This is a collection of DYK articles related to Germany in 2018.
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.
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). Facts from 2011 were archived in Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany/DYK 2011, later facts were archived in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
December
DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Notes
|
24 hours:
|
31 Dec |
Wolfgang Unger |
Gerda Arendt |
664 |
|
29 Dec |
Ernst von Manstein |
Dumelow |
9,199 |
stats
|
28 Dec |
Sakura-Variationen |
Gerda Arendt |
1,023 |
|
27 Dec |
Theresienstadt ghetto and the Red Cross |
Catrìona |
3,298 |
GA?
|
27 Dec |
Kündlich groß ist das gottselige Geheimnis (Stölzel) |
Gerda Arendt |
950 |
|
26 Dec |
Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt |
Gerda Arendt |
949 |
|
12 hours:
|
25 Dec |
Lisa Buckwitz |
Joseph2302 |
829 |
|
25 Dec |
Jauchzet, frohlocket! BWV 248 I |
Gerda Arendt |
505 |
|
24 Dec |
St. Nikolai, Kiel |
Gerda Arendt |
1,889 |
pic
|
24 Dec |
Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945 |
Catrìona |
1,715 |
GA
|
23 Dec |
St. Bonifatius, Kassel |
Gerda Arendt |
1,607 |
|
23 Dec |
Psalm 24 |
Yoninah, Gerda Arendt |
436 |
|
23 Dec |
Day X plot |
Chetsford |
3,160 |
|
22 Dec |
Roses for the Prosecutor |
Turismond |
1,731 |
|
22 Dec |
Claus Leininger |
Gerda Arendt |
460 |
pic
|
21 Dec |
Bruno Reichart |
Whispyhistory, Philafrenzy |
752 |
|
21 Dec |
Jean-Claude Zehnder |
Gerda Arendt |
375 |
|
21 Dec |
Einsatzgruppe H |
Catrìona |
4,970 |
|
18 Dec |
Zu den heiligen Engeln |
Gerda Arendt |
2,690 |
pic
|
18 Dec |
Befehlsnotstand |
Turismond |
4,480 |
|
18 Dec |
National-Zeitung |
Turismond |
1,493 |
|
17 Dec |
Hlinka Guard Emergency Divisions, Kremnička and Nemecká massacres |
Catrìona |
5,611 |
stats
|
14 Dec |
Vision of Lear |
Gerda Arendt |
419 |
|
14 Dec |
Ernst Klink |
K.e.coffman |
5,484 |
GA quirky stats
|
14 Dec |
Wolfgang Rennert |
Gerda Arendt |
344 |
|
12 Dec |
Martin Hellinger |
Whispyhistory, Philafrenzy |
23,503 |
pic stats
|
11 Dec |
Karel Sperber |
Whispyhistory, Philafrenzy |
5,831 |
stats
|
11 Dec |
Panzer Aces |
K.e.coffman |
5,860 |
GA
|
10 Dec |
Theresienstadt (1944 film) |
Catrìona |
3,356 |
|
8 Dec |
Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! BWV 214 |
Gerda Arendt |
1,157 |
pic GA
|
8 Dec |
Clairmarais aerodrome |
Pigsonthewing, Alansplodge |
2,214 |
|
7 Dec |
Ramsen (card game) |
Bermicourt |
3,068 |
pic
|
7 Dec |
Oswald Boelcke |
Georgejdorner, Peacemaker67 |
3,886 |
GA
|
7 Dec |
Toshio Hosokawa |
Gerda Arendt |
613 |
|
6 Dec |
Memoriale della Shoah |
Turismond |
3,183 |
|
4 Dec |
Anton Schmid |
Catrìona |
8,816 |
GA stats
|
4 Dec |
German torpedo boat T23 |
L293D, Sturmvogel 66 |
5,322 |
GA? stats
|
4 Dec |
Andreas Bauer (bass) |
Gerda Arendt |
555 |
|
3 Dec |
J. I. P. James |
Iainmacintyre |
3,438 |
|
3 Dec |
Waffen-SS veterans in post-war Germany |
Turismond |
1,667 |
|
3 Dec |
Hans-Joachim Schulze |
Gerda Arendt |
499 |
|
24 hours:
|
2 Dec |
Mistigri (card game) |
Bermicourt |
2,010 |
|
1 Dec |
Renate Behle |
Gerda Arendt |
2,378 |
pic
|
1 Dec |
German torpedo boat T22 |
L293D, Sturmvogel 66 |
7,497 |
stats
|
November
DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Notes
|
30 Nov |
Lampeln |
Bermicourt |
|
|
29 Nov |
Ivanhorod Einsatzgruppen photograph |
Catrìona |
24,820 |
pic stats
|
28 Nov |
Lula Mysz-Gmeiner |
Gerda Arendt |
5,963 |
pic stats
|
28 Nov |
German torpedo boat T24 |
L293D, Sturmvogel 66 |
11,189 |
quirky stats
|
27 Nov |
Solo 66 |
Bermicourt |
4,125 |
|
26 Nov |
Desk murderer |
Turismond |
6,453 |
stats
|
25 Nov |
Ignaz Kirchner |
Gerda Arendt |
4,464 |
pic
|
25 Nov |
List of Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS divisions that committed war crimes in Italy |
Turismond |
4,276 |
|
23 Nov |
Captured Hehalutz fighters photograph |
Catrìona |
11,688 |
pic stats
|
23 Nov |
Günther Morbach |
Gerda Arendt |
874 |
|
22 Nov |
Luftwaffe guards at concentration camps |
Catrìona |
9,379 |
stats
|
19 Nov |
Udo Zimmermann |
Gerda Arendt |
1,433 |
|
19 Nov |
Friedrich Entress |
Whispyhistory, Philafrenzy |
10,234 |
stats
|
18 Nov |
Leo Holzer |
Catrìona |
2,221 |
|
17 Nov |
Felix Römer |
K.e.coffman |
1,576 |
GA
|
17 Nov |
Wallachen |
Bermicourt |
1,675 |
|
13 Nov |
Baseball in Germany |
Germanboi87 |
3,890 |
quirky
|
12 Nov |
Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts |
Gerda Arendt |
2,123 |
|
12 Nov |
Barbara P. McCarthy |
Mary Mark Ockerbloom |
1,147 |
|
11 Nov |
Edward John Granet |
Dumelow |
3,005 |
|
11 Nov |
First World War glass-rubber exchange |
Eddie891, Dumelow |
4,524 |
quirky (moved)
|
10 Nov |
Luther Monument (Worms) |
Gerda Arendt |
3,438 |
pic
|
10 Nov |
German torpedo boat Albatros |
L293D, Sturmvogel 66 |
4,584 |
GA
|
9 Nov |
Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin |
Gerda Arendt |
2,458 |
|
8 Nov |
Cynthia Lenige |
Drmies |
2,359 |
|
7 Nov |
Roman Twardy |
Gerda Arendt |
2,359 |
|
6 Nov |
Marienstatt Abbey |
Gerda Arendt |
3,830 |
|
4 Nov |
Jobst Oetzmann |
Gerda Arendt |
718 |
|
4 Nov |
Stefan Baretzki |
Catrìona |
5,137 |
stats
|
3 Nov |
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz |
Gerda Arendt |
1,751 |
pic
|
3 Nov |
List of Germans convicted of war crimes committed in Italy during World War II |
Turismond |
3,861 |
|
2 Nov |
Battle of Meligalas |
Cplakidas |
10,700 |
GA?
|
2 Nov |
Praeludium |
Gerda Arendt |
615 |
|
1 Nov |
Warsaw Ghetto boy |
Catrìona |
26,455 |
pic stats GA
|
October
DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Notes
|
31 Oct |
Max Troll |
Turismond |
8512 |
|
31 Oct |
Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie in Deutschland |
Gerda Arendt |
1379 |
|
30 Oct |
Theresienstadt family camp |
Catrìona |
6,289 |
stats GA?
|
29 Oct |
Anne Patzwald |
Hawkeye7 |
1,622 |
|
29 Oct |
Responsories |
Gerda Arendt |
1,098 |
|
28 Oct |
Tri sestry (opera) |
Gerda Arendt |
561 |
|
27 Oct |
Karl Friedrich Titho |
Turismond |
5,025 |
stats
|
27 Oct |
Soviet-German Syphilis Expedition |
Philafrenzy, Whispyhistory |
5,927 |
stats (page moved)
|
25 Oct |
Michael Frenzel |
Frayae |
2,181 |
|
24 Oct |
Bockenheimer Depot |
Gerda Arendt |
4,577 |
pic
|
21 Oct |
Barbara Gross |
Hawkeye7 |
1,397 |
|
21 Oct |
Theater Bremen |
Gerda Arendt |
617 |
|
20 Oct |
Valentin Peter Feuerstein |
Gerda Arendt |
1,693 |
pic
|
19 Oct |
Shmuel Rodensky |
Yoninah |
2,558 |
|
18 Oct |
Luitpoldpark |
Mr Ernie, Ritchie333 |
10,634 |
pic stats
|
16 Oct |
Schloss Weilburg |
Gerda Arendt, HLHJ |
9,188 |
pic stats
|
16 Oct |
Raid of the Ghetto of Rome |
Turismond |
9,599 |
stats
|
16 Oct |
Der Nordstern |
Gerda Arendt |
2,601 |
|
14 Oct |
Max Jessner |
Philafrenzy, Whispyhistory |
977 |
|
14 Oct |
Mein ganzes Herz erhebet dich |
Gerda Arendt |
967 |
|
12 Oct |
Emil Mattiesen |
Gerda Arendt |
1,200 |
|
12 Oct |
Großtarock |
Bermicourt |
3,678 |
|
9 Oct |
Sturm Cigarette Company |
HLHJ |
15,827 |
pic stats
|
8 Oct |
Mein Gott, wie schön ist deine Welt |
Gerda Arendt |
1,778 |
|
7 Oct |
Transport of Białystok children |
Catrìona |
13,064 |
pic GA? stats
|
5 Oct |
Daniel Behle |
Gerda Arendt |
1,413 |
|
3 Oct |
Harry Kupfer |
Gerda Arendt |
795 |
|
1 Oct |
Wiesbadener Knabenchor |
Gerda Arendt |
1,111 |
|
September
DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Notes
|
30 Sep |
Boelcke-Kaserne concentration camp |
Catrìona |
18,484 |
GA pic
|
29 Sep |
Grasobern |
Bermicourt |
4,925 |
pic
|
29 Sep |
Walter Renneisen |
Gerda Arendt |
576 |
|
27 Sep |
Kloster Gnadenthal |
Gerda Arendt |
5,734 |
pic stats
|
27 Sep |
Rudolf Sellner |
Gerda Arendt |
775 |
|
23 Sep |
Walter Freudenthal |
Whispyhistory |
1,642 |
|
23 Sep |
Elise Barensfeld |
Gerda Arendt |
2,093 |
|
21 Sep |
Frosta AG |
Ultracobalt |
5,032 |
stats
|
19 Sep |
Axis war crimes in Italy |
Turismond |
8,292 |
stats
|
18 Sep |
Karl Ludwig Drobisch |
78.26 |
1,417 |
|
17 Sep |
Wenn ich, o Schöpfer, deine Macht |
Gerda Arendt |
1,814 |
|
16 Sep |
Ludwigsburg porcelain |
Johnbod, Vami IV |
2,283 |
pic
|
15 Sep |
Überwasserkirche |
Gerda Arendt |
1,583 |
|
14 Sep |
Das goldene Kreuz |
Gerda Arendt |
4,929 |
pic
|
14 Sep |
edel-optics.de Arena |
Hawkeye7 |
642 |
|
13 Sep |
Escape of Viktor Pestek and Siegfried Lederer from Auschwitz |
Catrìona |
21,134 |
GA stats
|
11 Sep |
Fredy Hirsch |
Catrìona |
17,403 |
stats
|
10 Sep |
Sybille Specht |
Gerda Arendt |
1,333 |
|
6 Sep |
Battle of Westerplatte |
Piotrus |
10,114 |
GA stats
|
6 Sep |
The Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland |
Metoody, Catrìona |
11,404 |
stats
|
3 Sep |
Lobet den Herren alle, die ihn ehren |
Gerda Arendt |
1,159 |
|
1 Sep |
Bombing of Wieluń |
Piotrus |
6,020 |
pic stats
|
August
DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Notes
|
26 Aug |
Murder of the family of Robert Einstein |
Turismond |
8,193 |
stats
|
26 Aug |
Ina Hartwig |
Gerda Arendt |
623 |
|
23 Aug |
Ludwigsburg Palace |
Vami IV |
11,870 |
GA pic stats
|
21 Aug |
Alfons Tracki |
1l2l3k, Gerda Arendt |
18,190 |
pic stats
|
13 Aug |
Marie Lehmann (soprano) |
Gerda Arendt |
3,092 |
pic
|
10 Aug |
Prague uprising |
Catrìona |
4,570 |
GA
|
8 Aug |
Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung |
Gerda Arendt |
1,024 |
|
7 Aug |
Carla Henius |
Gerda Arendt |
817 |
|
6 Aug |
Sechs Lieder, Op. 68 (Strauss) |
Gerda Arendt |
638 |
|
3 Aug |
Gerd Hatje |
Gerda Arendt |
1,583 |
|
2 Aug |
Sara Hershkowitz |
Gerda Arendt |
2,741 |
|
1 Aug |
Catherine Gayer |
Gerda Arendt |
1,180 |
|
July
DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Notes
|
31 Jul |
Joseph Hermann Mohr |
Gerda Arendt |
2,591 |
|
30 Jul |
Kateryna Kasper |
Gerda Arendt |
1,185 |
|
29 Jul |
Enoch zu Guttenberg |
Gerda Arendt |
3,878 |
pic
|
28 Jul |
Sankt-Bach-Passion |
Gerda Arendt |
889 |
|
27 Jul |
Liebe und Eifersucht |
Gerda Arendt |
843 |
quirky
|
25 Jul |
Minna Lammert |
Gerda Arendt |
1,764 |
|
24 Jul |
Petra Schmidt |
Gerda Arendt |
1,198 |
|
23 Jul |
Hilmar Hoffmann |
Gerda Arendt |
1,679 |
|
21 Jul |
Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano) |
Gerda Arendt |
873 |
|
20 Jul |
Michael Hofstetter |
Gerda Arendt |
772 |
|
19 Jul |
Sarah Louvion |
LouisAlain, Gerda Arendt |
948 |
|
18 Jul |
Der goldene Drache |
Gerda Arendt |
1,337 |
|
14 Jul |
Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß |
Gerda Arendt |
928 |
|
11 Jul |
Andreas Großmann |
Gerda Arendt |
713 |
|
9 Jul |
Alma Mahler |
Gandhi (BYU) |
9,335 |
GA pic stats
|
9 Jul |
Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United Kingdom |
Factotem |
10,057 |
GA quirky
|
8 Jul |
Cornelia Wulkopf |
Gerda Arendt |
855 |
|
7 Jul |
Erlöserkirche, Munich |
Gerda Arendt |
1,542 |
pic
|
6 Jul |
Britta Stallmeister |
Gerda Arendt |
1,377 |
|
3 Jul |
Lena Erdil |
CeeGee |
4,926 |
|
3 Jul |
An Wasserflüssen Babylon |
Gerda Arendt, Mathsci |
1,857 |
|
1 Jul |
Piano Quartets (Beethoven) |
Gerda Arendt |
2,270 |
|
June
DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Notes
|
30 Jun |
Claus Wisser |
Gerda Arendt |
661 |
|
29 Jun |
Nun jauchzt dem Herren, alle Welt |
Gerda Arendt |
2,135 |
|
28 Jun |
Maria Bengtsson (soprano) |
Gerda Arendt |
14,470 |
pic stats
|
25 Jun |
Volker David Kirchner |
Gerda Arendt |
1,017 |
|
23 Jun |
Ein Haus voll Glorie schauet |
Gerda Arendt |
1,154 |
|
22 Jun |
Pierre Boulez |
Dmass |
6,193 |
GA pic stats
|
22 Jun |
Moritz Wagner (basketball) |
TonyTheTiger |
34,692 |
GA stats
|
19 Jun |
Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner |
Gerda Arendt |
1,469 |
|
15 Jun |
Nun, Brüder, sind wir frohgemut |
Gerda Arendt |
3,248 |
|
14 Jun |
Arthur Menachem Hantke |
Shrike, Icewhiz |
2,112 |
|
14 Jun |
Hedwig Fassbender |
Gerda Arendt |
2,071 |
|
13 Jun |
Christina Gerstberger |
Gerda Arendt |
911 |
|
11 Jun |
Orgelbau Mebold |
Gerda Arendt |
2,893 |
|
10 Jun |
Hanns-Martin Schneidt |
Gerda Arendt |
518 |
|
8 Jun |
Alfred Zech |
Chetsford |
15,211 |
quirky stats
|
7 Jun |
Conference of Dresden (1812) |
Dumelow |
4,626 |
|
6 Jun |
Wolfgang Straßmann |
HerkusMonte |
11,163 |
stats
|
4 Jun |
Nun danket all und bringet Ehr |
Gerda Arendt |
1,556 |
|
May
DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Notes
|
29 May |
Julius Berger (cellist) |
Gerda Arendt |
1,053 |
|
28 May |
Robert Schneider (writer) |
Gerda Arendt |
1,287 |
|
27 May |
Birgit Remmert |
Gerda Arendt |
977 |
|
23 May |
Katharina Magiera |
Gerda Arendt |
2,222 |
|
19 May |
Christ fuhr gen Himmel |
Gerda Arendt |
883 |
|
16 May |
Erich Hoepner |
K.e.coffman |
12,592 |
GA stats
|
12 hours:
|
14 May |
Schlafes Bruder |
Gerda Arendt |
795 |
|
12 May |
Märchenerzählungen (Schumann) |
Gerda Arendt |
427 |
|
11 May |
Margarita Höhenrieder |
Gerda Arendt |
689 |
|
10 May |
Tobias Kratzer |
Gerda Arendt |
730 |
|
9 May |
Luisenkirche, Charlottenburg |
Gerda Arendt |
1,000 |
|
9 May |
Dilara Özlem Sucuoğlu |
CeeGee |
1,388 |
|
8 May |
Henriette Feuerbach |
Gerda Arendt |
2,088 |
pic
|
4 May |
Cross in the Mountains |
Outriggr |
6,223 |
stats
|
4 May |
St. Georg, Aplerbeck |
Gerda Arendt |
1,653 |
|
3 May |
St. Catherine's Church, Frankfurt |
Gerda Arendt |
4,655 |
pic
|
3 May |
Hans-Jürgen Häßler |
Usernameunique |
1,861 |
|
3 May |
Marcel Wüst |
Zwerg Nase |
1,376 |
|
2 May |
Das Grab ist leer, der Held erwacht |
Gerda Arendt |
1,355 |
|
1 May |
Clarinet Sonata (Ries) |
Graham1973 |
317 |
|
April
DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Notes
|
29 Apr |
Cathinka Buchwieser |
Gerda Arendt |
|
pic
|
28 Apr |
Anna Bochkoltz |
Gerda Arendt |
421 |
|
27 Apr |
Milana Chernyavska |
Gerda Arendt |
1,070 |
|
26 Apr |
East German balloon escape |
MB |
7,028 |
stats
|
26 Apr |
Katherine Oppenheimer |
Hawkeye7 |
3,613 |
|
25 Apr |
Hans Klumbach |
Usernameunique |
2,034 |
pic
|
23 Apr |
Margarete Luise Schick |
Gerda Arendt |
859 |
|
22 Apr |
Eliezer Gruenbaum |
Piotrus |
2,085 |
|
21 Apr |
Führerhauptquartier Tannenberg |
Chetsford |
4,063 |
|
21 Apr |
Antonello Manacorda |
Gerda Arendt |
361 |
|
21 Apr |
Psalm 84 |
Gerda Arendt, TonyBallioni, Farang Rak Tham |
684 |
GA
|
24 hours:
|
15 Apr |
Miloš Havel |
Chetsford |
3,418 |
|
15 Apr |
Internationales Sachsensymposion |
Usernameunique |
1,055 |
|
13 Apr |
Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig |
Gerda Arendt |
2,558 |
|
12 Apr |
Große Kirche Aplerbeck |
Gerda Arendt |
17,413 |
pic stats
|
10 Apr |
Konstantin Sellheim |
Gerda Arendt |
1,065 |
|
8 Apr |
David Frühwirth |
Gerda Arendt |
888 |
|
8 Apr |
Franco-German University |
BegbertBiggs |
1,656 |
|
7 Apr |
Four harmonious animals |
Farang Rak Tham |
2,023 |
GA
|
4 Apr |
Razing of Friesoythe |
Gog the Mild |
21,834 |
GA stats
|
3 Apr |
Emanuel Moravec |
Chetsford |
6,014 |
GA stats
|
2 Apr |
Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag |
Gerda Arendt |
972 |
|