2019 in Germany

Incumbents

• President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
• Chancellor: Angela Merkel

  Events

January">Portal:Current events/January 2019">January

• 29 December 2018 to 6 January – The 2018–2019 Four Hills Tournament
• 22 January - Signing of the Aachen Treaty in Aachen, 56 years to the day after the signing of the Élysée Treaty
• 26 January - the Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment by the German government recommends Germany to entirely phase out and shut down coal-fired plants on its territory by 2038.

  February">Portal:Current events/February 2019">February

• 7 to 17 February – The annual 69th Berlin International Film Festival takes place. French actress Juliette Binoche served as the Jury President. The Golden Bear was awarded to Israeli-French film Synonyms, directed by Nadav Lapid.
• 21 February: A German court fines two ex-employers of German gun maker Heckler & Koch for illegal gun sales to Mexico.

  May">Portal:Current events/May 2019">May

• 26 May - 2019 Bremen state election
• 26 May - 2019 European Parliament election in Germany

  June">Portal:Current events/June 2019">June

• 2 June – Murder of Walter Lübcke: Walter Lübcke, a German politician and a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, is found shot in the head at close range on the terrace of his residence.

  September">Portal:Current events/September 2019">September

• 1 September -
• *2019 Brandenburg state election The SPD declines 5.7% while wins 26.2% of the vote, AfD becomes the second largest party in Brandenburg with 23.5%.
• *2019 Saxony state election The CDU declines 7.3% while wins 32.1% of the vote, AfD becomes the second largest party in Saxony with 27.5%.
• 5 September - The National Democratic Party of Germany Stefan Jagsch becomes the Mayor of the Waldsiedlung. The unanimous election of the NPD politician in the local council led to irritation and horror in other parties Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, the center-left Social Democrats, and the liberal Free Democratic Party whose local council members had voted for Jagsch.

  October">Portal:Current events/October 2019">October

• 9 October — Halle synagogue shooting
• 27 October — 2019 Thuringian state election: The Die Linke wins the election with 31.0% of the vote, the AfD becomes the second largest party in Thuringia with 23.4% of the vote.

  November">Portal:Current events/November 2019">November

• 25 November — 2019 Dresden heist

  December">Portal:Current events/December 2019">December

Deaths

January

• 1 January –
• *Bernd Kröplin, engineer and academic.
• *, German theologist and church historian.
• 2 January –
• *, German sculptor.
• *, German writer.
• 3 January – Wulf Steinmann, physicist.
• 6 January –
• *Gebhardt von Moltke, diplomat.
• *Gustav Andreas Tammann, astronomer.
• 7 January – Helmut Berding, historian.
• 8 January – Giorgio Zur, Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio.
• 10 January –
• *Theo Adam, opera singer.
• *Gerd Jaeger, sculptor and painter.
• 13 January – Susanne Neumann, author and trade unionist.
• 14 January – Rainer Stadelmann, egyptologist.
• 16 January – Mirjam Pressler, writer.
• 20 January – Klaus Enders, sidecar racer, World Champion.
• 21 January – Lothar Kobluhn, footballer.
• 22 January – Wolfgang Thonke, military officer.
• 27 January – Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau, socialite.
• 29 January – Alf Lüdtke, historian.

  February

• 1 February – Ursula Karusseit, actress
• 2 February – William Davis, German-born British journalist
• 4 February –
• *, historian
• * Leonie Ossowski, writer
• 6 February –
• * Rudi Assauer, football player and coach
• * Manfred Eigen, biophysical chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 7 February –
• * Heidi Mohr, footballer
• * Jörg Schönbohm, military officer and politician, Inspector of the Army, and Deputy Minister President of Brandenburg
• 8 February –
• * Seweryn Bialer, German-born American political scientist
• * Kurt Sommerlatt, football player and manager.
• 9 February – Katharina Lindner, German-born Scottish footballer
• 10 February –
• * Heinz Fütterer, sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist
• * Maximilian Reinelt, rower, Olympic champion and silver medalist
• 12 February -
• * Rolf Böhme, politician
• * Christoph Broelsch, surgeon
• * Georg Jann, organ builder
• 15 February - Erika Simon, archaeologist
• 16 February – Bruno Ganz, German-speaking Swiss actor
• 19 February – Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer
• 20 February –
• * Peter Rüchel, music journalist and founder of Rockpalast
• * Ekkehard Wlaschiha, operatic baritone, Grammy winner
• 21 February – Hilde Zadek, soprano
• 24 February - Lothar Zenetti, theologian
• 25 February - Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, judge
• 28 February - André Previn, German-born American composer

  March

• 2 March - Arnulf Baring, German lawyer, historian, journalist and political scientist
• 4 March – Klaus Kinkel, German civil servant, lawyer, and politician
• 13 March - Andrea Pollack, German butterfly swimmer
• 15 March – Okwui Enwezor, Nigerian curator, art critic, writer, poet, and educator

  April

• 2 April – Rosemarie Springer, German Olympic equestrian
• 19 April
• * Martin Böttcher, German composer, arranger and conductor
• 21 April – Hannelore Elsner, German actress
• 25 April – Michael Wolf, German photographer
• 26 April – Ellen Schwiers, German actress

  May

• 1 May - Beatrix Philipp, German politician
• 7 May - Georg Katzer, German composer
• 7 May - Michael Wessing, German javelin thrower
• 8 May - Jens Beutel, German politician
• 10 May - Paul-Werner Scheele, German Roman Catholic bishop
• 10 May - Anatol Herzfeld, German sculptor
• 13 May - Jörg Kastendiek, German politician
• 14 May - Remig Stumpf, German cyclist

  June

• 2 June – Walter Lübcke, German politician
• 3 June – Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg, German royal
• 8 June - Karl Hurm, German painter
• 13 June - Wilhelm Wieben, German television moderator
• 15 June - Heinrich Lummer, German politician
• 16 June - Rolf von Sydow, German film director
• 20 June - Wibke Bruhns, German journalist
• 28 June - Lisa Martinek, German actress

  July

• 2 July - Lis Verhoeven, German actress
• 7 July – Artur Brauner, Polish-born German film producer
• 22 July - Brigitte Kronauer, German writer

  August

• 7 August - Helmut Bez, German writer
• 26 August - Helmut Krauss, German actor
• 30 August - Udo Schaefer, German writer, jurist and theologian of Bahai

  September

• 2 September - Tom Zickler, German film producer
• 3 September - Peter Lindbergh, German fashion photographer
• 9 September - Lissy Gröner, German politician
• 21 September - Sigmund Jähn, German cosmonaut and pilot

  October

• 14 October - Anke Fuchs, German politician
• 19 October - Erhard Eppler German politician
• October - Volker Hinz, German photograph

  November

• 2 November - Norbert Eder, German footballer
• 16 November - Walter Freiwald, German television moderator

  December

• 2 December - Johann Baptist Metz, German Roman Catholic theologian and priest
• 7 December - Herbert Joos, German jazz trompeter and graphic designer
• 17 December - Karin Balzer, German hurdler
• 20 December - Hermann L. Gremliza, German journalist
• 20 December - Roland Matthes, German swimmer
• 29 December - Manfred Stolpe, German politician
• 30 December - Jan Fedder, German actor
• 30 December - Harry Kupfer, German opera director and academic.