• Source: 1912 in Germany

Events in the year 1912 in Germany.




Incumbents






= National level

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Kaiser – Wilhelm II
Chancellor – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg




= State level

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Kingdoms

King of Bavaria – Otto
King of Prussia – Wilhelm II
King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus III
King of Württemberg – William II



Grand Duchies

Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick II
Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis IV
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolphus Frederick V
Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II
Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – William Ernest



Principalities

Schaumburg-Lippe – Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg
Principality of Lippe – Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe
Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent)
Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line
Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont



Duchies

Duke of Anhalt – Frederick II, Duke of Anhalt
Duke of Brunswick – Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (regent)
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen



Colonial Governors

Cameroon (Kamerun) – .... Hansen (acting governor) to 29 March, then Karl Ebermaier (1st term)
Kiaochow (Kiautschou) – Alfred Meyer-Waldeck
German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg to 22 April, then Albert Heinrich Schnee
German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Albert Hahl (2nd term)
German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) – Erich Schultz-Ewerth
German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Theodor Seitz
Togoland – Edmund Brückner to 19 June, then Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg




Events


January 12 – German federal election, 1912
October 17 – Krupp engineers Benno Strauss and Eduard Maurer patent austenitic stainless steel
December 6 – The Nefertiti bust was found at Amarna by the German Oriental Company (Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft – DOG), led by German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt.
December 24 – Merck files patent applications in Germany for synthesis of the entactogenic drug MDMA (Ecstasy), developed by Anton Köllisch.




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German company Fresenius is founded by Eduard Fresenius.
Alfred Wegener proposes a fully formulated theory of continental drift and gave the supercontinent Pangaea its name.
Max von Laue suggests using crystal lattices to diffract X-rays.
Neosalvarsan becomes available and supersedes the more toxic and less water-soluble salvarsan as an effective treatment for syphilis.




Births






Deaths


8 January – Friedrich Schrempf, editor and member of the Reichstag (born 1858)
5 February – Botho zu Eulenburg (born 1831)
8 February – Wilhelm von Hahnke, German fieldmarshall (born 1833)
5 March – Rochus von Liliencron, German germanist and historian (born 1820)
12 March – Friedrich Karl Wilhelm Dönitz, German physician, anatomist, zoologist and entomologist (born 1838)
30 March – Karl May, German writer (born 1842)
30 July – Friedrich Schulze, German architect (born 1843)
10 August – Paul Wallot, German architect (born 1841)
24 September – Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein, German politician (born 1842)
10 October – Rudolf Arnold Nieberding, German politician (born 1888)
27 October – Friedrich zu Limburg-Stirum, German diplomat and politician (born 1835)
22 November – Otto Lessing, German sculptor (born 1846)
28 November – Otto Brahm, German drama and literary critic (born 1856)
23 December – Otto Schoetensack, German industrialist and later professor of anthropology (born 1850)
30 December – Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German diplomat and politician (born 1852)




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