1970 in Germany
Events in the year 1970 in Germany.Incumbents
- President – Gustav Heinemann
- Chancellor – Willy Brandt
Events
- February 16 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970
- June 26 - July 7 - 20th Berlin International Film Festival
- December 7 - Warschauer Kniefall
- Date unknown: Merger of two German transportation/maritime companies, Hamburg America Line and Norddeutscher Lloyd or North German Lloyd to new company Hapag Lloyd
Births
- January 15 - Oktay Urkal, German boxer
- January 23 - Nicola Beer, German politician
- January 28 - Julia Jäger, German actress
- January 29 - Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
- February 2 - Anton Hofreiter, German politician
- February 5 - Astrid Kumbernuss, German shot putter
- February 15 - Jens Fiedler, German cyclist
- March 18 - Matthias Maurer, German astronaut
- April 18 - Esther Schweins, German comedian
- April 20 - Sven Benken, German footballer and manager
- May 25 - Monica Lierhaus, German journalist
- May 27 - Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden, German nobleman
- June 7 - Alexander Dobrindt, German politician
- June 20 - Andrea Nahles, German politician
- July 6 - Roger Cicero, German jazz and pop musician
- August 25 - Claudia Schiffer, German model
- October 6 - Corinna May, German singer
- October 16 - Mehmet Scholl, German football player and manager
- November 15 - Uschi Disl, German biathlete
Deaths
- January 5 - Max Born, German physicist and mathematician
- February 16 - Carl de Vogt, German actor
- March 30 - Heinrich Brüning, German politician, former chancellor of Germany
- April 3 - Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg
- May 9 - Franz Etzel, German politician
- May 12 - Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright
- June 3 - Hjalmar Schacht, German economist, banker, liberal politician
- June 6 — Friedrich Köchling, Wehrmacht general
- August 1 - Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist, medical doctor, and Nobel laureate
- August 10 - Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer
- September 25 -Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist
- November 4 — Friedrich Kellner, German public servant and diarist
- December 14 - Franz Schlegelberger, German jurist and politician
