Events in the year 1971 in Germany.
Incumbents President – Gustav Heinemann Chancellor – Willy Brandt
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 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.
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 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
Full date unknown Martin Klimas, photographer
Deaths 14 January – Heinrich Anacker, German author (born 1901) 25 January – Hermann Hoth, German general (born 1885) 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) 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) 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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