1973 in Germany
Events in the year 1973 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
- 21 February – Germany in the [Eurovision Song Contest 1973]
- 1 March – Launch of the Volkswagen Passat, a large family hatchback based on the front-wheel drive running gear of the Audi 80. It is similar in concept to the Renault 16 from France and also competes with traditional saloons like the Ford Taunus and Opel Ascona.
- 30 May – Chancellor Brandt is briefed on the espionage activities of his aide, Günter Guillaume.
- 22 June–3 July – 23rd Berlin International Film Festival
- 18 September – The two German Republics, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, are admitted to the United Nations.
- 11 December – Treaty of Prague
- Date unknown: German company Gerry Weber was founded.
Births
- 5 January – Robert Babicz, Polish-born music producer, mastering engineer, and live performer
- 26 January – Jörn Weisbrodt, German arts administrator
- 24 February – Philipp Rösler, politician and physician
- 8 April – Christof May, theologian and priest
- 22 April – Max Herre, singer
- 28 April – Elisabeth Röhm, actress
- 1 May – Mike Jesse, footballer
- 2 May – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, film director
- 20 May – Kaya Yanar, comedian
- 1 June – Heidi Klum, model, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer and television producer
- 22 June – Sonya Kraus, German television presenter and actress
- 23 June – Steffen Dittes, German politician
- 24 June – Alexander Beyer, actor
- 28 June – Andre Lange, German Olympic bobsledder
- 15 July - Yasemin Şamdereli, actress
- 14 August – Thyra von Westernhagen, German noblewoman and landowner
- 25 August – Fatih Akin, German film director, screenwriter and producer
- 29 August – Thomas Tuchel, German football player and manager
- 10 September – Deniz Yücel, German journalist
- 1 October – Devid Striesow, German actor
- 2 December – Jan Ullrich, German professional road bicycle racer
- 28 December – Marc Blume, German sprinter
Deaths
- 2 February - Max Brauer, German politician
- 11 February - J. Hans D. Jensen, German nuclear physicist
- 10 March — Robert Siodmak, German film director
- 20 March — Adolf Strauss, German general
- 8 April — Viktor de Kowa, German actor and singer
- 7 May — Walter von Keudell, German politician
- 26 May — Karl Löwith, German philosopher
- 28 May – Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German conductor and composer
- 8 June – Emmy Göring, German actress
- 9 June – Erich von Manstein, German commander of the Wehrmacht
- 18 June — Theodor Krancke, Kriegsmarine admiral and Knight's Cross recipient
- 26 June — Hans Schlemmer, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient
- 2 July – Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal
- 7 July – Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist
- 13 July – Willy Fritsch, German actor
- 6 July – Otto Klemperer, German conductor
- 1 August – Walter Ulbricht, East German politician
- 12 August – Karl Ziegler, chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
- 15 September – Herbert Albert, German conductor
- 10 October — Hermann Reinecke, Wehrmacht general and convicted war criminal
- 6 December – Friedrich Panse, German psychiatrist
- 14 December – Josef Magnus Wehner, German poet and playwright