1996 in Germany

Events in the year 1996 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President – Roman Herzog
 * Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

 * Deutsche Telekom is privatized.
 * 15–26 February – 46th Berlin International Film Festival
 * 1 March – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996
 * 11 April – Düsseldorf Airport fire
 * 28 June – Osnabrück mortar attack
 * 1 October – Jakub Fiszman is abducted.

Elections

 * Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1996

Births

 * 6 March – Timo Werner, footballer
 * 2 May – Lisa Mayer, athlete
 * 13 August – Antonia Lottner, tennis player
 * 11 November – Gianluca Gaudino, footballer
 * 21 November – Gina Lückenkemper, athlete

Deaths

 * 1 January – Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer (born 1906)
 * 6 January – Kurt Schmücker, German politician (born 1919)
 * 9 February – Adolf Galland, German general (born 1912)
 * 23 February – Helmut Schön, German football player and manager (born 1915)
 * 26 February – Georg Henneberg, German physician (born 1908)
 * 4 March – Gerhard Schaffran, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (born 1912)
 * 15 March – Wolfgang Koeppen, German writer (born 1906)
 * 28 March – Hans Blumenberg, philosopher and intellectual historian (born 1920)
 * 3 May – Hermann Kesten, German author (born 1900)
 * 11 June – Brigitte Helm, German actress (born 1906)
 * 8 July – Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, German nobleman (born 1905)
 * 14 August – Camilla Horn, German actress (born 1903)
 * 15 August – Albert Osswald, German politician (born 1919)
 * 20 August – Rio Reiser, singer (born 1950)
 * 19 September – Helmut Heißenbüttel, German writer (born 1921)
 * 21 September
 * Franz Pfnür, German alpine skier (born 1908)
 * Claus Holm, German actor (born 1918)
 * 13 October – Henri Nannen, German journalist (born 1913)
 * 8 November – Johannes Frömming, German harness racing driver (born 1910)
 * 29 December – Wolfgang Pietzsch, German chess grand master (born 1930)