1971 in Germany
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{{Year in Germany|1971}}
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Events in the year 1971 in Germany.
Incumbents
== Events ==
- 27 February – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971
- 14 March – West Berlin state election, 1971
- 21 March – Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1971
- 27 May – Dahlerau train disaster{{cite book|title=World Disasters: Tragedies in the Modern Age|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2001|ISBN=9781136742576|page=188}}
- 6 June – We've had abortions! in magazine Stern
- 26 June-July 6 - 21st Berlin International Film Festival
- 3 September – Four Power Agreement on Berlin
- 14 November – East German general election, 1971
- Date unknown
- University of Bremen is founded.
- University of Kassel is founded.
- Dalli, Dalli by Hans Rosenthal is first broadcast, on ZDF.{{cite book|title=Baedeker's Berlin|publisher=Prentice Hall Press|year=1992|ISBN=9780130636522|page=54}}
Births
- 3 January – Tarek Al-Wazir, German politician
- 8 January – Mike Süsser, German chef and author
- 26 January
- Hubert Aiwanger, German politician
- Rick Kavanian, German actor, comedian and author
- 19 March – Nadja Auermann, German model
- 11 April – Oliver Riedel, German musician
- 29 April – Anja Karliczek, German politician
- 13 August
- Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
- Heike Makatsch, German actress
- 23 July – Cornelia Pfohl, German archer{{cite web |title=Cornelia PFOHL - Olympic Archery {{!}} Germany |url=https://www.olympic.org/cornelia-pfohl |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=11 April 2019 |language=en |date=19 June 2016}}
- 19 August – Guido Cantz, German television presenter
- 3 September – Mirja Boes, German comedian and actress
- 2 October – Xavier Naidoo, German singer
- 18 October – Jan Wagner, German writer
- 19 October – David Wagner, German soccer player and manager
- 30 October – Fredi Bobic, German football player
- 10 November – Nina Kunzendorf, German actress
- 18 November
- Ilka Bessin, German comedian
- Oliver Ruhnert, German politician and football manager
- 5 December – Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German politician
- 24 December – Katrin Lange, German politician
- 30 December – Manuela Schmermund, German Paralympic sport shooter{{cite web |title=Wechseln zur Desktop Variante von Munzinger-Online |url=https://m.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Manuela%20Schmermund/1/7697.html |website=m.munzinger.de |access-date=27 July 2020}}
= Full date unknown =
Deaths
- 14 January – Heinrich Anacker, German author (born 1901)
- 25 January – Hermann Hoth, German general (born 1885){{cite book |last=Hürter |first=Johannes |author-link=Johannes Hürter |title=Hitlers Heerführer - Die deutschen Oberbefehlshaber im Krieg gegen die Sowjetunion 1941/42 |trans-title=Hitler's Army Leaders - The German Commanders-in-Chief in the War against the Soviet Union 1941/42 |language=de |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4dzoBQAAQBAJ |location=Munich, Germany |publisher=Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag |year=2007 |isbn=978-3-486-58341-0|page=634}}
- 25 April – Erich Engels, German screenwriter, producer and film director (born 1889)
- 11 May – Hans Carste, German composer and conductor (born 1909)
- 6 May – Helene Weigel, German actress (born 1900){{cite web | url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/weigel-helene |title=Helene Weigel | Jewish Women's Archive| publisher=Jwa.org |access-date=1 January 2013}}
- 13 May – Hubert von Meyerinck, German actor (born 1896)
- 3 June – Heinz Hopf, German mathematician (born 1894)
- 21 June – Ludwig Schmidseder, German composer (born 1904)
- 26 June – Johannes Frießner, German general (born 1892)
- 7 August – Günther Rittau, German film director (born 1893)
- 17 August – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
- 1 November
- Walther Kittel, Wehrmacht general (born 1887)
- Gertrud von Le Fort, German writer of novels, poems and essays (born 1876){{cite book|author1=Katharina M. Wilson|author2=M. Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Wf1SVbGFg8C&pg=PA459|year=1991|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8240-8547-6|pages=459}}
- 14 November – Paul Klinger, German actor (born 1907)
- 10 December – Gotthard Heinrici, German general (born 1886)
- 11 December – Gustav Ehrhart, German chemist (born 1894)
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