1925 in Germany
Events in the year 1925 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
Events
- 15 January – Centre Party member Hans Luther becomes Chancellor of [Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany] after the resignation of Wilhelm Marx.
- 25 February – Adolf Hitler makes his first public appearance since being released from prison
- 25 April – Paul von Hindenburg, winning 48.5% of the popular vote against the Centre Party's Wilhelm Marx with 45.2%, is elected President of Germany.
- 13 July – France begins to withdraw from the Rhineland.
- 18 July – Publication of Mein Kampf
- 29 August – Walther von Lüttwitz and members involved in the attempted "Kapp Putsch" coup of March 1920 are granted amnesty by the German government.
- 5–16 October – The United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, and Germany agree to the established western borders and signs mutual assistance pacts in order to stabilize Germany's eastern borders at the local area Locarno Conference.
- 12 October – Germany and the Soviet Union sign an economic treaty.
- 1 December – The UK withdraws from Cologne, Germany.
Births
- 8 January – Helmuth Hübener, German youth political activist against the Hitler regime
- 1 February – Lucille Eichengreen, German writer and Holocaust survivor
- 7 March
- * Josef Ertl, German politician
- * Willigis Jäger, German Benedictine friar, mystic and Zen master
- 24 March – Puig Aubert, French rugby league footballer
- 2 April – Hans Rosenthal, German television presenter
- 11 April – Emil Mangelsdorff, German jazz musician
- 5 May – Eddi Arent, German actor
- 7 May – Wolf Schneider, German journalist, author and language critic
- 16 May – Hannes Hegen, German cartoonist and illustrator
- 28 May – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German lyric baritone and conductor
- 31 May – Frei Otto, German architect
- 17 July – Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, German-born British cellist
- 18 July – Friedrich Zimmermann, German politician
- 19 July – Michael Pfeiffer, German footballer
- 15 August – Leonie Ossowski, German writer
- 25 August – Hilmar Hoffmann, German film and culture academic
- 6 September – Moshe Goshen-Gottstein, German-born Israeli linguist
- 7 October – Fred Bertelmann, German singer
- 12 November – Heinz Schubert, German actor and comedian
- 20 November – Clytus Gottwald, German choral musician
- 19 December – Tankred Dorst, German dramatist
- 28 December – Hildegard Knef, German actress
- 30 December – Frank Meisler, Danzig-born Israeli architect and sculptor
Deaths
January
- 4 or 5 January – Richard Saran, German architect
- 7 January – Emil Schäpe, German fighter pilot
February
May
- 12 May – Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, World War I German flying ace
June
- 15 June – Richard Teichmann, German chess master
October
- Anna Schäffer, German woman who lived in Mindelstetten in Bavaria. Canonised by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 October 2012.
- 9 October – Hugo Preuß, German lawyer and liberal politician (born 1860
November
- 14 November – Agnes Zimmermann, German concert pianist and composer
December
- 9 December – Herman Schalow, German ornithologist
Date unknown
Deaths
January
- 4 or 5 January – Richard Saran, German architect
- 7 January – Emil Schäpe, German fighter pilot
February
May
- 12 May – Hans-Georg von der Marwitz, World War I German flying ace
June
- 15 June – Richard Teichmann, German chess master
October
- Anna Schäffer, German woman who lived in Mindelstetten in Bavaria. Canonised by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 October 2012.
- 9 October – Hugo Preuß, German lawyer and liberal politician (born 1860
November
- 14 November – Agnes Zimmermann, German concert pianist and composer
December
- 9 December – Herman Schalow, German ornithologist