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{{Year in Germany|1925}}
Events in the year '''1925 in [[Germany]]'''.

==Incumbents==
===National level===

* [[President of Germany]] - [[Friedrich Ebert]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democrats]]) (to 28 February), [[Paul von Hindenburg]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dorpalen |first=Andreas |title=Hindenburg and the Weimar Republic |date=2015 |isbn=978-1-4008-7771-3 |location=Princeton, New Jersey |pages=68 |oclc=927296753}}</ref> (from 12 May)

* [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] - [[Wilhelm Marx]] ([[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre]]) (to 15 January), [[Hans Luther]] ([[German People's Party]]) (from 15 January)

==Events==
* [[15 January]] – [[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre Party]] member [[Hans Luther]] becomes [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] after the resignation of [[Wilhelm Marx]].
* [[25 February]] – [[Adolf Hitler]] makes his first public appearance since being released from prison
* [[25 April]] – [[Paul von Hindenburg]], winning 48.5% of the popular vote against the Centre Party's Wilhelm Marx with 45.2%, is elected [[President of Germany]].
* [[13 July]] – [[France]] begins to withdraw from the [[Rhineland]].
* [[18 July]] – Publication of [[Mein Kampf]]<ref>Robert G.L. Waite, ''The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler'', Basic Books, 1977, pp. 237–243</ref>
* [[29 August]] – [[Walther von Lüttwitz]] and members involved in the attempted "[[Kapp Putsch]]" coup of March 1920 are granted [[amnesty]] by the German government.
* [[5 October|5]]–[[16 October]] – The [[United Kingdom]], France, [[Italy]], [[Belgium]], and [[Germany]] agree to the established western borders and signs mutual assistance pacts in order to stabilize Germany's eastern borders at the local area [[Locarno Treaties|Locarno Conference]].<ref>Jon Jacobson, ''Locarno diplomacy: Germany and the west, 1925–1929'' (2015).</ref>
*[[12 October]] – Germany and the [[Soviet Union]] sign an economic treaty.
*[[1 December]] – The UK withdraws from [[Cologne, Germany]].
==Births==
* [[8 January]] – [[Helmuth Hübener]], German youth political activist against the [[Hitler]] regime (died [[1942 in Germany|1942]])
* [[1 February]] – [[Lucille Eichengreen]], German writer and Holocaust survivor (d. [[2020 in the United States|2020]])
* [[7 March]]
** [[Josef Ertl]], German politician (died [[2000 in Germany|2000]])
** [[Willigis Jäger]], German Benedictine friar, mystic and Zen master (died [[2020 in Germany|2020]])
* [[24 March]] – [[Puig Aubert]], French rugby league footballer (died [[1994 in France|1994]])
* [[2 April]] – [[Hans Rosenthal]], German television presenter (died [[1987 in Germany|1987]])
* [[11 April]] – [[Emil Mangelsdorff]], German jazz musician (died [[2022 in Germany|2022]])
* [[5 May]] – [[Eddi Arent]], German actor (died [[2013 in Germany|2013]])
* [[7 May]] – [[Wolf Schneider]], German journalist, author and language critic (died [[2022 in Germany|2022]])
* [[16 May]] – [[Hannes Hegen]], German cartoonist and illustrator (died [[2014 in Germany|2014]])
* [[28 May]] – [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]], German lyric baritone and conductor (died [[2012 in Germany|2012]])
* [[31 May]] – [[Frei Otto]], German architect (died [[2015 in Germany|2015]])
* [[17 July]] – [[Anita Lasker-Wallfisch]], German-born British cellist
* [[18 July]] – [[Friedrich Zimmermann]], German politician (died [[2015 in Austria|2015]])
* [[19 July]] – [[Michael Pfeiffer (footballer)|Michael Pfeiffer]], German footballer (died [[2018 in the Netherlands|2015]])
* [[15 August]] – [[Leonie Ossowski]], German writer (died [[2019 in Germany|2019]])
* [[25 August]] – [[Hilmar Hoffmann]], German film and culture academic (died [[2018 in Germany|2018]])
* [[6 September]] – [[Moshe Goshen-Gottstein]], German-born Israeli linguist (died [[1991 in Israel|1991]])
* [[7 October]] – [[Fred Bertelmann]], German singer (died [[2014 in Germany|2014]])
* [[12 November]] – [[Heinz Schubert (actor)|Heinz Schubert]], German actor and comedian (died [[1999 in Germany|1999]])
* [[20 November]] – [[Clytus Gottwald]], German choral musician (died [[2023 in Germany|2023]])
* [[19 December]] – [[Tankred Dorst]], German dramatist (died [[2017 in Germany|2017]])
* [[28 December]] – [[Hildegard Knef]], German actress (died [[2002 in Germany|2002]])
* [[30 December]] – [[Frank Meisler]], Danzig-born Israeli architect and sculptor (died [[2018 in Israel|2018]])

==Deaths==

=== January ===
* 4 or 5 January – [[Richard Saran]], (72) German architect (born [[1852]])
* [[7 January]] – [[Emil Schäpe]], (34) German fighter pilot (born [[1890]])

=== February ===
* [[28 January]] – [[Friedrich Ebert]], (54) [[President of Germany]] (born [[1871]])

===May===
*[[12 May]] – [[Hans-Georg von der Marwitz]], World War I German flying ace (born [[1893 in Germany|1893]])

=== June===
* [[15 June]] – [[Richard Teichmann]], (56) German chess master (born [[1868]])

=== October===
*[[Anna Schäffer]], German woman who lived in Mindelstetten in Bavaria. Canonised by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 October 2012. (born [[1882]])
*[[9 October]] – [[Hugo Preuß]], (64) German lawyer and liberal politician (born [[1860]]

=== November ===

*[[14 November]] – [[Agnes Zimmermann]], (78) German concert pianist and composer (born [[1847]])

=== December ===
*[[9 December]] – [[Herman Schalow]], (73) German ornithologist (born [[1852]])

=== Date unknown===
* [[Martin Zander]]

==Deaths==

=== January ===
* 4 or 5 January – [[Richard Saran]], (72) German architect (born [[1852]])
* [[7 January]] – [[Emil Schäpe]], (34) German fighter pilot (born [[1890]])

=== February ===
* [[28 January]] – [[Friedrich Ebert]], (54) [[President of Germany]] (born [[1871]])

===May===
*[[12 May]] – [[Hans-Georg von der Marwitz]], World War I German flying ace (born [[1893 in Germany|1893]])

=== June===
* [[15 June]] – [[Richard Teichmann]], (56) German chess master (born [[1868]])

=== October===
*[[Anna Schäffer]], German woman who lived in Mindelstetten in Bavaria. Canonised by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 October 2012. (born [[1882]])
*[[9 October]] – [[Hugo Preuß]], (64) German lawyer and liberal politician (born [[1860]]

=== November ===

*[[14 November]] – [[Agnes Zimmermann]], (78) German concert pianist and composer (born [[1847]])

=== December ===
*[[9 December]] – [[Herman Schalow]], (73) German ornithologist (born [[1852]])

=== Date unknown===
* [[Martin Zander]]

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