1976 in Germany
Events in the year 1976 in Germany.
Incumbents
West Germany
East Germany
Events
- January 2-5 – Gale of January 1976: storm and storm floods in Belgium, UK and Germany
- February 1 – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976
- June 25 – July 6 – 26th Berlin International Film Festival
- July 1 – Mitbestimmungsgesetz
- October 3 – West German federal election, 1976
- October 17 – East German general election, 1976
- December 16 – The Second Schmidt cabinet was sworn in. It is again a Social–liberal coalition led by Helmut Schmidt.
Births
- January 6 – Judith Rakers, German journalist
- January 9 – Simon Gosejohann, German comedian and television presenter
- January 21 – Alexander Bommes, German handball player and journalist
- January 21 – Kerstin Kowalski, German rower
- March 12 – Andreas Erm, German race walker
- April 6 – Anke Rehlinger, German politician
- April 11 – Ruth Moschner, German television presenter
- April 25 – Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player
- April 29 – Stephanie Aeffner, German politician
- May 3 – Alexander Gerst, German astronaut
- May 25 – Sandra Nasić, German singer
- June 10 – Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, German nobleman
- June 12 – Katja Husen, German biologist and politician
- June 19 – Abdoul Thiam, German footballer
- June 30 – Christine Schürrer, German serial killer
- July 10 – Lars Ricken, German football player
- July 15 – Diane Kruger, German actress
- July 20 – Florian Panzner, German actor
- August 4 – Manja Schüle, German politician
- September 26 – Michael Ballack, German football player
- November 2 – Mike Leon Grosch, German singer
- November 12 – Judith Holofernes, German singer
- December 8 – Dominic Monaghan, German-born British actor
Deaths
- January 18 – Friedrich Hollaender, German film composer and author
- February 1 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist
- February 1 – Hans Richter, German painter and graphic artist
- February 11 – Alexander Lippisch, German aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of aerodynamics
- February 14 – Gertrud Dorka, German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director
- February 25 – Paul May, German film director
- March 27 – Georg August Zinn, German politician
- April 1 – Max Ernst, German painter
- April 13 – Traugott Herr, German general
- May 9 — Ulrike Meinhof, German terrorist
- May 12 – Rudolf Kempe, German conductor
- May 26 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher
- June 18 – Karl Adam, German rowing coach
- July 1 – Anneliese Michel, German woman
- July 5 – Anna Hübler, German pair skater
- July 7 – Gustav Heinemann, German politician, former President of Germany
- July 24 – Julius Döpfner, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church
- July 30 – Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg
- August 10 – Paul Lücke, German politician
- September 9 – Gottlob Bauknecht, German businessman
- August 10 – Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter
- October 3 – Hermann Pünder, German politician
- October 18 – Paul Schmidt, German engineer
- October 21 – Theodor Koch, German engineer and weapons manufacturer
- November 8 – Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player
- November 30 – Fritz Rasp, German actor
- November 30 – Armin Zimmermann, German admiral
- 14 – Friedrich Foertsch, German general