2003 in Germany

Incumbents

• President – Johannes Rau
• Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder

  Events

• February 6–16 - 53rd Berlin International Film Festival
• March 7: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003
• March 27: Death of Jeremiah Duggan
• July 2: Coburg shooting
• July 14: Accident on the Bundesautobahn 5

  Elections

• Bavarian state election, 2003
• Bremen state election, 2003
• Hessian state election, 2003
• Lower Saxony state election, 2003

  Sport

• 2003 Men's European Volleyball Championship
• 2002–03 Bundesliga
• 2002–03 2. Bundesliga
• 2002–03 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season
• 2003 European Grand Prix
• 2003 German Grand Prix
• 2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2003 BMW Open

  Deaths

• February 5 - Manfred von Brauchitsch, German racing driver
• March 3 - Horst Buchholz, German actor
• March 18 - Karl Kling, German racing driver
• March 28 - Ludwig Elsbett, German engineer
• April 18 - Rudolf Brunnenmeier, German football player
• May 30 - Günter Pfitzmann, German actor
• June 5 - Jürgen Möllemann, German politician
• July 25 - Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical pioneer
• July 26 - Jürgen Brandt, German general
• August 14 - Helmut Rahn, German football player
• August 28 - Peter Hacks, German playwright and author
• August 28 - Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, German nobleman
• September 8 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer, actress and dancer.
• October 21 - Werner Krüger, German engineer
• October 26 - Heinz Piontek, German writer
• November 23 - Lothar Emmerich, German football player
• November 27 - Will Quadflieg, German actor