1969 in Germany
# 1969 in Germany

Events in the year 1969 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President
   * Heinrich Lübke (until 30 June 1969)
   * Gustav Heinemann (from 1 July 1969)
* Chancellor
   * Kurt Georg Kiesinger (until 21 October 1969)
   * Willy Brandt (from 21 October 1969)

## Events

* 22 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969
* 5 March - 1969 West German presidential election
* 23 June - Bonn Agreement
* 25 June - 26 July - 19th Berlin International Film Festival
* 5 September - Bielefeld University was established.
* 28 September - 1969 West German federal election
* 22 October - The First Brandt cabinet led by Willy Brandt was sworn in.

## Births

* January 3 – Michael Schumacher, racing driver
* January 15 – Meret Becker, actress
* January 24 – Annette Klug, fencer
* March 28 – Ilke Wyludda, discus thrower
* April 11 – Caren Miosga, journalist
* April 20 – Marietta Slomka, journalist
* May 14 – Sabine Schmitz, racing driver and television personality (died 2021)
* May 25 – Jörg Roßkopf, table tennis player
* June 14 – Steffi Graf, tennis player
* June 15 – Oliver Kahn, football player
* July 5 – Ansgar Brinkmann, politician
* July 10 – Jonas Kaufmann, opera singer
* July 16 – Sahra Wagenknecht, politician
* July 19 – Sabine Bau, fencer
* July 21 – Isabell Werth, equestrian
* July 22 – Ronny Weller, weightlifter
* August 3 – Ingo Oschmann, comedian
* August 21 – Oliver Geissen, television presenter
* August 28 – Christoph Ahlhaus, politician
* September 9 – Sandra Wagner-Sachse, archer
* October 1 – Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, politician
* October 9 – Torsten May, boxer
* October 19 – Dieter Thoma, ski jumper
* November 22 – Katrin Krabbe, athlete
* December 22 – Eyck Zimmer, chef
* December 25 – AnNa R., singer

## Deaths

* January 13 - Helmut Weiss, German film director (born 1907)
* February 18 - Gisela Arendt, German swimmer (born 1918)
* February 22 - Johannes Dieckmann, German politician (born 1893)
* February 26 - Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist and philosopher (born 1883)
* March 7 - Wilhelm von Apell, German general (born 1892)
* April 21 - Rudolf Amelunxen, German politician (born 1888)
* May 2 - Franz von Papen, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)
* July 5 - Walter Gropius, German architect (born 1883)
* July 25 - Otto Dix, German painter (born 1891)
* 5 August — Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, German nobleman, explorer and politician (born 1873)
* August 6 - Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher (born 1903)
* August 8 - Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German physician (born 1896)
* August 17
   * Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (born 1886)
   * Otto Stern, German physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics (born 1888)
* October 22 - Fritz Steinhoff, German politician (born 1897)
* November 6 - Max Knoll, German electrical engineer (born 1897)
* November 25 - Hans Reiter, German physician (born 1881)
* December 2 - Otto Dix, German painter (born 1891)
* December 5 - Claude Dornier, German airplane builder (born 1884)
* December 8 - Karl Fiehler, German politician (born 1895)
* December 19 - Rolf Dahlgrün, German politician (born 1908)
* December 22 - Armin von Gerkan, German archaeologist (born 1885)
