1996 in Germany

• President – Roman Herzog
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

• Deutsche Telekom is privatized.
• 15–26 February – 46th Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 March – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996
• 11 April – Düsseldorf Airport fire
• 28 June – Osnabrück mortar attack
• 1 October – Jakub Fiszman is abducted.

• Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1996

• 6 March – Timo Werner, footballer
• 2 May – Lisa Mayer, athlete
• 13 August – Antonia Lottner, tennis player
• 11 November – Gianluca Gaudino, footballer
• 21 November – Gina Lückenkemper, athlete

• 1 January – Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer (born 1906){{cite news |title=Exiled Scientist Arthur Rudolph Dies At Age 89 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/01/03/exiled-scientist-arthur-rudolph-dies-at-age-89/2881a12c-136f-4d85-a210-130d8a448396/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=January 3, 1996}}
• 6 January – Kurt Schmücker, German politician (born 1919)
• 9 February – Adolf Galland, German general (born 1912){{Citation |last=Baker |first=David |title=Adolf Galland: The Authorised Biography |place=London |publisher=Windrow & Green |year=1996 |isbn=978-1-85915-017-7|page=307}}
• 23 February – Helmut Schön, German football player and manager (born 1915){{NFT player|16850}}
• 26 February – Georg Henneberg, German physician (born 1908)
• 4 March – Gerhard Schaffran, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (born 1912)
• 15 March – Wolfgang Koeppen, German writer (born 1906)
• 28 March – Hans Blumenberg, philosopher and intellectual historian (born 1920)
• 3 May – Hermann Kesten, German author (born 1900)
• 11 June – Brigitte Helm, German actress (born 1906){{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/14/arts/brigitte-helm-88-cool-star-of-fritz-lang-s-metropolis.html| title=Brigitte Helm, 88, Cool Star Of Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis'| first=Robert Mcg.| last=Thomas Jr.| page=B17| date=June 14, 1996| newspaper=The New York Times| url-access=subscription}}
• 8 July – Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, German nobleman (born 1905)
• 14 August – Camilla Horn, German actress (born 1903)
• 15 August – Albert Osswald, German politician (born 1919)
• 20 August – Rio Reiser, singer (born 1950)
• 19 September – Helmut Heißenbüttel, German writer (born 1921)
• 21 September
• Franz Pfnür, German alpine skier (born 1908)
• Claus Holm, German actor (born 1918)
• 13 October – Henri Nannen, German journalist (born 1913)
• 8 November – Johannes Frömming, German harness racing driver (born 1910)
• 29 December – Wolfgang Pietzsch, German chess grand master (born 1930)

• 1996 in German television

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