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1955 In Germany
Events in the year 1955 in Germany. Incumbents *President – Theodor Heuss * Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer Events * May 15 - Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1955 * June 24 - July 5 - 5th Berlin International Film Festival * July 2 - Tierpark Berlin opened. * July 15 - September 18 - documenta 1 in Kassel * August 11 - 1955 Altensteig mid-air collision * September 20 - Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR Births * 4 January - Wolfgang Tiefensee, German politician * 14 January - Jan Fedder, German actor (died 2019) * 16 January - Martin Roth, German museum director (died 2017) * 18 January - Gerburg Jahnke, German comedian * 25 January - Petra Gerster, German journalist * 1 February ** Hans Werner Olm, German comedian ** Christian, Duke of Oldenburg, head of the Grand Ducal Family of Oldenburg * 10 February - Bernd Martin, German football player (died 2018) * 6 March - Friedbert Pflüger, German politician * 8 March - Thomas Bellut, German journali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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This is a list of years in Germany. See also the timeline of German history. For only articles about years in Germany that have been written, see :Years in Germany. 21st century 20th century 19th century 18th century 17th century See also * Timeline of German history * List of years by country {{DEFAULTSORT:Years in Germany, List of Germany history-related lists Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Gerster
Petra Gerster [] (born 25 January 1955) is a German journalist and news presenter. Early life and education Starting in 1973, Gerster studied German studies, Slavic studies, and literature with a grant of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation at the University of Konstanz, as well as in the US and in Paris. In 1981 she received a Master of Arts. Career Gerster began her career as a newspaper journalist with ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger''. From 1989, she worked as a TV journalist for ZDF. She was a presenter on the German women's magazine show ''Mona Lisa'' for ten years. From 1998 until 2021, Gerster worked as anchor for ZDF's daily news magazine ''heute'', in rotation with Peter Hahne (1998–1999), Klaus-Peter Siegloch (1999–2003), Steffen Seibert (2003–2010), Matthias Fornoff (2010–2014) and Christian Sievers (2014–2021). Other activities * Witten/Herdecke University, Member of the Supervisory Board * Hertie Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees * Worm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Pusch
Alexander Pusch (born 15 May 1955 in Tauberbischofsheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a German fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition. Biography Alexander Pusch fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim. He won a gold medal in the individual épée event and a team silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal."1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Fencing" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 27 September 2008) He won a gold medal in the team épée in 1984, and a silver medal in 1988. In July 2016, he was inducted into Germany's Sports Hall of Fam ...
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Claudia Roth
Claudia Benedikta Roth (born 15 May 1955) is a German politician (Alliance 90/The Greens). She was one of the two party chairs from 2004 to 2013 and previously served as one of the President of the Bundestag, vice presidents of the ''Bundestag''. She is also currently serving as Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in the government of Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021. Biography Roth was born in Ulm, Germany. She began her artistic work, which she always regarded as also being political, in the 1970s as a trained artistic director at a theatre in Memmingen. She then worked at the municipal theatre in Dortmund and the Hoffmanns-Comic-Teater, and subsequently began managing the political rock band "Ton Steine Scherben" until 1985, when the band disbanded due to the band's high debt burden. She came into contact with the Alliance 90/The Greens, Green party on election campaign tours. In 1985, she became press spokesperson for the Green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Germany
This list details notable events that occurred in 2016 in Germany. Incumbents *President: Joachim Gauck * Chancellor: Angela Merkel Events January *January 1 – New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany *January 30–31 - 2016 FIL World Luge Championships in Königssee February *February 9 - Bad Aibling rail accident *February 3–7 - 2016 German Masters *February 11–21 - 66th Berlin International Film Festival *February 25: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 March * CeBIT in Hanover * ITB Berlin in Berlin * Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig * Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 * March 13: Baden-Württemberg state election, 2016 * March 13: Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 2016 * March 13: Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2016 * Böhmermann affair April * Hanover Messe in Hanover * Deutscher Filmpreis in Berlin May * 10 May: Munich knife attack June * Kiel Week in Kiel *2016 Düsseldorf terrorism plot *9-12: 2016 Bilderberg Conference in Dresden J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Siebert
Klaus Siebert (29 April 1955 – 24 April 2016) was a German biathlete and biathlon coach who raced for East Germany. Career At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Siebert won a silver medal on the relay with the East German relay team. In the Biathlon World Championships, Siebert earned two gold medals with the East German relay team in 1978 and 1979, and a bronze medal from 1977. He also garnered three individual medals including a gold medal from the 20 km in 1979 and two bronzes from the 10 km in 1975 and 1978. After retiring from competition he became a coach. He coached in Germany, China and Belarus. He returned to his coaching role with the Belarusian national biathlon team in January 2012 after spending much of the previous year ill with cancer. However, Siebert stepped down from this role ahead of the 2014-15 season due to health issues. Siebert died in Altenberg, Germany on 24 April 2016 after a long battle with cancer, aged 60. Biathlon results A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Von Beust
Ole von Beust (born 13 April 1955) is a former German politician who was First Mayor of Hamburg from 31 October 2001 to 25 August 2010, serving as President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2007 on for one year. He was succeeded as mayor by Christoph Ahlhaus. Life and work Born in Hamburg, he is the son of Achim Helge Freiherr von Beust and Hanna, née Wolff, who was considered half Jewish in Nazi Germany.Munzinger Online; s.v. Ole von Beust Through his father he is a descendant of Saxon and Austrian statesman Count Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust. In 1971 von Beust became a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU). In 1973, after finishing high school, he worked for CDU parliamentary group in the Hamburg Parliament ("Hamburgische Bürgerschaft"), a position he held until he started to study law in 1975 at the University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bärbel Wöckel
Bärbel Wöckel ( Eckert; born 21 March 1955 in Leipzig) is a retired East German sprinter. She never ran a world record in the individual disciplines. However, she ran several world records as part of relay teams with Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher and Christina Heinich over 4 x 100 meters, the last time on September 8, 1974, in Rome. At the GDR Championships she took first place in the 4 x 100 meter relay in 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981 to 1984. In 1976 she won third place with the team. During this time she was in the state-organized doping program. Biography Wöckel won four Olympic gold medals between the 200 metres race and 4 × 100 metres relay, two each in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. In each of those years, Wöckel placed first in the 200 m and 4 × 100 metres relay races. She won a gold medal at the 1974 European Championships as the anchor of the 4 × 100 m relay, which set a world record of 42.50. She won the gold in the 200 m and as a part of the 4 × 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Hagen
Catharina "Nina" Hagen (; born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rose to prominence during the Punk subculture, punk and New wave music, new wave movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is known as "The Godmother of German Punk". Born and raised in the former East Berlin, East Germany, German Democratic Republic, Hagen began her career as an actress when she appeared in several German films alongside her mother Eva-Maria Hagen. Around that same time, she joined the band Automobil (Band), Automobil and released the single "Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen". After her stepfather Wolf Biermann's East German citizenship was withdrawn in 1976, Hagen followed him to Hamburg. Shortly afterwards, she was offered a record deal from Columbia Records, CBS Records and formed the Nina Hagen Band. Their Nina Hagen Band (album), self-titled debut album was released in late 1978 to critical acclaim and was a commercial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bellut
Thomas Bellut (born 8 March 1955) is a German journalist. From 2012 to 2022, he was the director (German: ''Intendant'') of the TV channel ZDF. Early life and education Bellut was born in Osnabrück. After graduating from the school Antonianum in Vechta in 1974, he studied Political Science, History and Journalism at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster from 1975 to 1982. During his studies he was a scholar of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, finishing his studies with a PhD. Career Before Bellut transferred to the TV channel ZDF in Mainz, he worked from 1983 to 1984 at the newspaper '' Westfälische Nachrichten'' in Münster. At the ZDF channel Bellut was an editor of the ''Länderspiegel'' ( ''Federal State Mirror'') TV magazine and ZDF correspondent in Berlin. He then became an assistant to the program director Oswald Ring responsible for shows like ''Familienmagazin'' (''Family Magazine'') and ''Reiselust'' (''Wanderlust''). After that, he was editorial direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedbert Pflüger
Friedbert Pflüger (born 6 March 1955) is a former German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was a Member of the German Bundestag (1990–2006). He was Secretary of State in the Federal Ministry of Defence (2005–2006), and the CDU's candidate for Governing Mayor of Berlin in the 2006 Berlin state election. He was a member of the Berlin House of Representatives (2006–2011) and a member of the executive board of the CDU (2000–2010). Today, he is a businessman and teaches Energy and Climate Security at the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS), University of Bonn. He is Visiting Professor at King’s College London. Early life and education Friedbert Pflüger was born in Hanover. He received his ''Abitur'' (university entrance qualification) at Friedrich Schiller High School in Hanover in 1973. He studied political science, public and constitutional law and economics in Göttingen, Bonn and at Harvard. He received his M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 In Germany
Events in the year 2018 in Germany. Incumbents * President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier * Chancellor: Angela Merkel Events January * In January 2018, American company Energizer takes control over German company VARTA. * 9 January - The Church of St. Lambertus in Immerath is demolished. February * 15–25 February - 68th Berlin International Film Festival * 22 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 March * 14 March - The Fourth Merkel cabinet led by Angela Merkel is sworn in. April * 12 April - 2018 Hamburg stabbing attack - an immigrant murders his divorced wife and infant. May * 22 or 23 May - 14-year-old German Jewish girl Susanna Feldmann is raped and murdered in Viersen June * 1 June - The state Bavaria pass a Kreuzpflicht Law that requires crosses in all public buildings. * June: German chemical giant Bayer takeover of American company Monsanto * 26 June - For the first time the German football team does not reach the knockout stage in the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
