1915 in Germany
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Events in the year 1915 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria â Ludwig III
- King of Prussia â Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony â Frederick Augustus III
- King of Württemberg â William II
Grand Duchies
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe â Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt â Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen â Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
- Principality of Lippe â Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line â Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, as regent)
- Reuss Younger Line â Heinrich XXVII, 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 Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg â Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha â Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen â Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) â Karl Ebermaier (2nd and final term)
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) â Albert Heinrich Schnee
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) â Theodor Seitz to 15 July
Events
- 9 July â German forces in German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) capitulate and the territory is occupied by South Africa.
- 20 August â An auto parts, electronics and other manufacturing brand, ZF Friedrichshafen was founded, as predecessor name was Zepernicker Zahnradfabrik.[page needed]
Undated
- German geophysicist Alfred Wegener publishes his theory of Pangea, which he calls Urkontinent.
- German palaeontologist Ernst Stromer publishes an article assigning the specimen to a new genus and species Spinosaurus aegyptiacus.
Births
- 22 January â Heinrich Albertz, German politician (died 1993)
- 27 January â Ernst Schröder, German actor (died 1994)
- 14 February â Georg Thomalla, German actor (died 1999)
- 21 February â Roland von HöÃlin, German officer (died 1944)
- 6 March â Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen, German officer (died 1944)
- 7 March â Johannes Wiese, German pilot during World War II, a fighter ace (died 1991)
- 11 March â Karl Krolow, German poet (died 1991)
- 12 March â Reimar Horten, German aircraft pilots (died 1994)
- 13 April:
- Max Jammer, German-born Israeli physicist (died 2010)
- Stephan Hermlin, German poet (died 1997)
- 16 June â Marga Faulstich, German chemist (died 1998)
- 25 August â Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman and an officer in the Wehrmacht (died 1944)
- 26 August â Rolf Friedemann Pauls, German diplomat (died 2002)
- 28 August â Paul Schneider-Esleben, German architect (died 2005)
- 5 September â Horst Sindermann, German politician (died 1990)
- 6 September â Franz Josef Strauss, German politician (died 1988)
- 15 September â Helmut Schön, German football player and manager (died 1996)
- 9 October â Henner Henkel, German tennis champion (died 1942)
- 9 December - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-British operatic soprano (died 2006)
- 13 December â Curd Jürgens, German actor (died 1982)
Deaths
- 4 January â Anton von Werner, German painter (born 1843)
- 9 April â Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist (born 1852)
- 2 May â Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (born 1870)[3]
- 10 May â Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian (born 1856)
- 15 May â Oskar Frenzel, German painter (born 1855)
- 20 June â Emil Rathenau, German entrepreneur and industrialist (born 1838)
- 9 July â Carl Walther, German gunsmith (born 1858)
- 15 July â Joseph Thyssen, German industrialist (born 1844)
- 4 August â Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (born 1846)
- 20 August â Paul Ehrlich, German physician and scientist (born 1854)
- 19 September â David Friedrich Weinland, German zoologist and novelist (born 1829)
- 27 September â Kaspar von Zumbusch, German sculptor (born 1830)
- 15 October â Theodor Boveri, German biologist (born 1862)
- 4 December â Gustav Hollaender, German violinist, composer and conductor (born 1855)
- 19 December â Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (born 1864)