1936 in Germany
Events in the year 1936 in Germany.Incumbents
National level
Head of State and Chancellor
- Adolf Hitler
Events
- 6 February — The IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
- 7 March — In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
- 29 March - German election and referendum, 1936
- 26 June - Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical, functional helicopter, first flown.
- 1 August — The 1936 Summer Olympics open in Berlin, Germany, and mark the first live television coverage of a sports event in world history.
- 30 August — Ernest Nash flees Germany for Rome.
- 8–14 September — The 8th Nazi Party Congress is held and called the "Rally of Honour" in reference to the remilitarization of the Rhineland in March.
- 26 November — The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Germany and Japan.
Births
- January 14 - Reiner Klimke, German equestrian
- January 17 - Princess Mathilde of Saxony, German royal princess
- January 27 - Wolfgang Böhmer, German politician
- February 9 - Georg Sterzinsky, German cardinal
- March 9 - Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, head of house Waldeck and Pyrmont
- March 11 - Harald zur Hausen, German virologist
- March 13 - Lothar Ahrendt, German politician
- March 16 - Elisabeth Volkmann, German actress
- March 30 - Erwin J. Haeberle, German physician
- April 8 - Klaus Löwitsch, German actor
- April 22 - Dieter Kronzucker, German journalist
- May 9 - Ulrich Kienzle, German journalist
- May 12 - Klaus Doldinger, German saxophonist
- May 16 - Karl Lehmann, German Roman Catholic Cardinal prelate, Bishop of Mainz
- May 16 - Manfred Stolpe, German politician
- May 21 - Günter Blobel, German biologist
- May 26 - Franz Magnis-Suseno, German-born Indonesian Jesuit priest
- May 29 - Wyn Hoop, German singer
- May 29 - Klaus Winter, German judge
- June 1 - Peter Sodann, German actor
- June 9 - Jürgen Schmude, German politician
- June 14 - Wolfgang Behrendt, German boxer
- June 21 - Hans Köhler, German swimmer
- July 22 - Klaus Bresser, German journalist and television presenter
- June 25 - Bert Hölldobler, German sociobiologist and evolutionary biologist
- June 28 - Walter Köstner, German fencer
- July 1 - Lea Rosh, German television journalist, publicist, entrepreneur and political activist
- July 2 - Rex Gildo, German singer
- July 7 - Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician
- July 22 - Klaus Bresser, German journalist
- August 1 - Carl, Duke of Württemberg, German nobleman
- August 5 - Hans Hugo Klein, German judge
- August 20 - Kessler Twins, German singers
- September 29 - Hans D. Ochs, German immunologist
- October 10 - Gerhard Ertl, German physicist
- October 12 - Inge Brück, German singer
- October 13 - Hans Joachim Meyer, German linguist and politician
- November 5 - Uwe Seeler, German football player
- November 15 - Wolf Biermann, German singer and songwriter
- December 8 - Helmut Markwort, German journalist and magazine founder
- December 17 - Klaus Kinkel, German politician
Deaths
- 16 January - Oskar Barnack, German inventor and German photographer
- 6 February - Wilhelm Solf, German diplomat
- 20 February — Max Schreck, German actor
- 9 April - Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist
- 18 April - Richard Lipinski, German politician
- 4 May - Ludwig von Falkenhausen, German general
- 8 May - Oswald Spengler, German historian
- 22 May - Joseph Koeth, German politician
- 24 July - Georg Michaelis, German politician, former chancellor of Germany
- 20 August - Heinrich Cunow, German politician
- 1 September - Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf, German general
- 7 September — Erich Büttner, German painter
- 9 October — Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronikowski, German writer
- 19 December - Theodor Wiegand, German archaeologist
- 27 December Hans von Seeckt, German chief of staff