1912 in Germany

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Events in the year 1912 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

• Kaiser - Wilhelm II
• Chancellor - Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg

State level

Kingdoms

• King of Bavaria - Otto of Bavaria
• King of Prussia - Kaiser Wilhelm II
• King of Saxony - Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
• King of Württemberg - William II of Württemberg

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

• December 24 – Merck files patent applications in Germany for synthesis of the entactogenic drug MDMA (Ecstasy), developed by Anton Köllisch.

Births

• January 21 – Konrad Emil Bloch, biochemist (died 2000)
• February 5 – Hedwig Potthast, secretary and mistress of Heinrich Himmler (died 1997)
• March 6 - Klaus von Bismarck, journalist (died 1997)
• March 23 - Wernher von Braun, aerospace engineer and space architect (died 1977)
• April 29 – Moshe Landau, German-born Israeli jurist and president of the Supreme Court of Israel (died 2011)

• May 2 - Axel Springer, German journalist (died 1985)

Deaths

• January 8 – Friedrich Schrempf, editor and member of the Reichstag (born 1858)