This is a collection of DYK articles related to Germany in 2014.
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, facts from 2013 were archived in DYK 2013.
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).
December
| DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Remarks
|
| 26 Dec |
Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a |
Gerda Arendt |
890 |
|
| 24 Dec |
Native Americans in German popular culture |
Serten |
11,104 |
pic stats
|
|
Sepp Angerer |
Philafrenzy |
6,743 |
pic stats
|
| 20 Dec |
Mit Fried und Freud (Buxtehude) |
Gerda Arendt |
626 |
|
| 19 Dec |
Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin |
Gerda Arendt |
1,302 |
|
| 18 Dec |
Hermann Graf |
MisterBee1966 |
12,359 |
stats
|
|
Hendrick Martin House |
Daniel Case |
2,797 |
hist
|
| 17 Dec |
Opernhaus am Taschenberg |
Gerda Arendt, Francis Schonken |
4,349 |
pic hist
|
|
Andries Jan Pieters |
Crispulop |
10,352 |
hist stats
|
| 16 Dec |
Hans Wallat |
Gerda Arendt |
899 |
hist
|
| 11 Dec |
Walter Hofer |
Philafrenzy |
5,007 |
stats
|
| 8 Dec |
Dietrich Peltz |
MisterBee1966 |
3,316 |
|
| 7 Dec |
Herdla Airport |
Arsenikk |
3,051 |
|
November
October
| DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Remarks
|
| 31 Oct |
Mercedes-Benz CLR |
The359 |
15,742 |
pic stats
|
|
Nomina im Indogermanischen Lexikon |
Anypodetos |
1,235 |
|
| 30 Oct |
Bilihildis |
Drmies |
|
quirky
|
| 29 Oct |
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann |
MisterBee1966 |
16,538 |
pic hist
|
| 24 Oct |
Zenon B. Lukosius |
VCJeon |
4,655 |
hist
|
| 22 Oct |
Lindita Arapi |
Dr. Blofeld, Rosiestep |
737 |
hist
|
|
German occupation of Belgium during World War I |
Brigade Piron |
2,750 |
hist
|
| 21 Oct |
Dominik Kuhn |
Serten |
1,208 |
|
| 17 Oct |
Helga – Vom Werden des menschlichen Lebens |
Dr.K. |
6,155 |
stats
|
| 15 Oct |
Hobby horse polo |
Serten |
4,414 |
quirky hist
|
| 13 Oct |
Jungdeutsche Partei |
Poeticbent |
2,470 |
hist
|
| 12 Oct |
Franz Wolf (SS officer) |
Poeticbent |
3,463 |
hist
|
|
Martin Lücker |
Gerda Arendt |
2,114 |
pic
|
| 11 Oct |
Bayern (horse) |
Montanabw |
1,020 |
|
| 6 Oct |
German Metal Workers' Union |
Carabinieri |
3.359 |
quirky
|
September
| DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Remarks
|
| 30 Sep |
Gabriela Eibenová |
Gerda Arendt |
4,598 |
pic
|
| 25 Sep |
Hermann Suhrau |
Soman |
2,774 |
|
| 24 Sep |
Lucky (war dog) |
Miyagawa |
2,781 |
|
| 21 Sep |
Michael Meinecke |
Rupert Clayton |
1,197 |
|
| 19 Sep |
Joachim Müncheberg |
MisterBee1966 |
9,640 |
stats
|
| 18 Sep |
Otto Stadie |
Poeticbent |
8,792 |
stats
|
| 17 Sep |
Sonderkommando photographs |
SlimVirgin |
18,889 |
pic hist stats
|
|
Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften |
Michael Steinkellner, Nederlandse Leeuw |
3,199 |
|
| 15 Sep |
Der Funke |
Soman |
1,939 |
|
| 13 Sep |
Die Rhöner Säuwäntzt |
Serten |
1,274 |
|
| 11 Sep |
Rheingauer Dom |
Gerda Arendt |
2,991 |
pic
|
|
Agricultural University of Berlin |
CeeGee |
566 |
|
| 9 Sep |
Ernst Plassmann |
Dr. Blofeld, Rosiestep |
822 |
hist
|
| 8 Sep |
Halbmondlager |
Nikkimaria |
10,827 |
hist
|
| 6 Sep |
Eduard von Winterstein |
Skr15081997 |
1,389 |
|
August
| DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Remarks
|
| 30 Aug |
Hansjürgen Reinicke |
MisterBee1966 |
1,171 |
|
|
SM U-21 (Germany) |
Parsecboy |
8,141 |
pic stats
|
| 29 Aug |
Mouvements d'Harmonie |
Gerda Arendt |
|
|
| 28 Aug |
Ernst Deutsch |
Skr15081997 |
|
|
|
The Women House of Brescia |
Skr15081997 |
7,102 |
stats
|
| 27 Aug |
Anna-Lena Forster |
Basement12, LauraHale |
2,951 |
pic
|
| 25 Aug |
Anna Rüling |
Surtsicna |
8,068 |
stats
|
| 24 Aug |
Fritz Delius (actor) |
Skr15081997 |
777 |
|
| 22 Aug |
Maria Forescu |
Skr15081997 |
7,091 |
stats
|
| 19 Aug |
Werner Genuit |
Gerda Arendt |
504 |
|
| 18 Aug |
Anna Schaffelhuber |
Basement12 |
8,340 |
pic stats
|
| 16 Aug |
Ragyndrudis Codex |
Drmies |
2,640 |
pic hist
|
| 15 Aug |
Inkpot Madonna |
Gerda Arendt, Furius |
5,633 |
pic hist stats
|
|
David Friesenhausen |
Brewcrewer |
2,067 |
hist
|
|
David Erler |
Gerda Arendt |
546 |
|
| 14 Aug |
Gerd Nienstedt |
Gerda Arendt |
1,161 |
|
|
Erich Wenk |
Gerda Arendt |
1,281 |
|
| 13 Aug |
Aarhus |
Dr. Blofeld, RhinoMind, Ipigott |
4,575 |
|
| 12 Aug |
German–Serbian dictionary (1791) |
VVVladimir |
736 |
|
| 11 Aug |
Klesie Kelly |
Gerda Arendt |
1,575 |
hist
|
| 10 Aug |
Deutscher Nationalverband |
RGloucester |
925 |
|
| 6 Aug |
Markus Schäfer |
Gerda Arendt |
385 |
|
| 3 Aug |
Park an der Ilm |
Gerda Arendt |
1,126 |
|
| 1 Aug |
Wilhelm Münter Rolfsen |
Oceanh |
1,207 |
hist
|
July
| DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Remarks
|
| 30 Jul |
Siegfried Köhler (conductor) |
Gerda Arendt |
745 |
pic hist
|
|
Rheingauer Kantorei |
Gerda Arendt |
593 |
|
| 29 Jul |
George A. Dickel |
Bms4880 |
1,931 |
hist
|
| 25 Jul |
Sankt Florian Psalter |
Piotrus |
3,155 |
pic hist
|
| 21 Jul |
We Were So Beloved |
I am One of Many |
2,427 |
|
| 14 Jul |
Geistliche Chormusik |
Gerda Arendt |
500 |
|
| 13 Jul |
Weib, was weinest du |
Gerda Arendt |
914 |
hist
|
|
Hans Baluschek |
Sca |
8,413 |
pic hist stats
|
|
Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup) |
Punkkiddy |
20,172 |
hist stats (fewer than first day)
|
| 11 Jul |
Laura Fürst |
Hawkeye7 |
1,348 |
hist
|
|
The Discovery of America |
Pie7 |
2,607 |
|
| 10 Jul |
Manfred Kirchheimer |
I am One of Many |
1,365 |
hist
|
| 8 Jul |
Friedrich Bohl |
Skr15081997 |
934 |
|
| 7 Jul |
Simone Kues |
Hawkeye7 |
409 |
|
| 6 Jul |
Knaack club |
Valenciano |
1,606 |
hist
|
| 3 Jul |
Mansoor Hosseini |
Gerda Arendt |
850 |
|
| 2 Jul |
Georg Poplutz |
Gerda Arendt |
405 |
|
June
| DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Remarks
|
| 30 Jun |
Psalmen Davids |
Gerda Arendt |
365 |
|
| 28 Jun |
Traum durch die Dämmerung |
Gerda Arendt |
492 |
hist
|
|
Pi-Chacán |
Prioryman |
15,694 |
pic stats 13,426 + 2,268
|
| 23 Jun |
Bernward Column |
Furius |
2,907 |
pic
|
| 22 Jun |
1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps |
Gwillhickers |
1,889 |
pic
|
| 20 Jun |
Schloss Weimar |
Gerda Arendt |
2,392 |
pic
|
| 19 Jun |
Der Kreis |
97198 |
2,785 |
|
| 18 Jun |
Melchior Hoffmann (composer) |
78.26 |
907 |
hist
|
|
Adele Schopenhauer |
FireflySixtySeven, Huon |
1,709 |
pic
|
| 17 Jun |
Rudolf Henke |
ScoobyHugh |
611 |
hist
|
| 14 Jun |
Bartholomäus Sastrow |
Dr. Blofeld, Yngvadottir |
588 |
hist
|
|
Stan's World Cup Song |
The C of E |
3,687 |
|
|
Bernward Doors |
Furius |
1,867 |
|
| 13 Jun |
Schloss Warthausen |
Djembayz, Doug Coldwell |
1,386 |
pic
|
| 12 Jun |
German Whip |
Launchballer |
5,146 |
stats
|
| 11 Jun |
Germany–Poland border |
Piotrus |
2,853 |
|
|
Prince Rupert Loewenstein |
Philafrenzy |
3,253 |
quirky
|
|
Sonderdienst |
Poeticbent |
6,461 |
stats
|
| 9 Jun |
Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott |
Gerda Arendt |
985 |
pic
|
| 8 Jun |
Rudolf Nadolny |
HerkusMonte |
5,478 |
hist
|
| 6 Jun |
Operation Overlord |
Diannaa, Ian Rose |
55,627 |
pic stats
|
| 4 Jun |
Hezilo chandelier |
Gerda Arendt, Furius |
4,115 |
pic
|
| 2 Jun |
Speyer wine bottle |
Cyclopia |
31,296 |
pic stats
|
| 1 Jun |
Princess Marie Amelie of Baden |
Ruby2010 |
5,681 |
pic stats
|
|
Saar status referendum, 1935 |
Futurist110 |
2,007 |
hist
|
May
| DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Remarks
|
| 27 May |
Praxis pietatis melica |
Gerda Arendt |
1,245 |
pic
|
| 25 May |
Biertan
Câlnic
Prejmer
Saschiz
Valea Viilor
Viscri
Dârjiu |
Biruitorul |
1,861 + 463
556 + 141
519 + 152
420 + 134
449 + 139
401 + 136
506 + 161 |
pic, stats total 4,715 + 1,326 = 6,041
|
| 25 May |
Courage (newspaper) |
97198 |
607 |
|
| 24 May |
Jesu, meine Freude |
Gerda Arendt |
972 |
|
| 19 May |
Dieter Bortfeldt |
Philafrenzy |
1,894 |
|
| 17 May |
People's Park (Nanning) |
Zanhe |
988 |
|
| 15 May |
Bubi Scholz |
skr15081997 |
1,855 |
|
| 11 May |
Hildesheim Cathedral |
Furius, Gerda Arendt |
5,243 |
hist stats
|
| 10 May |
Thousand-year Rose |
Hafspajen, Sagaciousphil |
15,564 |
pic stats 2,991 + 12,573
|
| 9 May |
Karl Ludwig Gerok |
Dr. Blofeld, Gerda Arendt |
796 |
hist
|
| 8 May |
Marcel Hug |
FruitMonkey |
3,471 |
pic hist
|
|
Anatol (play) |
FireflySixtySeven, Huon |
858 |
|
| 5 May |
Michael Wesely |
Aschmidt |
2,176 |
quirky hist
|
| 3 May |
Hedwig Bollhagen |
Victuallers |
10,721 |
stats 9,852 + 869
|
| 1 May |
Adolf Lüderitz |
Pgallert |
688 |
|
April
| DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Remarks
|
| 28 Apr |
Cantiones sacrae (Schütz) |
Gerda Arendt |
785 |
hist
|
|
Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron |
Gerda Arendt |
537 |
hist
|
| 27 Apr |
Hans Jürgen von der Wense |
Smerus |
688 |
|
| 26 Apr |
Rape in Germany |
OccultZone |
1,084 |
hist
|
| 21 Apr |
St. Patrokli, Soest |
Furius |
1,998 |
pic
|
| 19 Apr |
Agnes Bluhm |
Victuallers |
1,608 |
|
|
St John Passion structure |
Gerda Arendt |
1,299 |
|
| 18 Apr |
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr |
Gerda Arendt |
586 |
hist
|
|
Heike Friedrich (wheelchair basketball) |
Hawkeye7 |
1,293 |
|
| 17 Apr |
Holger Glinicki |
Hawkeye7 |
867 |
|
|
Schuppanzigh Quartet |
AtticTapestry |
420 |
|
|
Valet will ich dir geben |
Gerda Arendt |
1,281 |
|
| 16 Apr |
Marina Mohnen |
Hawkeye7 |
2,961 |
hist
|
| 15 Apr |
Vater unser im Himmelreich |
Gerda Arendt |
745 |
|
|
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben |
Gerda Arendt |
894 |
|
| 14 Apr |
Annegret Brießmann |
Hawkeye7 |
547 |
|
| 13 Apr |
Christian Heinrich Postel |
Gerda Arendt |
388 |
|
| 12 Apr |
Michael Weiße |
Gerda Arendt |
494 |
hist
|
| 11 Apr |
Carmen Reppel |
Gerda Arendt |
727 |
hist
|
| 7 Apr |
Gesche Schünemann |
Hawkeye7 |
2,961 |
hist
|
| 6 Apr |
Eike Wilm Schulte |
Gerda Arendt |
545 |
hist
|
|
Ralf Dujmovits |
97198 |
728 |
|
| 5 Apr |
Aue Stagecoach Inn |
Maile66 |
3,865 |
pic hist
|
| 2 Apr |
Annette Winkler |
842U |
3,322 |
hist
|
|
Maximilian Liebenwein |
Good King René |
1,893 |
hist
|
| 1 Apr |
Gwendolyn Killebrew |
Gerda Arendt |
1,400 |
|
March
| DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Remarks
|
| 31 Mar |
Hannelore Bode |
Gerda Arendt |
647 |
hist
|
| 30 Mar |
Bremen Cotton Exchange |
Ipigott, Victuallers |
1,582 |
pic hist
|
|
Norma Sharp |
Gerda Arendt |
594 |
hist
|
| 27 Mar |
Caroline von Briest |
Rosiestep, Victuallers |
1,065 |
pic
|
| 26 Mar |
Camp Aliceville |
Alf.laylah.wa.laylah |
9,426 |
4,146 + 5,280 stats
|
|
Nadine Secunde |
Gerda Arendt |
1,165 |
577 + 588
|
| 23 Mar |
Charlotte von Kalb |
Rosiestep, Victuallers |
9,644 |
pic hist
|
| 22 Mar |
Ida Boy-Ed |
Rosiestep, Victuallers |
2,566 |
pic hist
|
| 19 Mar |
Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg |
Ruby2010 |
4,110 |
3,161 + 949
|
|
Frieda Robscheit-Robbins |
Smunday, Edwardx |
1,956 |
|
|
Dore Hoyer |
Ipigott, Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Victuallers |
1,782 |
|
| 18 Mar |
Tatjana Gsovsky |
Gerda Arendt |
3,163 |
pic hist
|
| 17 Mar |
The Mistress of the World |
FruitMonkey |
6,333 |
pic stats
|
| 14 Mar |
Goethe Oak |
Drmies |
3,400 |
|
|
Tobias Arlt, Tobias Wendl |
Matty.007 |
1,129 |
573 + 556
|
| 13 Mar |
Steffi Scherzer |
Gerda Arendt |
780 |
|
| 9 Mar |
Sophie Tieck |
Victuallers |
1,140 |
quirky
|
|
Alfred Dörffel |
Gerda Arendt |
423 |
hist
|
|
Marie Dollinger |
Victuallers |
1,610 |
|
| 8 Mar |
Clotilde von Derp |
Ipigott, Victuallers |
3,272 |
pic hist
|
|
Birgit Keil |
Gerda Arendt |
674 |
IWD
|
| 7 Mar |
Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf |
Dr. Blofeld, Gerda Arendt |
2,933 |
hist
|
| 4 Mar |
Erich Maschke |
EagerToddler39 |
4,724 |
|
| 1 Mar |
Hertha Feist |
Ipigott, Victuallers |
1,028 |
hist
|
February
| DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Remarks
|
| 28 Feb |
Konstanze Vernon |
Gerda Arendt |
920 |
hist
|
| 27 Feb |
Theater Kiel |
Dr. Blofeld, Gerda Arendt |
990 |
pic hist
|
| 24 Feb |
Cross of Otto and Mathilde |
Furius |
3,413 |
pic
|
| 22 Feb |
Munich Serbian Psalter |
VVVladimir |
1,938 |
pic
|
|
Diogenes Verlag |
Gerda Arendt |
2,162 |
pic
|
|
Franz Grundheber |
Dr. Blofeld, Gerda Arendt |
321 |
quirky
|
| 19 Feb |
Eduard Scotland, St Petrus House |
Ipigott, Victuallers |
2,777 |
658 + 2,119
|
| 11 Feb |
Egbert (archbishop of Trier) |
Johnbod |
3,770 |
pic hist
|
|
Atlantis House |
Ipigott |
10,981 |
pic stats
|
| 10 Feb |
Glockenspiel House |
Ipigott |
2,407 |
|
|
Essen cross with large enamels |
Furius |
3,157 |
pic
|
| 9 Feb |
Mass surveillance in East Germany |
HectorMoffet |
3,872 |
|
|
Der Kontrabaß |
Gerda Arendt |
1,243 |
|
|
House of the Seven Lazy Brothers |
Ipigott |
5,790 |
quirky
|
|
Langenstraße (Bremen) |
Ipigott |
2,031 |
707 + 1,324
|
| 8 Feb |
Ludwig Roselius Museum |
Ipigott |
2,141 |
|
| 7 Feb |
Robinson Crusoe House |
Ipigott |
4,321 |
hist
|
|
Fantasia for Strings (Henze) |
Wildbill hitchcock |
1,106 |
|
|
Mathilde, Abbess of Essen |
Johnbod |
3,557 |
pic 1,972 + 1,585
|
| 6 Feb |
Deutsche Bank building, Bremen |
Ipigott
Victuallers |
4,060 |
2,436 + 1,634
|
| 5 Feb |
St Catherine's Monastery, Bremen |
Ipigott |
|
hist
|
| 3 Feb |
Jorge del Prado Chávez |
Soman |
1,087 |
+ (moved while on Main page)
|
|
Suding & Soeken building, Bremen |
Victuallers
In ictu oculi |
1,603 |
|
| 2 Feb |
Franz Kamphaus |
Gerda Arendt |
5,142 |
pic hist stats
|
| 1 Feb |
Bremen Main Post Office Building |
Victuallers |
1,478 |
hist
|
|
Max Hermann Maxy |
Futurist110 |
3,650 |
|
January
| DYK
|
Article name
|
Editor
|
Hits
|
Remarks
|
| 30 Jan |
Magnificat (Schütz) |
Gerda Arendt |
1,086 |
pic
|
| 28 Jan |
Hermann Kahan |
Iselilja |
14,097 |
hist stats
|
| 27 Jan |
Teerhof |
Ipigott |
2,112 |
hist
|
| 25 Jan |
Spitzen Gebel |
Ipigott |
5,378 |
4,847 + 531 stats
|
| 23 Jan |
Frederick August Wenderoth |
Gerda Arendt
Victoriaearle |
2,264 |
pic hist
|
|
Ernst Roth |
Gerda Arendt |
630 |
|
| 21 Jan |
Otto Busse (resistance fighter) |
HerkusMonte |
5,281 |
stats
|
| 20 Jan |
Landgericht Bremen |
Ipigott |
1,503 |
hist
|
| 19 Jan |
Hermann Müller (Idstein) |
Gerda Arendt |
590 |
|
| 18 Jan |
Essighaus |
Ipigott |
1,713 |
quirky
|
| 16 Jan |
Wolfgang Rösch |
Gerda Arendt |
1,086 |
hist
|
| 11 Jan |
Veganz |
SlimVirgin |
1,173 |
hist
|
| 7 Jan |
Arzu Karabulut |
CeeGee |
1,713 |
quirky
|
|
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann? |
The C of E |
989 |
quirky
|
| 1 Jan |
Rocky the Musical |
Blethering Scot |
1,534 |
|
