Events in the year 1901 in Germany. Incumbents National level Kaiser – Wilhelm II Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow State level Kingdoms King of Bavaria – Otto of Bavaria King of Prussia – Kaiser Wilhelm II King of Saxony – Albert of Saxony King of Württemberg – William II of Württemberg Grand duchies Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis IV Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Frederick William Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – Charles Alexander to 5 January, then William Ernest Principalities Schaumburg-Lippe – George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Principality of Lippe – Alexander, Prince of Lippe (with Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld as regent) Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Duchies Duke of Anhalt – Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt Duke of Brunswick – Prince Albert of Prussia (regent) Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Colonial governors Cameroon (Kamerun) – Jesko von Puttkamer (7th term) Kiaochow (Kiautschou) – Otto Jäschke to 27 January, then Max Rollmann (acting) to 8 June, then Oskar von Truppel German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Eduard von Liebert to 12 March, then Gustav Adolf von Götzen German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Rudolf von Bennigsen to 10 July, then Albert Hahl (acting governor) (2nd term) German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) – Wilhelm Solf German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Theodor Leutwein Togoland - August Köhler Events 23 February – Germany agrees the frontier between German East Africa and the British colony of Nyasaland with the United Kingdom. 6 March – Kaiser Wilhelm II survives an assassination attempt in Bremen. 10 July – Bielathal, Königstein, Saxony, launches the world's first regular passenger-carrying trolleybus service. 25 November – Dr. Alois Alzheimer examines Auguste Deter, eventually leading to a diagnosis of the condition that will carry Alzheimer's name. Births 11 January – Henning von Tresckow, German army officer and anti-Hitler conspirator (died 1944) 12 January – Karl Künstler, Nazi concentration camp commandant (died 1945) 19 January – Fred