1907 in Germany
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Events in the year 1907 in Germany.
Incumbents
National level
State level
Kingdoms
- King of Bavaria - Otto of Bavaria
- King of Prussia - Kaiser Wilhelm II
- King of Saxony - Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
- King of Württemberg - William II of Württemberg
Grand Duchies
- Grand Duke of Baden - Frederick I then Frederick II
- Grand Duke of Hesse - Ernest Louis
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Frederick Francis IV
- Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Adolphus Frederick V
- Grand Duke of Oldenburg - Frederick Augustus II
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - William Ernest
Principalities
- Schaumburg-Lippe - George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt - Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
- Principality of Lippe - Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
- Reuss Elder Line - Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent)
- Reuss Younger Line - Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
- Waldeck and Pyrmont - Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Duchies
- Duke of Anhalt - Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
- Duke of Brunswick - vacant to 28 May, then Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (regent)
- Duke of Saxe-Altenburg - Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Duke of Saxe-Meiningen - Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Colonial Governors
- Cameroon (Kamerun) - Otto Gleim (acting governor) (2nd term) to 1 July, then Theodor Seitz (3rd term)
- Kiaochow (Kiautschou) - Oskar von Truppel
- German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) - Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg
- German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) - Albert Hahl (2nd term)
- German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) - Wilhelm Solf
- German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) - Friedrich von Lindequist to 20 May, then Bruno von Schuckmann
- Togoland - Johann Nepomuk Graf Zech auf Neuhofen
Events
- 25 January - The 'Hottentot election', so called because of the nationalist atmosphere whipped up during the campaign, sees the Social Democratic Party of Germany gain half a million votes and yet lose half of their seats.[1]
- May 1907 - A separate Imperial Colonial Office is set up distinct from the Auswärtiges Amt.[1]
- 15 July - Experimental train reported to reach 81 mph and reach 98 mph maximum
- 6 October - The Deutscher Werkbund is established in Munich.[1]
- The Herero and Namaqua Genocide reaches its climax in this year.
Architecture
- Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke, a swing bridge is opened in Wilhelmshaven.
Arts
- Oscar Straus's opera Ein Walzertraum receives its premiere.
Diplomacy
- 18 October - Germany is among the signatories of the Hague Convention of 1907.
Education
- The University of Mannheim is established.
Science
- Eduard Buchner is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Sport
- May - 1907 World Wrestling Championships held in Frankfurt
- 13–14 June - 1907 Kaiser Preis motor race is held.
- Freiburger FC are crowned German football champions for the first time.
- The Rund um die Hainleite cycling race in Erfurt is held for the first time.
Transport
- 5 October - The SMS Dresden is launched.
Births
- 4 January - Willy Busch, footballer
- 16 January - Martin Scherber, composer
- 17 January - Max Schäfer, Waffen-SS officer
- 20 January - Manfred von Ardenne, physicist
- 4 February - Ludwig Barth, Wehrmacht officer
- 19 February - Rudolf von Beckerath, organ builder
- 23 February - Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, German resistance member
- 26 February - Emil Seibold, Waffen-SS officer
- 11 March - Konrad Wolff, musicologist
- 12 March - Josef Stangl, Bishop of Würzburg
- 13 March - Ludwig Biermann, astronomer
- 17 March - Franz Kartz, boxer
- 20 March - Helmut Echternach, theologian
- 24 March - Josef Lanzendörfer, bobsledder
- 30 March - Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, Luftwaffe officer
- 30 March - Rudolf Krause, racing driver
- 8 April - Walter Leinweber, ice hockey player
- 16 April - August Eigruber, Nazi Gauleiter
- 30 April - Karl-Lothar Schulz, General
- 8 May - Wolf Graf von Baudissin, General
- 9 May - Baldur von Schirach, head of the Hitler Youth
- 10 May - Carl-Friedrich Mohr, Kriegsmarine officer
- 11 May - Hermann Behrends, Schutzstaffel officer
- 11 May - Eva Schulze-Knabe, painter
- 14 May - Hans von der Groeben, diplomat
- 15 May - Karl Baacke, Wehrmacht officer
- 17 May - Ulrich Biel, CDU politician
- 22 May - Werner Müller, ethnologist
- 27 May - Alois Kratzer, ski jumper
- 27 May - Herbert Seifert, mathematician
- 2 June - Willy Langkeit, General
- 6 June - Ernst Gaber, rower
- 7 June - Hilarius Breitinger, Franciscan
- 22 June - Eberhard Koebel, youth leader
- 25 June - Hugo Strauß, rower
- 26 June - Friedrich Asinger, chemist
- 1 July - Fabian von Schlabrendorff, jurist and German resistance member
- 2 July - Franz Kleffner, Waffen-SS officer
- 2 July - Ernst Kupfer, Luftwaffe officer
- 7 July - Walter Dieminger, space scientist
- 8 July - Otto Kranzbühler, judge
- 11 July - Adalbert von Blanc, Kriegsmarine officer
- 17 July - Kurt Gröschke, Luftwaffe officer
- 17 July - Winfried Mahraun, diver
- 28 July - Karl Mühleck, Waffen-SS officer
- 9 August - Wolfgang Jörchel, Waffen-SS officer
- 11 August - Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen, Kriegsmarine officer
- 13 August - Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, industrialist
- 6 September - Ilse Schwidetzky, anthropologist
- 10 September - Dorothea von Salviati, member of the royal family
- 14 September - Waldemar Holst, Kriegsmarine officer
- 18 September - Jakob Brendel, wrestler
- 19 September - Heinrich Trettner, General
- 20 September - Nicolaus von Below, Luftwaffe officer
- 22 September - Hermann Schlichting, engineer
- 23 September - Herbert Kappler, police chief
- 25 September - Otto Weiß, Luftwaffe officer
- 29 September - Helmut Lemke, CDU politician
- 2 October - Walter Bestmann, Waffen-SS officer
- 3 October - Fritz Müller, Wehrmacht officer
- 9 October - Horst Wessel, Nazi Party activist
- 11 October - Reinhard Burst, Wehrmacht officer
- 12 October - Wolfgang Fortner, composer
- 17 October - Herbert Böhme, poet
- 19 October - Paul Klingenburg, water polo player
- 22 October - Emilie Schindler, humanitarian
- 22 October - Günther Treptow, opera singer
- 24 October - Albert Hoffmann, Nazi Gauleiter
- 28 October - Anton Berg, Wehrmacht officer
- 9 November - Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, son of Kaiser Wilhelm II
- 10 November - Hans Herbert Fiedler, opera singer
- 15 November - Claus von Stauffenberg, German resistance member and leader of the 20 July plot (died 1944)
- 21 November - Ernst Hechler, U-boat commander
- 22 November - Gustav Adolf Scheel, physician
- 24 November - Friedrich Geiger, car designer
- 30 November - Anton Biersack, composer
- 9 December - Max Deuring, mathematician
- 13 December - Theodor Wisch, Waffen-SS General
- 14 December - Alfred Fischer, Waffen-SS officer
- 15 December - Harro Schacht, U-boat commander
- 16 December - Hanns Scharff, interrogator
- 23 December - Georg Haentzschel, pianist
- 27 December - Sebastian Haffner, journalist
- 27 December - Johann Trollmann, boxer
- 28 December - Franz Ehrlich, architect
- 28 December - Heinz Förstendorf, field hockey player
- 31 December - Walter Huppenkothen, lawyer
Deaths
- 9 January - Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen of Hanover
- 5 February - Ludwig Thuille, composer
- 14 February - Adolf Seel, painter
- 17 February - Wilhelm von Bezold, physicist
- 24 February - Otto Goldschmidt, composer
- 6 March - Karl Heinrich von Boetticher, FKP politician
- 13 March - Fritz Scheel, conductor
- 20 March - Ottomar Rosenbach, physician
- 25 March - Ernst von Bergmann, surgeon
- 1 April - Johann Friedrich Jaennicke, entomologist
- 30 April - Julius Langbehn, art historian
- 3 May - Hermann Tietz, merchant
- 13 May - Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, nobleman
- 30 May - Ottomar Anschütz, inventor
- 5 July - Kuno Fischer, philosopher
- 13 July - Heinrich Kreutz, astronomer
- 13 August - Hermann Carl Vogel, astronomer
- 13 September - Jacob Friedrich Behrend, jurist
- 28 September - Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, nobleman
- 3 October - Alfred Reisenauer, pianist
- 10 October - Adolf Furtwängler, archaeologist
- 12 November - Prince Arnulf of Bavaria, nobleman and General
- 16 November - Gustav Hertzberg, historian
- 21 November - Paula Modersohn-Becker, painter
- 25 November - Heinrich Dernburg, jurist
- 21 December - Klara Hitler, mother of Adolf Hitler
References
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