1996 in Germany

• President – Roman Herzog • Chancellor – Helmut Kohl ==Events==

• Deutsche Telekom is privatized. • 15–26 February – 46th Berlin International Film Festival • 1 March – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 • 11 April – Düsseldorf Airport fire • 28 June – Osnabrück mortar attack • 1 October – Jakub Fiszman is abducted. Elections • Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1996 == Births ==

• 6 March – Timo Werner, footballer • 2 May – Lisa Mayer, athlete • 13 August – Antonia Lottner, tennis player • 11 November – Gianluca Gaudino, footballer • 21 November – Gina Lückenkemper, athlete ==Deaths==

• 1 January – Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer (born 1906) • 6 January – Kurt Schmücker, German politician (born 1919) • 9 February – Adolf Galland, German general (born 1912) • 23 February – Helmut Schön, German football player and manager (born 1915) • 26 February – Georg Henneberg, German physician (born 1908) • 4 March – Gerhard Schaffran, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (born 1912) • 15 March – Wolfgang Koeppen, German writer (born 1906) • 28 March – Hans Blumenberg, philosopher and intellectual historian (born 1920) • 3 May – Hermann Kesten, German author (born 1900) • 11 June – Brigitte Helm, German actress (born 1906) • 8 July – Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, German nobleman (born 1905) • 14 August – Camilla Horn, German actress (born 1903) • 15 August – Albert Osswald, German politician (born 1919) • 20 August – Rio Reiser, singer (born 1950) • 19 September – Helmut Heißenbüttel, German writer (born 1921) • 21 September • Franz Pfnür, German alpine skier (born 1908) • Claus Holm, German actor (born 1918) • 13 October – Henri Nannen, German journalist (born 1913) • 8 November – Johannes Frömming, German harness racing driver (born 1910) • 29 December – Wolfgang Pietzsch, German chess grand master (born 1930) ==See also==