1907 in Germany
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Events in the year 1907 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria â Otto
- King of Prussia â Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony â Frederick Augustus III
- King of Württemberg â William II
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden â Frederick I then Frederick II
- Grand Duke of Hesse â Ernest Louis
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin â Frederick Francis IV
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz â Adolphus Frederick V
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg â Frederick Augustus II
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach â William Ernest
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe â George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt â Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen â Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Principality of Lippe â Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line â Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent)
- Reuss Younger Line â Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Waldeck and Pyrmont â Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt â Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
- Duke of Brunswick â vacant to 28 May, then Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (regent)
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg â Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha â Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen â Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) â Otto Gleim (acting governor) (2nd term) to 1 July, then Theodor Seitz (3rd term)
- Kiaochow (Kiautschou) â Oskar von Truppel
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) â Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) â Albert Hahl (2nd term)
- German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) â Wilhelm Solf
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) â Friedrich von Lindequist to 20 May, then Bruno von Schuckmann
- Togoland â Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen
Events
- 25 January â The 'Hottentot election', so called because of the nationalist atmosphere whipped up during the campaign, sees the Social Democratic Party of Germany gain half a million votes and yet lose half of their seats.[1]
- May â A separate Imperial Colonial Office is set up distinct from the Auswärtiges Amt.[1]
- 15 July â An experimental train is reported to reach 81 mph and reach 98 mph maximum
- 6 October â The Deutscher Werkbund is established in Munich.[1]
- Edeka is founded as a purchasing co-operative.
- The Herero and Namaqua Genocide reaches its climax in this year.
Undated
- Arsphenamine is first synthesised in 1907 in Paul Ehrlich's lab by Alfred Bertheim.
Architecture
- Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke, a swing bridge is opened in Wilhelmshaven.
Arts
- Oscar Straus's opera Ein Walzertraum receives its premiere.
Diplomacy
- 18 October â Germany is among the signatories of the Hague Convention of 1907.
Education
- The University of Mannheim is established.
Science
- Eduard Buchner is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Sport
- May â 1907 World Wrestling Championships held in Frankfurt
- 13â14 June â 1907 Kaiser Preis motor race is held.
- Freiburger FC are crowned German football champions for the first time.
- The Rund um die Hainleite cycling race in Erfurt is held for the first time.
Transport
- 5 October â The SMS Dresden is launched.
Births
- 4 January â Willy Busch, footballer (died 1982)
- 16 January â Martin Scherber, composer (died 1974)
- 18 January â Lina Haag, World War II resistance fighter (died 2012)
- 20 January â Manfred von Ardenne, physicist (died 1997)
- 25 January â Helmut Weiss, film director (died 1969)
- 1 February â Günter Eich, author (died 1972)
- 7 February â Kurt Hasse, equestrian (died 1944)
- 19 February â Rudolf von Beckerath, organ builder (died 1976)
- 23 February â Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, German resistance member (died 1944)
- 11 March:
- Heinz Brandt, equestrian and officer (died 1944)
- Helmuth James Graf von Moltke, jurist (died 1945)
- Konrad Wolff, musicologist (died 1989)
- 12 March â Josef Stangl, Bishop of Würzburg (died 1979)
- 13 March â Ludwig Biermann, astronomer (died 1986)
- 17 March â Franz Kartz, boxer
- 20 March â Helmut Echternach, theologian (died 1988)
- 24 March â Josef Lanzendörfer, bobsledder
- 30 March:
- Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, Luftwaffe officer (died 1994)
- Rudolf Krause, racing driver (died 1987)
- 7 April â Friedrich Wegener, pathologist (died 1990)
- 8 April â Walter Leinweber, ice hockey player (died 1997)
- 16 April â August Eigruber, Nazi Gauleiter (died 1947)
- 30 April â Karl-Lothar Schulz, General (died 1972)
- 8 May â Wolf Graf von Baudissin, General (died 1993)
- 9 May â Baldur von Schirach, head of the Hitler Youth (died 1974)
- 11 May:
- Hermann Behrends, Schutzstaffel officer (died 1948)
- Eva Schulze-Knabe, painter (died 1976)
- 14 May â Hans von der Groeben, diplomat (died 2005)
- 17 May â Ulrich Biel, CDU politician (died 1996)
- 22 May â Werner Müller, ethnologist (died 1990)
- 27 May
- Alois Kratzer, ski jumper (died 1990)
- Herbert Seifert, mathematician (died 1996)
- 2 June â Willy Langkeit, general (died 1996)
- 6 June â Ernst Gaber, rower (died 1975)
- 7 June â Hilarius Breitinger, Franciscan (died 1974)
- 14 June â Paul Klinger, actor (died 1971)
- 22 June â Eberhard Koebel, German youth leader and writer (died 1955)
- 25 June:
- J. Hans D. Jensen, nuclear physicist (died 1973)
- Hugo StrauÃ, rower (died 1941)
- 26 June â Friedrich Asinger, chemist (died 1999)
- 1 July â Fabian von Schlabrendorff, jurist and German resistance member (died 1980)
- 2 July â Ernst Kupfer, Luftwaffe officer (died 1943)
- 7 July â Walter Dieminger, space scientist (died 2000)
- 8 July â Otto Kranzbühler, judge (died 2004)
- 11 July â Adalbert von Blanc, Kriegsmarine officer (died 1976)
- 14 July â Maria Matray, screenwriter and actress (died 1993)
- 17 July â Winfried Mahraun, diver (died 1973)
- 13 August â Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, industrialist (died 1967)
- 30 August â Hans Georg Rupp, judge (died 1989)
- 6 September â Ilse Schwidetzky, anthropologist (died 1997)
- 9 September â Joachim Sadrozinski, officer (died 1944)
- 10 September â Dorothea von Salviati, member of the royal family (died 1972)
- 15 September â Alfred Delp, priest and philosopher (died 1945)
- 18 September â Jakob Brendel, wrestler (died 1964)
- 19 September â Heinrich Trettner, general (died 2006)
- 20 September â Nicolaus von Below, adjutant to Adolf Hitler (died 1983)
- 22 September â Hermann Schlichting, engineer (died 1982)
- 23 September â Herbert Kappler, police chief (died 1978)
- 25 September â Otto WeiÃ, Luftwaffe officer (died 1955)
- 29 September â Helmut Lemke, CDU politician (died 1990)
- 9 October â Horst Wessel, Nazi Party activist (died 1930)
- 12 October â Wolfgang Fortner, composer (died 1987)
- 17 October â Herbert Böhme, poet (died 1971)
- 19 October â Paul Klingenburg, water polo player (died 1964)
- 22 October:
- Emilie Schindler, humanitarian (died 2001)
- Günther Treptow, opera singer (died 1981)
- 24 October â Albert Hoffmann, Nazi Gauleiter (died 1972)
- 9 November â Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, son of Kaiser Wilhelm II (died 1994)
- 10 November â Hans Herbert Fiedler, opera singer (died 2004)
- 15 November â Claus von Stauffenberg, German resistance member and leader of the 20 July plot (died 1944)
- 22 November â Gustav Adolf Scheel, physician (died 1979)
- 24 November â Friedrich Geiger, car designer (died 1996)
- 30 November â Anton Biersack, composer (died 1982)
- 9 December â Max Deuring, mathematician (died 1984)
- 12 December â Ilse Fürstenberg, actress (died 1976)
- 13 December â Theodor Wisch, SS commander (died 1995)
- 16 December â Hanns Scharff, interrogator (died 1992)
- 20 December â Leny Marenbach, actress (died 1984)
- 23 December â Georg Haentzschel, pianist (died 1992)
- 27 December:
- Sebastian Haffner, journalist (died 1999)
- Johann Trollmann, boxer (died 1943)
- 28 December
- Franz Ehrlich, architect (died 1984)
- Erich Mielke, politician (died 2000)
- Heinz Förstendorf, field hockey player (died 1988)
- 31 December â Walter Huppenkothen, lawyer (died 1978)
Deaths
- 9 January â Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen of Hanover (born 1818)
- 30 January â Ludwig Woltmann, German zoologist (born 1871)
- 5 February â Ludwig Thuille, composer (born 1861)
- 8 February â Alfred Kirchhoff, German geographer (born 1838)
- 14 February â Adolf Seel, painter (born 1829)
- 17 February â Wilhelm von Bezold, physicist (born 1837)
- 24 February â Otto Goldschmidt, composer (born 1829)
- 6 March â Karl Heinrich von Boetticher, FKP politician (born 1833)
- 13 March â Fritz Scheel, conductor (born 1852)
- 20 March â Ottomar Rosenbach, physician (born 1851)
- 25 March â Ernst von Bergmann, surgeon (born 1836)
- 1 April â Johann Friedrich Jaennicke, entomologist (born 1831)
- 30 April â Julius Langbehn, art historian (born 1851)
- 3 May â Hermann Tietz, merchant (born 1837)
- 13 May â Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, nobleman (born 1829)
- 30 May â Ottomar Anschütz, inventor (born 1846)
- 5 July â Kuno Fischer, philosopher (born 1824)
- 13 July â Heinrich Kreutz, astronomer (born 1854)
- 10 August â Hermann Ende architect (born 1829)
- 13 August â Hermann Carl Vogel, astronomer (born 1841)
- 13 September â Jacob Friedrich Behrend, jurist (born 1833)
- 28 September â Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, nobleman (born 1826)
- 3 October â Alfred Reisenauer, pianist (born 1863)
- 10 October â Adolf Furtwängler, archaeologist (born 1853)
- 12 November â Prince Arnulf of Bavaria, nobleman and General (born 1852)
- 16 November â Gustav Hertzberg, historian (born 1826)
- 21 November â Paula Modersohn-Becker, painter (born 1876)
- 25 November â Heinrich Dernburg, jurist (born 1829)
- 30 November â Ludwig Levy, German architect (born 1854)
- 21 December â Klara Hitler, mother of Adolf Hitler (born 1860)