1912 in Germany

none June 2016 1912 Events in the year 1912 in Germany. Incumbents National level Emperor – Wilhelm II Chancellor – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg State level Kingdoms King of Bavaria – Otto King of Prussia – Wilhelm II King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus III King of Württemberg – William II Grand Duchies Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick II Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis IV Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolphus Frederick V Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – William Ernest Principalities Schaumburg-Lippe – Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg Principality of Lippe – Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent) Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Duchies Duke of Anhalt – Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt Duke of Brunswick – Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (regent) Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Colonial Governors Cameroon (Kamerun) – .... Hansen (acting governor) to 29 March, then Karl Ebermaier (1st term) Kiaochow (Kiautschou) – Alfred Meyer-Waldeck German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg to 22 April, then Albert Heinrich Schnee German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Albert Hahl (2nd term) German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) – Erich Schultz-Ewerth German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Theodor Seitz Togoland – Edmund Brückner to 19 June, then Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg Events January 12 – German federal election, 1912 October 17 – Krupp engineers Benno Strauss and Eduard Maurer patent austenitic stainless steel December 6 – The Nefertiti Bust was found at Amarna by the German Oriental Company (Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft – DOG), led by German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt. December 24 – Merck files patent applications in Germany for synthesis of the entactogenic drug MDMA (Ecstasy), developed by Anton Köllisch.10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01511.x Freudenmann, R. W. Oxler, F. Bernschneider-Reif, S. The origin of MDMA (ecstasy) revisited: the true story reconstructed from the original documents. Addiction 101 9 1241–1245 2006 16911722 http://www.mdma.net/merck/ecstasy-mdma.pdf Undated German company Fresenius is founded by Eduard Fresenius. Alfred Wegener proposes a fully formulated theory of continental drift and gave the supercontinent Pangaea its name. Max von Laue suggests using crystal lattices to diffract X-rays. Neosalvarsan becomes available and supersedes the more toxic and less water-soluble salvarsan as an effective treatment for syphilis. Births 30em 16 January – Willy Kaiser, German boxer (died 1986) 21 January – Konrad Emil Bloch, German biochemist (died 2000) 1 February – Erich Campe, German boxer (died 1977) 5 February – Hedwig Potthast, German secretary and mistress of Heinrich Himmler (died 1997) 18 February – Heinz Kühn, German politician (died 1992) 24 February – Ulrich de Maizière, German general (died 2006) 3 March – Klaus Gysi, politician (died 1999) 4 March – Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor (died 1996) 6 March – Klaus von Bismarck, German journalist (died 1997) 8 March – Joachim Schepke, German submarine commander (died 1941) 13 March – Carl Raddatz, German actor (died 2004) 22 March – Alfred Schwarzmann, German gymnast (died 2000) 23 March – Wernher von Braun, German aerospace engineer and space architect (died 1977) 29 March – Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979)Dennis Piszkiewicz From Nazi Test Pilot to Hitler's Bunker: The Fantastic Flights of Hanna Reitsch Westport Praeger 1997 978-0-27595-456-7 3 31 March – Hermann Höcherl, German politician (died 1989) 29 April – Moshe Landau, German-born Israeli jurist and president of the Supreme Court of Israel (died 2011) 2 May: Axel Springer, German journalist (died 1985) Karl Adam, German rowing coach (died 1976) 9 May – Fritz Sennheiser, German electrical engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Sennheiser (died 2010) 1 June – Oswald Lange, German aerospace engineer (died 2012) 5 June – Josef Neckermann, German equestrian and businessman (died 1992) 11 June - Bruno von Freytag-Löringhoff, German philosopher, mathematician and epistemologist (died 1996) 21 June – Toni Merkens, German cyclist (died 1944) 28 June – Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist (died 2007) 30 June – Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical pioneers of Germany (died 2003) 8 July – Christel Goltz, German operatic soprano (died 2008) 9 July Willi Stadel, German gymnast (died [1999) Albrecht Obermaier, German naval officer (died 2004) 12 July – Felix Zwolanowski, German international footballer (died 1998) 28 July – Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (died 1988) 3 August: Fritz Hellwig, German politician (died 2017) Richard Holm, German operatic tenor (died 1988) 14 August – Erwin Strittmatter, German writer (died 1994) 31 August – Helmut Hamann, German athlete (died 1941) 2 September – Ingeborg Rapoport, German pediatrician (died 2017) 19 September – Kurt Sanderling, German conductor (died 2011)https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/arts/music/kurt-sanderling-eastern-bloc-conductor-dies-at-98.html Kurt Sanderling, Eastern Bloc Conductor, Dies at 98 The New York Times William Grimes 2011-09-20 2015-08-27 22 September – Herbert Mataré, German physicist, European co-inventor of the transistor (died 2011) 5 October – Karl Hass, German Nazi war criminal (d. 2004) 14 October – Albert Richter, German cyclist (died 1940) 1 November – Gunther Plaut, German-born Canadian rabbi and writer (died 2013) 28 November – Heinz Galinski, President of Central Council of Jews in Germany (died 1992) 29 November – Günther Smend, German officer (died 1944) Date unknown Hans Metzger, former German diplomat Elisabeth Schmid, German archaeologist and osteologist (died 1994)Ogilvie Marilyn Harvey Joy Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie Joy Harvey The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century 2003 Routledge 9781135963422 1716 https://books.google.com/books?id=FlxsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1716 en Deaths 8 January – Friedrich Schrempf, editor and member of the Reichstag (born 1858) 5 February – Botho zu Eulenburg (born 1831) 8 February – Wilhelm von Hahnke, German fieldmarshall (born 1833) 5 March – Rochus von Liliencron, German germanist and historian (born 1820) 12 March – Friedrich Karl Wilhelm Dönitz, German physician, anatomist, zoologist and entomologist (born 1838) 30 March – Karl May, German writer (born 1842) 30 July – Friedrich Schulze, German architect (born 1843) 10 August – Paul Wallot, German architect (born 1841) 24 September – Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein, German politician (born 1842) 10 October – Rudolf Arnold Nieberding, German politician (born 1888) 27 October – Friedrich zu Limburg-Stirum, German diplomat and politician (born 1835) 22 November – Otto Lessing, German sculptor (born 1846) 28 November – Otto Brahm, German drama and literary critic (born 1856) 23 December – Otto Schoetensack, German industrialist and later professor of anthropology (born 1850) 30 December – Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German diplomat and politician (born 1852) References 1912 Category:Years of the 20th century in Germany Germany Germany