1907 in Germany

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Decades:

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1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s

Incumbents

National level

Kaiser - Wilhelm II
Chancellor - Bernhard von Bülow

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

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 - Helmuth James Graf von Moltke, jurist (died 1945)
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 - J. Hans D. Jensen, nuclear physicist (died 1973)
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

1 2 3 Tim Kirk, Cassell's Dictionary of Modern German History, London, 2002, p. 421

Years in Germany (1871–present)

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