1970 in Germany
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Events
West German chancellor since October 1969, and GDR vice president Willi Stoph meet in Erfurt (19 March) and in Kassel (21 May) - the start of a new Ostpolitik (new eastern policy)
- 26 March - the four ambassadors of the four powers meet to start negotiations about a Four Power Agreement on Berlin (which is agreed on 3 September 1971)
- 26 June - 7 July – 20th Berlin International Film Festival
- 12 August - the Treaty of Moscow between Western Germany and the Soviet Union is signed.
- 1 September: Merger of two German transportation/maritime companies, Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) and Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) or North German Lloyd (NGL) to new company Hapag Lloyd
- 7 December – Warschauer Kniefall
Landtag Elections
- 22 March: Bürgerschaftswahl in Hamburg
- 14 June:
- Landtagswahl in Lower Saxony. The coalition of SPD and CDU ends; Minister President Alfred Kubel (SPD) forms his second cabinet
- Landtagswahl in North Rhine-Westphalia (the SPD-FDP-coalition keeps its majority; MP Heinz Kühn forms his second cabinet)
- Landtagswahl im Saarland: the SPD gets 27 seats and the CDU 23 seats. MP Franz-Josef Röder (CDU) forms his fourth cabinet.
