title: 1969 in Germany
text: # 1969 in Germany
  
  Events in the year 1969 in Germany.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President
     * Heinrich Lübke (until 30 June 1969)
     * Gustav Heinemann (from 1 July 1969)
  * Chancellor
     * Kurt Georg Kiesinger (until 21 October 1969)
     * Willy Brandt (from 21 October 1969)
  
  ## Events
  
  * 22 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969
  * 5 March - 1969 West German presidential election
  * 23 June - Bonn Agreement
  * 25 June - 26 July - 19th Berlin International Film Festival
  * 5 September - Bielefeld University was established.
  * 28 September - 1969 West German federal election
  * 22 October - The First Brandt cabinet led by Willy Brandt was sworn in.
  
  ## Births
  
  * January 3 – Michael Schumacher, racing driver
  * January 15 – Meret Becker, actress
  * January 24 – Annette Klug, fencer
  * March 28 – Ilke Wyludda, discus thrower
  * April 11 – Caren Miosga, journalist
  * April 20 – Marietta Slomka, journalist
  * May 14 – Sabine Schmitz, racing driver and television personality (died 2021)
  * May 25 – Jörg Roßkopf, table tennis player
  * June 14 – Steffi Graf, tennis player
  * June 15 – Oliver Kahn, football player
  * July 5 – Ansgar Brinkmann, politician
  * July 10 – Jonas Kaufmann, opera singer
  * July 16 – Sahra Wagenknecht, politician
  * July 19 – Sabine Bau, fencer
  * July 21 – Isabell Werth, equestrian
  * July 22 – Ronny Weller, weightlifter
  * August 3 – Ingo Oschmann, comedian
  * August 21 – Oliver Geissen, television presenter
  * August 28 – Christoph Ahlhaus, politician
  * September 9 – Sandra Wagner-Sachse, archer
  * October 1 – Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, politician
  * October 9 – Torsten May, boxer
  * October 19 – Dieter Thoma, ski jumper
  * November 22 – Katrin Krabbe, athlete
  * December 22 – Eyck Zimmer, chef
  * December 25 – AnNa R., singer
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 13 - Helmut Weiss, German film director (born 1907)
  * February 18 - Gisela Arendt, German swimmer (born 1918)
  * February 22 - Johannes Dieckmann, German politician (born 1893)
  * February 26 - Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist and philosopher (born 1883)
  * March 7 - Wilhelm von Apell, German general (born 1892)
  * April 21 - Rudolf Amelunxen, German politician (born 1888)
  * May 2 - Franz von Papen, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)
  * July 5 - Walter Gropius, German architect (born 1883)
  * July 25 - Otto Dix, German painter (born 1891)
  * 5 August — Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, German nobleman, explorer and politician (born 1873)
  * August 6 - Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher (born 1903)
  * August 8 - Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German physician (born 1896)
  * August 17
     * Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (born 1886)
     * Otto Stern, German physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics (born 1888)
  * October 22 - Fritz Steinhoff, German politician (born 1897)
  * November 6 - Max Knoll, German electrical engineer (born 1897)
  * November 25 - Hans Reiter, German physician (born 1881)
  * December 2 - Otto Dix, German painter (born 1891)
  * December 5 - Claude Dornier, German airplane builder (born 1884)
  * December 8 - Karl Fiehler, German politician (born 1895)
  * December 19 - Rolf Dahlgrün, German politician (born 1908)
  * December 22 - Armin von Gerkan, German archaeologist (born 1885)
  