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Events in the year 1946 in Germany.

• January:

  • German steel production limited to 25% of prewar level by the Allied Control Council.
  • British occupation zone denazification responsibilities turned over to the Germans.
  • Soviet 2nd Shock Army returned to the Soviet Union.

• 8 January: Braunschweiger Zeitung founded.

• 1 February: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra founded.

• 5 February: Soviet 47th Army disbanded.

• 20 February: The worst explosion in German history kills more than 300 coal miners in Bergkamen.

• 21 February: Die Zeit founded two days later.

• March:

  • Law for Liberation from National Socialism and Militarism turns denazification responsibility over to the Germans.
  • Seventh United States Army inactivated.
  • Bamberg Symphony founded.

• 2 March: Rheinische Post founded.

• April: Badisches Volksecho founded.

• 2 April: Die Welt founded.

• 3 April: Lübecker Nachrichten founded.

• 8 April: Sozialistische Einheit ceased publication.

• 13 April: Sächsische Zeitung founded.

• 21 April:

  • Merger of the KPD and SPD into the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.
  • Deutsche Volkszeitung ceased publication.

• 23 April:

  • Neues Deutschland founded.
  • Das Volk ceased publication.

• 16 May: Handelsblatt founded.

• 17 May: DEFA film studio founded.

• 20 May: Lausitzer Rundschau founded.

• June: Gehlen Organization established.

• 29 June: Provisional German administration under Soviet supervision established in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

• 30 June: June 1946 Bavarian state election.

• July: Europa-Archiv founded.

• 1 July: ABC-Zeitung founded.

• 20 August: Dissolution of the Wehrmacht.

• 6 September: Restatement of Policy on Germany.

• 16 September: BRIXMIS established.

• 1 October: Nuremberg trials conclude.

• 20 October:

  • 1946 Berlin state election.
  • 1946 Soviet occupation zone state elections.
  • Rhine Province disestablished.

• 13 November: Münchner Merkur founded.

• 1 December: December 1946 Bavarian state election.

• 5 December: Hamburg Ravensbrück trials begin.

• 11 December: Hörzu founded.

• 21 December: Middle Rhine Football Association founded.

• Christmas: First edition of Auto motor und sport appears.

• Average intake per day of 1,080 kilocalories.

• German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development founded.

• Hansawelle founded.

• Südwest Presse founded.

• West German Athletics Championships established.

• Westphalian Football and Athletics Association founded.