1956 in Germany

Events in the year 1956 in Germany. == Incumbents == President – Theodor Heuss Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer Second Adenauer cabinet == Events == May 1 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 June 22 - July 3 - 6th Berlin International Film Festival July 25 - the Wehrpflichtgesetz (Conscription law) starts October 27 - Saar Treaty == Births == 5 January - Frank-Walter Steinmeier, politician 7 January Leonard Lansink, actor Uwe Ochsenknecht, actor 21 January - Jürgen Kehrer, author 16 February - Bodo Ramelow, politician 25 February - Michel Friedman, lawyer, politician and talk show host 27 February - Rosemarie Gabriel, swimmer 28 March - Evelin Jahl, discus thrower 20 March - Theo Breuer, poet, essayist, editor, translator and publisher 12 April - Herbert Grönemeyer, singer 4 May - Ulrike Meyfarth, high jumper 18 May - Lothar Thoms, German track cyclist (died 2017) 31 May - Fritz Hilpert, German musician 1 June – Petra Morsbach, German author 3 June - Thomas Flach, German sailor 6 June - Hans-Peter Ferner, German athlete 8 June - Udo Bullmann, German politician 3 July - Gerhard Trabert, German politician 4 July - Bettina Böttinger, television presenter 13 July - Günter Jauch, television presenter and journalist 24 July Carmen Nebel, television presenter Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt, journalist 1 August - Axel Milberg, actor 12 August - Brigitte Kraus, athlete 18 August - Rainer Woelki, bishop of Roman Catholic Church 24 August - Nina Ruge, journalist and television presenter 21 September - Joachim Herrmann, politician 24 September - Ilona Slupianek, shot putter 26 September - Jutta Allmendinger, social scientist 30 September - Désirée Nick, actress and comedian 3 October - Ralph Morgenstern, actor 6 October - Rüdiger Helm, canoeist 15 November - Edgar Hartung, canoeist 20 November - Olli Dittrich, actor and comedian 23 November - Karin Guthke, Olympic diver 28 November - Michael Eissenhauer, art historian 30 November - Heinz Rudolf Kunze, singer 5 December - Klaus Allofs, football player 5 December - Bettina Gaus, journalist (d. 2021) 9 December - Henriette Reker, politician == Deaths == == See also == 1956 in German television == References ==