• Source: 1915 in Germany

      • Events in the year 1915 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 – Ludwig III
      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 VI
      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 XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, as regent)
      Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XXVII, 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 – Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
      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 – Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen


      Colonial Governors


      Cameroon (Kamerun) – Karl Ebermaier (2nd and final term)
      German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Albert Heinrich Schnee
      German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Theodor Seitz to 15 July


      Events


      9 July – German forces in German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) capitulate and the territory is occupied by South Africa.
      20 August – An auto parts, electronics and other manufacturing brand, ZF Friedrichshafen was founded, as predecessor name was Zepernicker Zahnradfabrik.


      = Undated

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      German geophysicist Alfred Wegener publishes his theory of Pangea, which he calls Urkontinent.
      German palaeontologist Ernst Stromer publishes an article assigning the specimen to a new genus and species Spinosaurus aegyptiacus.


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