1998 in Germany

Incumbents

• President - Roman Herzog
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schröder

  Events

• February 11-22 - 48th Berlin International Film Festival
• February 26 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
• June 3 - Eschede train disaster
• September 1 - The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation is formed.
• October 5 - Lanxess Arena in Cologne is completed.
• October 27 - The First Schröder cabinet led by Gerhard Schröder was sworn in.
• Date unknown - German company Volkswagen Group acquired British company Bentley, and Italian companies Lamborghini and Bugatti by its subsidiary Audi AG.

  Elections

• 1998 German federal election
• 1998 Bavarian state election
• 1998 Lower Saxony state election
• 1998 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

  Births

• March 18 - Jamie-Lee Kriewitz, German singer
• July 17 - Lilli Schweiger, German actress

  Deaths

• February 1 - Marga Faulstich, German chemist
• February 10 - Erich Mückenberger, German politician
• February 17 - Ernst Jünger, German soldier and author
• February 26 - Otto Haxel, German nuclear physicist
• March 13 - Hans von Ohain, German physicist
• April 2 - Rob Pilatus, German model dancer
• April 3 - Wolf Vostell, German artist
• May 9 - Rudolf Ismayr, German weightlifter
• May 12 — Hermann Lenz, German poet and author
• August 14 - Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, German television presenter
• October 30 - Heinz Westphal, German politician
• November 6 - Niklas Luhmann, German sociologist
• November 6 - Wolfgang Stresemann, German jurist, orchestra leader, conductor and composer
• December 9 - Walter Horten, German aircraft pilot
• December 11 - Max Streibl, German politician