1958 in Germany

Events in the year 1958 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President – Theodor Heuss
 * Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer

Events

 * January 20 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958
 * June 27 - July 8 - 8th Berlin International Film Festival
 * November 16 - East German general election, 1958

Science

 * Date unknown - The Mössbauer effect, or recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence, is a physical phenomenon discovered by Rudolf Mössbauer in 1958.

Births

 * January 24 - Frank Ullrich, biathlete
 * January 25 - Jürgen Hingsen, decathlete
 * February 12 - Gero Storjohann, politician (died 2023)
 * February 17 - Claudia Schoppmann, historian and writer
 * March 20 - Stefan Keil, diplomat (died 2021)
 * March 21 - Marlies Göhr, athlete
 * March 24
 * Roland Koch, politician
 * Mathias Richling, German actor, author, comedian and cabaret artist
 * March 31
 * Dietmar Bartsch, politician
 * Sylvester Groth, actor
 * April 2 - Olaf Prenzler, sprinter
 * April 26 - Ingolf Lück, actor
 * May 7 - Christine Lieberknecht, politician
 * May 19 - Dieter Reiter, politician
 * May 21 - Sabine Bischoff, fencer
 * May 23 - Thomas Reiter, astronaut
 * June 2 - Andreas K. W. Meyer, dramaturge and opera manager (died 2023)
 * June 3 - Margot Käßmann, Lutheran theologian, Landesbischöfin (bishop) of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover
 * June 6 - Rudi Fink, boxer
 * June 14 - Olaf Scholz, politician
 * June 16 - Ulrike Tauber, swimmer
 * June 18 - Peter Altmaier, politician
 * June 29 - Dieter Althaus, politician
 * July 25 - Karlheinz Förster, footballer
 * July 27 - Barbara Rudnik, actress (died 2009)
 * July 15 - Jörg Kachelmann Swiss presenter in the meteorological field and victim of false rape accusations
 * July 27 - Margarethe Schreinemakers, television presenter and talk show host
 * August 5 - Ulla Salzgeber, equestrian
 * September 1 - Dagmar Manzel, actress
 * September 6 - Amelie Fried, writer
 * September 26 - Rudi Cerne, figure skater
 * September 29 - Tom Buhrow, journalist
 * October 8 - Ursula von der Leyen, politician
 * October 14 - Peter Kloeppel, journalist
 * October 23 - Axel Krause, painter and graphic artist
 * October 25 - Kornelia Ender, swimmer
 * November 9
 * Michael Boder, conductor (died 2024)
 * Eva Herman, author and television presenter
 * December 5
 * Annette Harnack, high jumper
 * Martin Schaudt, equestrian
 * December 10 - Annelore Zinke, gymnast
 * December 11 - Dominic Raacke, actor
 * December 15 - Stephan Weil, politician
 * December 21 - Tom Enders, businessman
 * December 25 - Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, nobleman
 * Unknown - OUBEY, visual artist (died 2004)

Deaths

 * January 9 - Karl Reinhardt, German philologist (born 1886)
 * January 27 - Prince Oskar of Prussia, German nobleman (born 1888)
 * January 30 - Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer (born 1888)
 * February 22 - Theo Harych, German writer (born 1903)
 * March 3 - Wilhelm Zaisser, German politician (born 1893)
 * March 21 - Hans Ehrenberg, German theologian (born 1883)
 * April 6 - Reinhold Schneider, German poet (born 1903)
 * June 20 - Kurt Alder, German chemist (born 1902)
 * June 29 - Karl Arnold, German politician (born 1901)
 * June 30 - Walther Schreiber, German politician (born 1884)
 * July 26 - Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (born 1866)
 * August 25 - Leo Blech, German composer and conductor (born 1871)
 * September 10 - Franz Wessel, German judge (born 1903)
 * September 15 — Ferdinand Schumann-Heink, German actor (born 1893)
 * October 11 - Johannes R. Becher, German politician, poet and novelist (born 1891)
 * October 19 - Josef Wintrich, German judge (born 1891)
 * October 23 - Erich Köhler, German politician (born 1892)
 * October 24 - Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg, German politician and landowner (born 1891)
 * October 27 - Barbara Schack, Sudeten German politician (born 1873 or 1874)
 * November 19 - Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (born 1898)
 * December 21 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German novelist (born 1884)