1930 in Germany

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Events in the year 1930 in Germany.

Incumbents

23 January - The Nazi Party gains its first minister as Wilhelm Frick becomes Minister of the Interior and Education in Thuringia as part of a right-wing coalition administration.^[1]
27 March - The government of Hermann Müller collapses.^[1]
30 March - A right of centre minority government takes office under Heinrich Brüning.^[1]
22 June - The growth of the Nazi Party continues as they become the second biggest party in the Landtag of Saxony
30 June - The French Army withdraws its troops from the Rhineland.^[1]
16 July - The government invokes Presidential Decree in order to force through its economic reforms.^[1]
18 July - The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) force through a vote against the rule by decree resulting in the dissolution of the Reichstag and new elections.^[1]
July - The German State Party is formed by a merger of the German Democratic Party and the Young German Order.
13 August - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin is established.
14 September - The federal election sees the SPD remain as the biggest party but with the Nazis jumping into second place. Smaller gains are enjoyed by the Communist Party of Germany, the Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party and the Centre Party whilst the main losers are the German National People's Party and the German People's Party.^[2]

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is won by Hans Fischer.
The IG Farben Building, the headquarters of the chemical company IG Farben, is completed in Frankfurt.

22 January - Monte Cervantes struck a rock off Ushuia, Chile and sank with the loss of her captain.
26 July - The cargo schooner Nobiskrug is launched from Rendsburg harbour.
5 October - The Junkers Ju 52 makes its maiden flight.
The airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin makes its first crossing of the South Atlantic.
The luxury car Mercedes-Benz 770 begins production.

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