Dietmar Woidke, German politician 17 November — Wolfram Wuttke, German footballer (died 2015) 2 December — Gaby Köster, German comedian 12 December — Jan Stressenreuter, German author (died 2018) 26 December — Jörg Schüttauf, German actor 27 December — Guido Westerwelle, politician (died 2016) Deaths 2 January — Walter Hörnlein, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1893) 4 February — Heinz Lord, German-American surgeon (born 1917) 26 February — Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer and arts professor (born 1878)The Encyclopedia Of The Third Reich Hachette Books 1997 9780306807930 18 12 March — Hedwig Wangel, German actress (born 1875) 24 April — Hans-Friedrich Blunck, German jurist and writer (born 1888) 7 May — Jakob Kaiser, German politician and resistance leader (born 1888) 30 May - Werner Richard Heymann, German film composer (born 1896) 7 June — Karl Henry von Wiegand, German born American journalist and war correspondent (born 1874) 22 July — Georg Rosen, German diplomat (born 1895) 23 July — Rudolf Katz, German politician and judge (born 1895) 5 August — Hanns Seidel, German politician (born 1901) 23 August — Gotthard Sachsenberg, German World War I naval aviator and fighter ace (b. 1891)http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/sachsenberg.php Gotthard Sachsenberg The Aerodrome 7 July 2015 10 September — Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (born 1928) 18 October - Wilhelm Boden, German politician (born 1890) 21 October - Karl Korsch, German politician (born 1886)Thinkers of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical, Bibliographical, and Critical Dictionary Gale Research Company 1983 300 25 October — Werner Willikens, German Imperial officer and Nazi public servant (born 1893) 26 October — Fritz Lang, German painter (born 1877) 7 November — Augustin Rösch, German Catholic priest (born 1893) 30 November — Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, German scientist (born 1899) 21 December — Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf, German politician (born 1893) 23 December — Kurt Meyer, German Generalmajor der Waffen-SS and war criminal (born 1910)Patrick Agte Jochen Peiper: Commander of Panzer-Regiment "Leibstandarte" J.J. Fedorowicz Pub 1999 9780921991465 583 25 December — Otto Loewi, pharmacologist and psychobiologist (born 1873) References 1961 Category:Years of the 20th century in Germany Category:1960s in Germany Germany Germany