1946 in Germany

Events in the year 1946 in Germany.

Events

January

January:
* German steel production limited to 25% of prewar level by the Allied Control Council.
* British occupation zone denazification responsibilities turned over to the Germans.
* Soviet 2nd Shock Army returned to the Soviet Union.
8 January: Braunschweiger Zeitung founded.

February

1 February: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra founded.
5 February: Soviet 47th Army disbanded.
20 February: The worst explosion in German history kills more than 300 coal miners in Bergkamen.
21 February: Die Zeit founded two days later.

March

March:
* Law for Liberation from National Socialism and Militarism turns denazification responsibility over to the Germans.
* Seventh United States Army inactivated.
* Bamberg Symphony founded.
2 March: Rheinische Post founded.

April

April: Badisches Volksecho founded.
2 April: Die Welt founded.
3 April: Lübecker Nachrichten founded.
8 April: Sozialistische Einheit ceased publication.
13 April: Sächsische Zeitung founded.
21 April:
* Merger of the KPD and SPD into the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.
* Deutsche Volkszeitung ceased publication.
23 April:
* Neues Deutschland founded.
* Das Volk ceased publication.

May

June

June: Gehlen Organization established.
29 June: Provisional German administration under Soviet supervision established in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
30 June: June 1946 Bavarian state election.

July

July: Europa-Archiv founded.
1 July: ABC-Zeitung founded.

August

20 August: Dissolution of the Wehrmacht.

September

6 September: Restatement of Policy on Germany.
16 September: BRIXMIS established.

October

1 October: Nuremberg trials conclude.
20 October:
* 1946 Berlin state election.
* 1946 Soviet [occupation zone state elections].
* Rhine Province disestablished.

November

13 November: Münchner Merkur founded.

December

1 December: December 1946 Bavarian state election.
5 December: Hamburg Ravensbrück trials begin.
11 December: Hörzu founded.
21 December: Middle Rhine Football Association founded.
Christmas: First edition of Auto motor und sport appears.

Undated

Average intake per day of 1,080 kilocalories.
German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development founded.
Hansawelle founded.
Südwest Presse founded.
West German Athletics Championships established.
Westphalian Football and Athletics Association founded.

Births

10 January – Dieter Fersch, German alpine skier
23 February — Bodo Hauser, German journalist and writer
25 February — Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist
27 March — Olaf Malolepski, German musician
16 April – Mordechai Geldman, Israeli poet and writer
17 April — Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist
9 May — Drafi Deutscher, German singer
14 May — Elmar Brok, German politician
15 May – Klaus-Peter Siegloch, German journalist
17 May — Udo Lindenberg, German singer
1 June — Werner Müller, German politician and businessman
4 June — Hans-Josef Klauck, German theologian and priest
26 June — Maria von Welser, German journalist
1 July:
* Stefan Aust, German journalist
* Rosalie Abella, German jurist
10 July – Max Rieger, German alpine skier
20 August
* Henryk M. Broder, German journalist
* Ralf Hütter, German techno musician
2 September — Angelika Volquartz, German politician
15 September — Gerd Uecker, German artistic director
26 September – Margret Hafen, alpine skier
1 October — Michael Sladek, German physician and environmentalist
6 October
*Otmar Bernhard, German politician
* Renate Holub, German philosopher
14 December — Ruth Fuchs, German athlete
30 December — Berti Vogts, German football player and manager

Deaths

February 8 - Felix Hoffmann, German chemist
February 10 - Eduard Fresenius, German entrepreneur
May 16 - Bruno Tesch, German chemist and entrepreneur
June 6 - Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist
September 6 - Alfred Körte, German philologist
15 October — Hermann Göring, World War I fighter ace and Reichsmarshall of Nazi Germany
16 October — Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologue
Date unknown — Albert Hinrich Hussmann, artist and sculptor