This is a collection of DYK articles related to Germany in 2013.

Facts (Did you know ...?) from these articles appeared both on the Main page and on the Portal:Germany in the Did you know section. You can read the fact on the article's discussion page, or - in the context as it appeared on the Main page - in the DYK archive of the day, linked in column 1 of the following table.

Facts from 2011 were archived in Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany/DYK 2011, facts from 2012 were archived in DYK 2012.

Until 2010 DYK articles related to Germany were archived in two separate sets, for the portal in Portal:Germany/Did you know/Archive and for the project in Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany#Did you know? (DYK).

Table of DYK articles

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December

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DYK Article name Editor Hits Remarks
31 Dec Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren Gerda Arendt 809 hist quirky
Wilhelm Zahn Dr.K.
27 Dec Er ist wieder da DragonflySixtyseven 5,600 hist
26 Dec Die Singphoniker Gerda Arendt 441
25 Dec Christmas Story (Schütz) Gerda Arendt 486 hist
22 Dec Freies Volk Soman 788 hist
Johnny Jebsen ErrantX 6,814 stats
21 Dec Münchsmünster Abbey Aymatth2 1,661
20 Dec SS Oropesa Motacilla 7,864 stats 6,273 + 1,591
19 Dec Bilgin Defterli CeeGee 2,661
18 Dec Gabriele Schnaut Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
890
16 Dec Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Gerda Arendt
Moonraker
1,780
14 Dec Feast of Herod with the Beheading of St John the Baptist, Bartholomeus Strobel Johnbod 13,464 pic stats 8,811 + 731 + 3,535 + 387
Jan Metzler Valenciano 2,787 quirky
13 Dec Schwester Selma Yoninah 8,106 pic hist stats
Karlslust dance hall fire FoxyOrange 5,298 quirky stats 3,190 + 2,108
Brand Manxruler 7,918 stats 1,666 + 6,252
6 Dec Das Volk (1945) Soman 1,354 hist
4 Dec Theodor van Eupen Poeticbent 5,368 stats 4,674 + 694
3 Dec Deutsche Volkszeitung (1945) Soman 4,263

November

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DYK Article name Editor Hits Remarks
22 Nov Burchard Kranich NinaGreen 3,067
21 Nov Gert Boyle Aboutmovies 4,098
League of West German Communists Soman 1,016
20 Nov Willi Mentz Poeticbent 8,713 stats
19 Nov Young Communist League of Germany (Opposition) Soman 1,393
17 Nov Bernhard Schottländer, Schlesische Arbeiter-Zeitung Soman 1,047 hist 656 + 391
14 Nov Miriam Roth Epeefleche 1,419
Das Volksrecht (Offenbach am Main) Soman 592
Letters to a German Princess Solomon7968 1,070 hist
André Diot Gerda Arendt 293 hist
13 Nov Jacques Schmidt Gerda Arendt 454
Sozialistische Arbeiter-Zeitung Daniel Case 1,301
12 Nov Güstrow Castle Nvvchar
Rosiestep
1,658 hist
Hermann Stieve Daniel Case 2,066 pic
10 Nov Karl Friedrich Stellbrink Ozhistory 1,578 hist
8 Nov Adam Render Cliftonian 1,587 hist
Christopher Schutz NinaGreen 2,627
Patrice Chéreau Gerda Arendt
Mauro Lanari
896 quirky
7 Nov Jahrhundertring Gerda Arendt 12,293 pic stats 7,247 + 5046
5 Nov Berek Lajcher, Treblinka extermination camp Poeticbent 10,772 hist stats 6,759 + 4,013
4 Nov Ermutigung Ich 745 hist
2 Nov Rominten Hunting Lodge HerkusMonte 3,376 hist

October

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DYK Article name Editor Hits Remarks
28 Oct Gerda Munsinger Nikkimaria 6,825 stats
Banat Socialist Party, Arbeiter-Zeitung (Timişoara) Soman 828 502 + 326
26 Oct Audrey Arnott Ktlindsay 437 hist
Miku Nishimoto-Neubert Gerda Arendt 440 quirky
25 Oct Lotte Brand Philip Maralia
Ceoil
898
24 Oct German Wine Queen, Julia Klöckner Bermicourt 16,825 pic hist 6,986 + 9,839 stats
22 Oct On the Pathos of Truth Atethnekos 852 hist
Reich Bride Schools Prioryman 9,474 8,319 + 1,155 stats
14 Oct Balderschwang Yew Hekerui 6,860 hist stats
Burchard Precht Dr. Blofeld
Nvvchar
Rosiestep
Yngvadottir
527
13 Oct Rejtan (painting) Piotrus 5,791 pic hist stats
12 Oct Verbrennungskommando Warschau Poeticbent 6.376 stats 5,835 + 541
4 Oct Maurice Yvain Dr. Blofeld
Ipigott
Nvvchar
296 hist
3 Oct Pius XII and the German Resistance Ozhistory 6,509 5,724 + 785 pic stats

September

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DYK Article name Editor Hits Remarks
29 Sep Gerhard Fischer (diplomat) NSH001 1,383 hist
26 Sep L'arpa festante Gerda Arendt 355
23 Sep Merkel-Raute FoxyOrange 17,264 pic stats
20 Sep Going to the Dogs Drmies 1,097
17 Sep Claire Lademacher Surtsicna 8.810 hist
15 Sep Catacomb saints The Anome
Stalwart111
2,371 hist
14 Sep Samuel Willenberg Poeticbent 5,103 hist stats
10 Sep Der Busant Crisco 1492
De728631
Drmies
Johnbod
1,102 hist
1 Sep Muggeseggele Serten 3,521 quirky

August

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DYK Article name Editor Hits Remarks
26 Aug Lautten Compagney Gerda Arendt 224 hist
22 Aug Raid on Brandenburg Lietuvininkas 5,006 4,735 + 371
21 Aug Kammerorchester Basel Gerda Arendt 399 hist
Johann Julius Hecker Orlady 1,209
17 Aug Symphony No. 1 (Raff) Tudorcfr90 588 pic
Toruń Castle Piotrus 5,923 stats 5,575 + 348
14 Aug Hermann Cohen (Carmelite) Daniel the Monk 2,248
7 Aug Carl Moritz (architect) Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
968
5 Aug Berthold Beitz Cbl62 4,074
3 Aug Torkild Rieber Aymatth2 4,784
2 Aug Hahn/Cock Prioryman 10,240 hist stats
1 Aug Staatstheater Darmstadt Gerda Arendt 589

July

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DYK Article name Editor Hits Remarks
31 Jul Staatstheater Mainz Tibetan Prayer
Nvvchar
Rosiestep
Gerda Arendt
410
30 Jul Opernhaus Wuppertal Pigsonthewing
Gerda Arendt
1,299 pic
29 Jul Die Hamletmaschine (opera) Voceditenore
Gerda Arendt
687 hist
28 Jul Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus Gerda Arendt 1,272
27 Jul Battle for Castle Itter Typing General 42,120 stats
26 Jul Cyberiada (opera) Voceditenore
Gerda Arendt
694
25 Jul Karl Heinz Stroux Voceditenore
Gerda Arendt
441
23 Jul Friedrich Meyer-Oertel Tibetan Prayer
Gerda Arendt
214
23 Jul Gormenghast (opera) Voceditenore
Gerda Arendt
2,382
17 Jul Yvonne, Prinzessin von Burgund Voceditenore
Gerda Arendt
669 hist
15 Jul Ostindustrie Poeticbent 7,263 stats
11 Jul men's parking space Serten 20,077 quirky stats
10 Jul Germanic bodyguard Bermicourt 8,955 stats 7,931 + 1,024
9 Jul Bluthochzeit Voceditenore
Gerda Arendt
1,131 pic hist
4 Jul Schauspielhaus Wuppertal Pigsonthewing
Gerda Arendt
3,026 pic
3 Jul Franz Kafka works [1] Gerda Arendt
Maunus
5,142 hist stats (redirected 20 June 2016)
1 Jul Gerhard Faulstich Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
285

June

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DYK Article name Editor Hits Remarks
30 Jun Jürgen Rynio J Mo 101 575 hist
29 Jun Magnus Manske Obiwankenobi 1,126 hist
St. Andreas, Düsseldorf Voceditenore
Gerda Arendt
922 pic
28 Jun Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Surtsicna 14:086 hist stats
25 Jun Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen, BWV 213 Nikkimaria 1,761
Prince Christian of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld DWC LR 5,067 4,509 + 558 stats
24 Jun Johann Hugo von Wilderer Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
Voceditenore
362
23 Jun Das neugeborne Kindelein, BWV 122 Nikkimaria 1,034 hist
23 Jun Günter Pröpper J Mo 101 763
20 Jun St. Augustin, Coburg Surtsicna 5,441 pic stats
En Canot, Im Boot (Metzinger) Coldcreation 5,288 pic 4,718 + 570 stats
Hans Mauch Maury Markowitz 1,872
19 Jun Ulrich Steinhilper Clarityfiend 6,264 hist stats
Nur jedem das Seine, BWV 163 Nikkimaria 632 hist
17 Jun Christianization of Bohemia Piotrus 1,568
10 Jun Medingen Abbey Bermicourt 3,338 hist
8 Jun Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt, BWV 151 Nikkimaria 459 hist
Karl Streibel Poeticbent 5,498 stats
5 Jun Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, BWV 117 Nikkimaria 547
Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 143 Nikkimaria 1,295
4 Jun Hans Bothmann Poeticbent 7,015 hist
3 Jun Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 100 Nikkimaria 1,128 hist
2 Jun Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 Gerda Arendt 806 pic hist
1 Jun Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 74 Nikkimaria 577 hist
DYK Article name Editor Hits Remarks
26 May Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding, BWV 176 Gerda Arendt 748 pic hist
25 May Erhard Egidi Gerda Arendt 312
23 May Duchess Marie of Württemberg Ruby2010 2.998
Mass in B minor structure Gerda Arendt 685 q
22 May Krake Dom497 8.389 pic hist
21 May Martin Krumbiegel Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
421
20 May Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68 Gerda Arendt 1,014 pic
11 May St. Lamberti, Hildesheim Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
Nvvchar
Giano
2,637 pic hist
Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany SteveStrummer 912 hist
10 May Friedrich Wilhelm Rust Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
Nikkimaria
709
9 May Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37 Gerda Arendt 744
8 May Dorothea von Ertmann Nikkimaria 3,288
1 May Matthias Eisenberg Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
366

April

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DYK Article name Editor Hits Remarks
29 Apr Wilhelm Busch Tomcat7 2,292
28 Apr Thomas Gabriel (composer) Gerda Arendt 1,126
27 Apr SS Kommandøren Manxruler 3,300 hist
22 Apr Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103 Gerda Arendt 857
21 Apr Berthold Possemeyer Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
319 hist
19 Apr Zeichenstaub Gerda Arendt 308 hist
18 Apr Karlheinz Oswald Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
962 hist
17 Apr Margot Wölk Bruzaholm 7,337 quirky, stats
16 Apr Annika Zeyen
Maria Kühn
Hawkeye7 1,151 hist, 582 + 569
Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt, BWV 112 Gerda Arendt 551
Holzhausenschlösschen Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
3,319
9 Apr Michael Petry (footballer) ArtVandelay13 1,868 hist
7 Apr Max von Widnmann Yngvadottir 433 pic
4 Apr Eduard von Capelle Parsecboy 4,798 pic hist
2 Apr Jörg Faerber Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
440 hist
1 Apr St. Peter und Paul, Weimar Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
1,175 pic
1 Apr Rhinelander rabbit Dana boomer 4,032 quirky

March

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DYK Article name Editor Hits Remarks
29 Mar Martin Lattke Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
218 hist
24 Mar Margaret Michaelis-Sachs Ipigott 2,972 quirky
22 Mar Helmut Eberspächer MisterBee1966 2,776
20 Mar Gertrud Arndt Ipigott 2,056 quirky
19 Mar Curt Schimmelbusch Harrias 1,900 pic hist
18 Mar Nikolaus Herman Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
427
17 Mar Stadtfriedhof (Göttingen) Hawkeye7‎ 3,550 pic 3,064 + 486
12 Mar Joseph Merk JackofOz 333
9 Mar Klaus-Jürgen Deuser
NightWash
Dr. Blofeld
Rosiestep
Gerda Arendt
884 quirky, 317 + 567
Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen, BWV 215 Gerda Arendt 361
8 Mar Palais Leuchtenberg Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
Yngvadottir
7,221 pic stats
6 Mar Hilde Levi Hawkeye7 865
5 Mar Grand Quartier Général (1939–1940) Dumelow 3,392 quirky hist
4 Mar Lochamer-Liederbuch Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
FordPrefect42
1.300 pic
3 Mar Blauer Enzian Bahnfrend
SJ Morg
1,425
2 Mar Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn Gerda Arendt 362
Evacuations of children in Germany during World War II JamieSc 4,736
1 Mar Erfurt Enchiridion Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
Moonraker
441
Peter Planyavsky Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
1,224 quirky

February

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DYK Article name Editor Hits Remarks
28 Feb Edward Clark (conductor) JackofOz hist
25 Feb Johanna Welin Hawkeye7 3,227 pic
23 Feb Roland Bader Poeticbent
Gerda Arendt
188
22 Feb Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22 Gerda Arendt 902 hist
21 Feb Ulf Schirmer Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
182 hist
18 Feb Beatrice of Falkenburg Surtsicna 4,293 pic
15 Feb Edina Müller Hawkeye7 4,456 pic
11 Feb Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen Smerus
Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
437 hist
5 Feb Capture of Arendal Manxruler 2.791 q
Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18 Gerda Arendt 719 hist
2 Feb Ich habe genug, BWV 82 Gerda Arendt 878

January

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DYK Article name Editor Hits Remarks
31 Jan Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn, BWV 92 Gerda Arendt 577
30 Jan Kreuzschule Smerus
Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
2,447 pic
Henning Hauger Mentoz86 756
29 Jan Erich Kettelhut FruitMonkey 790
28 Jan Karl Hugo Strunz Tobias1984 584 hist
St. Peter, Syburg Dr. Blofeld
Gerda Arendt
Ipigott
2,466 pic
27 Jan Blaufränkisch Agne27 2,273 pic
26 Jan Knut Schoch Gerda Arendt 225
25 Jan 2012 Race of Champions Phósphoros 1,795 pic
23 Jan Karl Beck (tenor) JackofOz 1,977 quirky
21 Jan Rudolf Rahn Moonraker 4.040
17 Jan Holger Stromberg Miyagawa 3,356 pic
14 Jan Louise Howard Surtsicna 3,616
Gerald Feldman Pass3456 1,184
13 Jan Rachel Nicholls Gerda Arendt 599 history, with BWV 32 (238)
11 Jan Gaston Cros Dumelow 2,628 quirky
9 Jan Richard von Hegener Dr. Blofeld
Rosiesep
4,713
6 Jan Christophe Coin Gerda Arendt 516 with BWV 41
4 Jan Kajetan Mühlmann Dr. Blofeld
Yngvadottir
5,673 stats
2 Jan Hans Severus Ziegler Keresaspa 3,905
1 Jan Ernst Hechler MisterBee1966 8,249 stats, 7,610 + 639