1950 in Germany

Events in the year 1950 in West Germany and East Germany.

West Germany

 * President – Theodor Heuss
 * Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

East Germany

 * First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party – Walter Ulbricht
 * President – Wilhelm Pieck
 * Minister-President – Otto Grotewohl

Events

 * April 30 - The last Ration stamps (for sugar) expire in West Germany; In the GDR, food stamps were still in use until 1958.
 * June 5 - German broadcaster ARD started.
 * July 6 - Treaty of Zgorzelec was signed between the Republic of Poland and East Germany (GDR).
 * July 19 - The Central Council of Jews in Germany is founded.
 * August 5 - Publication of the Charter of German Expellees.
 * September 7 - Schwarzwaldmädel, the first German color film after the end of the war, premieres in Stuttgart. It ushers in an era of local film in West Germany.
 * September 19 - Auf der Außenministerkonferenz der drei Westmächte in New York wird die Bundesregierung in Bonn als einzige „freie und gesetzlich konstituierte“ Regierung Deutschlands anerkannt.
 * October 5-9 - Himmerod memorandum
 * October 19 - East German general election, 1950

Births

 * January 9 - Rio Reiser, singer (died 1996)
 * January 21 - Marion Becker, athlete
 * January 22 - Werner Schulz, politician (died 2022)
 * January 27 - Ulrich Deppendorf, journalist
 * January 30 - Reinhold Kauder, canoeist
 * February 2 - Barbara Sukowa, actress
 * February 8 - Manfred Milinski, biologist
 * March 6 - Felix Genn, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church
 * March 22 - Hugo Egon Balder, actor and comedian
 * March 22 - Herman Weigel, German film producer
 * April 25 - Peter Hintze, German politician (died 2016)
 * April 30 - Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, German judge
 * May 12 - Renate Stecher, athlete
 * May 16 - Georg Bednorz, physicist
 * May 18 - Thomas Gottschalk, actor and television presenter
 * May 26 - Werner Bergmann, sociologist
 * June 16 - Klaus Lage, singer
 * June 21 - Ferdinand Kirchhof, judge
 * June 20 - Gudrun Landgrebe, actress
 * July 7 - Gerda Hasselfeldt, politician
 * July 27- David Storl, track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put
 * August 5 - Rosi Mittermaier, alpine ski racer (died 2023)
 * August 12 – Iris Berben, actress
 * September 2 - Michael Rother, musician
 * September 23 - Dietmar Lorenz, judoka
 * October 13 - Annegret Richter, athlete
 * October 28 - Annette Humpe, singer
 * November 10 - Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller, historian
 * November 17 - Roland Matthes, swimmer
 * November 28 - Hans Fassnacht, swimmer