Hamburger SV were crowned champions for the third time after a group stage and a final, having previously won the title in 1923 and 1928.
[1] On the strength of this title, the club participated in the 1960-61 European Cup, where HSV lost to FC Barcelona in the semi-finals.
Hamburg's Uwe Seeler was the 1960 championships top scorer with 13 goals, the highest total for any top scorer in the competition after the Second World War.
FC Köln made its first appearance in the national title game.
The 1960 German championship saw an attendance record for the Oberliga era with 87,739 seeing Tasmania 1900 Berlin hosting 1.