1948 in Germany

Events in the year 1948 in Germany.

Events

 * March 1 - Bank deutscher Länder was founded.
 * April 3 - Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung is first published.
 * April 5 - The 1948 Gatow air disaster was a mid-air collision in the airspace above Berlin, Germany that occurred on 5 April 1948.
 * June 24 - The Berlin Blockade started.
 * August 1 - German magazine Stern was founded.
 * October 2 - Hessischer Rundfunk started.
 * IG Farben Trial
 * Krupp Trial
 * Pohl trial

Births

 * January 16 - Gregor Gysi, German politician
 * February 16 - Harald Range, German lawyer (died 2018)
 * March 9 - Wolfgang Wieland, German lawyer and politician (died 2023)
 * March 27 - Edgar Selge, German actor
 * April 5 – Gisela Biedermann, Liechtensteiner physician and politician
 * April 10 - Bernd Clüver, German singer (died 2011)
 * April 12 - Joschka Fischer, German politician
 * April 14 - Peter Urban, German radio journalist
 * April 21 - Dieter Fromm, German athlete
 * May 17 - Winfried Kretschmann, German politician
 * May 25 - Klaus Meine, German singer
 * May 31 - Jürgen Stark, German economist
 * June 6 - Jürgen Marcus, German singer (died 2018)
 * June 8
 * Jürgen von der Lippe, German comedian and actor
 * Hans-Josef Becker, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
 * June 20 - Johannes Friedrich, German Lutheran bishop
 * June 30 - Wolf Erlbruch, German writer and children's book illustrator (died 2022)
 * July 18 - Hartmut Michel, German biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
 * July 22 - Otto Waalkes, German comedian
 * July 31 - Heinz Buschkowsky, German politician
 * August 5 - Karlheinz Smieszek, German sport shooter
 * September 1 - Jürgen Fitschen, German banker
 * September 2 – Manfred Böckl, German novelist and popular historian
 * October 28 - Wolfgang Ritter, German biologist
 * November 4 - Claus Richter, German journalist
 * November 16 - Norbert Lammert, German politician
 * November 23 - Gabriele Seyfert, German figure skater
 * November 24 - Christoph Bergner, German politician
 * December 2
 * Reinhard Höppner, German politician
 * Christine Westermann, German journalist
 * Gebhard Fürst, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
 * December 6 - Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German singer
 * December 20 - Beatrice Richter, actress and comedian

Deaths

 * 12 January - Albert Grzesinski, German politician (born 1879)
 * 5 February - Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (born 1898)
 * 9 February — Karl Valentin, German actor and comedian (born 1882)
 * 14 February - Conrad Gröber, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (born 1872)
 * 16 February — Richard von Kühlmann, German diplomat and industrialist (born 1873)
 * 10 April - Wilhelm Külz, German politician (born 1875)
 * 2 May - Wilhelm von Opel, German automotive pioneer (born 1871)
 * 2 June - Karl Brandt, German physician (born 1904)
 * 25 June - Hans von Opel, German industrialist (born 1889)
 * 27 June - Wilhelm Sauter, German painter (born 1896)
 * 9 August — Hugo Boss, German fashion designer (born 1885)
 * 13 September - Paul Wegener, German actor (born 1874)
 * 3 October — Alois Wolfmüller, German engineer (born 1864)
 * 9 October — Alfred Roth, German politician and writer (born 1879)
 * 18 October - Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (born 1881)
 * 25 October — Walter Bock, German chemist (born 1895)
 * 5 November - Hans Schrader, German archaeologist (born 1869)
 * 10 November - Julius Curtius, German politician (born 1877)
 * 28 November - Will Dohm, German actor (born 1897)