1975 in Germany

• President – Walter Scheel • Chancellor – Helmut Schmidt ==Events==

• 25 February – German Constitutional Court abortion decision • 27 February – The 2 June Movement kidnaps West German politician Peter Lorenz. He is released on March 4 after most of the kidnappers' demands are met. • 27 June–8 July – 25th Berlin International Film Festival • August: Fire on the Lüneburg Heath • Date unknown • German company Coppenrath & Wiese was founded. • Launch of the Volkswagen Polo, a three-door hatchback which fits into the Volkswagen range below the Golf and is similar in size and concept to the Renault 5 from France. • The Flick affair begins with a share trade where the Flick company sold shares worth 1.9 Billion Deutsche Mark from Daimler AG to the Deutsche Bank. ==Births==

• 13 February – Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler, German politician • 21 February – Daniel Fehlow, German actor • 26 February – Frank Busemann, German decathlete • 3 March – Johanna Wokalek, German actress • 16 March – Sibylle Brauner, German alpine skier • 23 March – Stefan Möller, German politician • 13 April – Lou Bega, German singer • 14 April –Tino Chrupalla, AfD German politician • 7 May – Michael Kretschmer, German politician • 4 June – Radost Bokel, German actress • 23 June – Prince Daniel of Saxony, German nobleman • 30 June – Ralf Schumacher, German racing driver • 2 July –Maxim Mehmet, German actor • 26 July – Ingo Schultz, German athlete • 16 September – Petra Haltmayr, German alpine skier • 22 September – Christian Ulmen, German entertainer and actor • 19 October – Hilde Gerg, German ski alpine skier • undated - Christoph Bach, German actor ==Deaths==

• 5 January – Gottlob Berger, German Nazi senior official (born 1896) • 11 January • Roma Bahn, German actress (born 1896) • Max Lorenz, German tenor (born 1901) • 24 January – Erich Kempka, chauffeur of Adolf Hitler (born 1910) • 2 February – Karl Maron, German politician (born 1903) • 3 March – Therese Giehse, actress (born 1898) • 22 March – Paul Verhoeven, actor, theatre and film director (born 1901) • 1 April – Lorenz Jaeger, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church (born 1892) • 17 April – Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, nobleman (born 1893) • 17 June – Max Barthel, writer (born 1893) • 6 July – Margret Boveri, journalist and writer (born 1900) • 12 August – Werner Rittberger, figure skater (born 1891) • 30 October – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887) • 26 November – Anton Storch, politician (born 1892) • 16 December – Wilhelm Stählin, German Lutheran theologian, bishop, preacher (born 1883) • 24 December – Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck, German politician (born 1897) ==See also==