1975 in Germany

Events in the year 1975 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President – Walter Scheel
 * Chancellor – Helmut Schmidt

Events

 * 25 February – German Constitutional Court abortion decision
 * 27 February – The 2 June Movement kidnaps West German politician Peter Lorenz. He is released on March 4 after most of the kidnappers' demands are met.
 * 27 June–8 July – 25th Berlin International Film Festival
 * August: Fire on the Lüneburg Heath
 * Date unknown
 * German company Coppenrath & Wiese was founded.
 * Launch of the Volkswagen Polo, a three-door hatchback which fits into the Volkswagen range below the Golf and is similar in size and concept to the Renault 5 from France.
 * The Flick affair begins with a share trade where the Flick company sold shares worth 1.9 Billion Deutsche Mark from Daimler AG to the Deutsche Bank.

Births

 * 13 February – Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler, German politician
 * 21 February – Daniel Fehlow, German actor
 * 26 February – Frank Busemann, German decathlete
 * 3 March – Johanna Wokalek, German actress
 * 13 April – Lou Bega, German singer
 * 7 May – Michael Kretschmer, German politician
 * 4 June – Radost Bokel, German actress
 * 23 June – Prince Daniel of Saxony, German nobleman
 * 30 June – Ralf Schumacher, German racing driver
 * 2 July –Maxim Mehmet, German actor
 * 26 July – Ingo Schultz, German athlete
 * 22 September – Christian Ulmen, German entertainer and actor
 * 19 October – Hilde Gerg, German ski alpine skier
 * undated - Christoph Bach, German actor

Deaths

 * 11 January – Roma Bahn, German actress (born 1896)
 * 24 January – Erich Kempka, chauffeur of Adolf Hitler (born 1910)
 * 2 February – Karl Maron, German politician (born 1903)
 * 3 March – Therese Giehse, actress (born 1898)
 * 22 March – Paul Verhoeven, actor, theatre and film director (born 1901)
 * 1 April – Lorenz Jaeger, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church (born 1892)
 * 17 April – Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, nobleman (born 1893)
 * 17 June – Max Barthel, writer (born 1893)
 * 6 July – Margret Boveri, journalist and writer (born 1900)
 * 12 August – Werner Rittberger, figure skater (born 1891)
 * 30 October – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
 * 26 November – Anton Storch, politician (born 1892)
 * 16 December – Wilhelm Stählin, German Lutheran theologian, bishop, preacher (born 1883)