1946 in Germany

January • January: • German steel production limited to 25% of prewar level by the Allied Control Council. • British occupation zone denazification responsibilities turned over to the Germans. • Soviet 2nd Shock Army returned to the Soviet Union. • 8 January: Braunschweiger Zeitung founded. February • 1 February: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra founded. • 5 February: Soviet 47th Army disbanded. • 20 February: The worst explosion in German history kills more than 300 coal miners in Bergkamen. • 21 February: Die Zeit founded two days later. March • March: • Law for Liberation from National Socialism and Militarism turns denazification responsibility over to the Germans. • Seventh United States Army inactivated. • Bamberg Symphony founded. • 2 March: Rheinische Post founded. April • April: Badisches Volksecho founded. • 2 April: Die Welt founded. • 3 April: Lübecker Nachrichten founded. • 8 April: Sozialistische Einheit ceased publication. • 13 April: Sächsische Zeitung founded. • 21 April: • Merger of the KPD and SPD into the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. • Deutsche Volkszeitung ceased publication. • 23 April: • Neues Deutschland founded. • Das Volk ceased publication. May • 16 May: Handelsblatt founded. • 17 May: DEFA film studio founded. • 20 May: Lausitzer Rundschau founded. June • June: Gehlen Organization established. • 29 June: Provisional German administration under Soviet supervision established in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. • 30 June: June 1946 Bavarian state election. July • July: Europa-Archiv founded. • 1 July: ABC-Zeitung founded. August • 20 August: Dissolution of the Wehrmacht. September • 6 September: Restatement of Policy on Germany. • 16 September: BRIXMIS established. October • 1 October: Nuremberg trials conclude. • 20 October: • 1946 Berlin state election. • 1946 Soviet occupation zone state elections. • Rhine Province disestablished. November • 13 November: Münchner Merkur founded. December • 1 December: December 1946 Bavarian state election. • 5 December: Hamburg Ravensbrück trials begin. • 11 December: Hörzu founded. • 21 December: Middle Rhine Football Association founded. • Christmas: First edition of Auto motor und sport appears. Undated • Average intake per day of 1,080 kilocalories. • German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development founded. • Hansawelle founded. • Südwest Presse founded. • West German Athletics Championships established. • Westphalian Football and Athletics Association founded. == Births ==

• 10 January – Dieter Fersch, German alpine skier • 23 February — Bodo Hauser, German journalist and writer (died 2004) • 25 February — Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist • 27 March — Olaf Malolepski, German musician (Die Flippers) • 16 April – Mordechai Geldman, Israeli poet and writer (died 2021) • 17 April — Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist (died 1995) • 9 May — Drafi Deutscher, German singer (died 2006) • 14 May — Elmar Brok, German politician • 15 May – Klaus-Peter Siegloch, German journalist • 17 May — Udo Lindenberg, German singer • 1 June — Werner Müller, German politician and businessman (died 2019) • 4 June — Hans-Josef Klauck, German theologian and priest (died 2025) • 26 June — Maria von Welser, German journalist • 1 July: • Stefan Aust, German journalist • Rosalie Abella, German jurist • 10 July – Max Rieger, German alpine skier • 20 August • Henryk M. Broder, German journalist • Ralf Hütter, German techno musician • 2 September — Angelika Volquartz, German politician • 15 September — Gerd Uecker, German artistic director (died 2024) • 26 September – Margret Hafen, alpine skier • 1 October — Michael Sladek, German physician and environmentalist (died 2024) • 6 October • Otmar Bernhard, German politician • Renate Holub, German philosopher • 14 December — Ruth Fuchs, German athlete (died 2023) • 30 December — Berti Vogts, German football player and manager == Deaths ==

• February 8 - Felix Hoffmann, German chemist (born 1868) • February 10 - Eduard Fresenius, German entrepreneur (born 1874) • May 16 - Bruno Tesch, German chemist and entrepreneur (born 1890) • June 6 - Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist (born 1862) • September 6 - Alfred Körte, German philologist (born 1866) • 15 October — Hermann Göring, World War I fighter ace and Reichsmarshall of Nazi Germany (born 1893) • 16 October — Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologue (born 1893) • Date unknown — Albert Hinrich Hussmann, artist and sculptor ==References==