1973 in Germany

Events

• 21 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973
• 1 March - Launch of the Volkswagen Passat, a large family hatchback based on the front-wheel drive running gear of the Audi 80. It is similar in concept to the Renault 16 from France and also competes with traditional saloons like the Ford Taunus and Opel Ascona.
• 22 June - 3 July - 23rd Berlin International Film Festival
• 11 December - Treaty of Prague
• Date unknown: German company Gerry Weber was founded.

  Incumbents

• President – Gustav Heinemann
• Chancellor – Willy Brandt

  Births

• February 24 - Philipp Rösler, politician and physician
• April 22 - Max Herre, singer
• May 1 - Mike Jesse, footballer
• May 2 - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, film director
• May 20 - Kaya Yanar, comedian
• June 22 - Sonya Kraus, actress
• June 24 - Alexander Beyer, actor
• July 15 - Yasemin Şamdereli, actress
• August 25 - Heidi Klum, model, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer and television producer
• August 25 - Fatih Akin, German film director, screenwriter and producer
• September 10 - Deniz Yücel, German journalist
• October 1 - Devid Striesow, German actor
• December 2 - Jan Ulrich, German professional road bicycle racer
• December 28 - Marc Blume, German sprinter

  Deaths

• February 2 - Max Brauer, German politician
• February 11 - J. Hans D. Jensen, German nuclear physicist
• March 10 — Robert Siodmak, German film director
• April 8 - Viktor de Kowa, German actor and singer
• May 7 - Walter von Keudell, German politician
• May 26 - Karl Löwith, German philosopher
• May 28 - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German conductor and composer
• June 8 — Emmy Göring, German actress
• June 9 - Erich von Manstein, German commander of the Wehrmacht
• June 18 — Theodor Krancke, Kriegsmarine admiral and Knight's Cross recipient
• June 26 — Hans Schlemmer, Wehrmacht general and Knight's Cross recipient
• July 2 - Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal
• July 7 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist
• July 13 - Willy Fritsch, German actor
• July 6 - Otto Klemperer, German conductor
• August 1 - Walter Ulbricht, East German politician
• August 12 - Karl Ziegler, chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
• September 15 - Herbert Albert, conductor
• October 10 — Hermann Reinecke, Wehrmacht general and convicted war criminal
• December 14 - Josef Magnus Wehner, German poet and playwright