2020 in Germany

Incumbents

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

  Events

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

• 5 January - Beginning of Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification
• 6 January - End of 2019–20 Four Hills Tournament
• 17 January - Beginning of 2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship
• 20 January - Beginning of 2020 German Masters
• 21 February - 2020 Junior World Luge Championships
• 24 January - 2020 Rot am See shooting
• 27 January - First infection in Bavaria of COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

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

• 19 February - Hanau shootings
• 20 February - 70th Berlin International Film Festival
• 21 February - Beginning of IBSF World Championships 2020
• 21 February- Beginning of 2020 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf
• 22 February - 2020 German Indoor Athletics Championships
• 23 February - 2020 Hamburg state election
• 24 February - Volkmarsen ramming attack
• 26 February - Beginning of 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

  March">Portal:Current events/March 2020">March

• 9 March - First death in Essen in COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
• 12 March - The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the Flügel a far-right faction within Germany's Alternative for Germany as "a right-wing extremist endeavor against the free democratic basic order" that was incompatible with Germany's Basic Law, and placed the group under intelligence surveillance.
• 16 March - COVID-19 pandemic in Germany; All schools in Germany are closed

  April">Portal:Current events/April 2020">April

• April 20 - 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Germany, Germany reopens shops with cloth face mask restriction for buyers, but Chancellor Angela Merkel warns of a second coronavirus wave in the country in autumn 2020.
• April 30 - 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Germany - After a summit between Angela Merkel and state leader, the federal government allowed opening of museums, monuments, botanical gardens and zoos, and religious services under strict social distancing conditions.

  May">Portal:Current events/May 2020">May

• May 5: German Bundesverfassungsgericht decided, that the expanded asset-purchase programme since 2015 by European Central Bank violates German law.
• May 7 - German parliament Bundestag banned nationwide conversion therapy for minors until 18 years and forbids advertising of conversion therapy. It also forbids conversion therapy for adults, if they decided by force, fraud or pressure.
• May 15: Germany's Bundestag voted to make the burning of the EU flag or that of another country a hate crime equivalent to that of burning the German flag - carrying a sentence of up to three years in prison. The only major party that opposed the move was the right-wing Alternative for Germany.

  July

• July 21: The government of Baden-Württemberg bans full-face coverings burqas, niqabs for all school children. the rule will apply to primary and secondary education. Winfried Kretschmann the Ministers-President said that full-face veiling did not belong in a free society.

  Deaths

January

• 2 January - Veronika Fitz, German actress
• 4 January - Herbert Binkert, German footballer
• 5 January - Hans Tilkowski, German footballer
• 11 January - Sabine Deitmer, German author
• 13 January - Sophie Kratzer, German ice hockey forward
• 16 January - Maik Hamburger, German translator, writer and dramaturge
• 20 January - Wolfgang J. Fuchs, German author and journalist
• 21 January - Herbert Baumann, German composer
• 21 January - Hermann Korte, German academic specialising in German literature
• 23 January - Gudrun Pausewang, German writer
• 24 January - Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff, German sculptor
• 29 January -
• *Othmar Mága, German dirigent
• *Christoph Meckel, German author

  February

• 4 February – Volker David Kirchner, German violist and composer
• 7 February – Lucille Eichengreen, German Holocaust survivor and memoirist
• 8 February – Volker Spengler, German actor
• 9 February - Karl-Heinz Rädler, German astrophysicist
• 11 February – Joseph Vilsmaier, German film director
• 12 February – Hansjoachim Linde, German inspector general
• 14 February – Alwin Brück, German politician
• 15 February – Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth, German businessman
• 17 February –
• *Ror Wolf, German writer and poet
• *Sonja Ziemann, German actress
• 20 February – Peter Dreher, German painter
• 25 February - Marie-Luise Nikuta, German singer
• 26 February – Hans Deinzer, German clarinetist
• 27 February - Burkhard Driest, Germann actor, writer and director

  March

• 1 March –
• *Carsten Bresch, German physicist and geneticist
• *Peter Wieland, German singer and entertainer
• 2 March –
• *Tabea Blumenschein, German actress
• *Viktor Josef Dammertz, German Roman Catholic prelate
• *Ulay, German performance artist
• *Susan Weinert, German guitarist
• *Peter Wieland, German singer
• 3 March –
• *Freimut Duve, German politician and author
• *Günther Müller, German conductor
• 9 March - Dietmar Rothermund, German historian
• 11 March – Burkhard Hirsch, German politician
• 12 March – Wolfgang Hofmann, German jodoka
• 13 March – Giwi Margwelaschwili, German-Georgian writer and philosopher
• 21 March – Hellmut Stern, German violonist
• 24 March – Alfred Gomolka, German politician
• 26 March – Rolf Huisgen, German chemist
• 28 March – Thomas Schäfer, German politician
• 31 March – Reimar Lüst, German astrophysicist

  April

• 1 April – Rüdiger Nehberg, German human rights activist and survival expert
• 2 April – Oskar Fischer, German politician
• 12 April - Sascha Hupmann, German basketball player
• 16. April - Ulrich Kienzle, German journalist and author
• 19 April - Margit Otto-Crépin, German equestrian
• 22. April - Hartwig Gauder, German race walker
• 23. April - Norbert Blüm, German politician
• 30 April - Florian Schneider, German musician
• 30 April - Gerhard Zebrowski, German footballer

  May

• 1 May - Sabine Zimmermann, German tv host
• 6 May - Herbert Frankenhauser, German politician
• 8 May - Roy Horn, German-American magician and entertainer
• 8 May - Waldemar Otto, German sculptor
• 8 May - Christoph Wetzel, German writer
• 12 May - Astrid Kirchherr, German photograph and artist
• 12 May - Hans-Peter Naumann, German philogist
• 12 May - Manfred Stelzer, German film director
• 16 May - Reinhard Wosniak, German writer
• 17 May - Hermann Fellner, German politician
• 17 May - Hans-Joachim Gelberg, German writer and publisher of children's books
• 17 May - Peter Thomas, German film music composer
• 18 May - Joachim Walther, German writer
• 20 May - Brigitte Lückert, German politician
• 21 May - Julitta Münch, German journalist
• 25 May - Renate Krößner, German actress
• 26 May - Irm Hermann, German actress

  June

• 1 June - Christoph Sydow, German journalist
• 2 June - Heinrich Carl Weltzien, German agar scientist
• 3 June - Lennardt Krüger, German actor
• 4 June - Wolfgang Krause, German politician
• 5 June - Werner Böhm, German musician and singer
• 5 June - Horst von Hassel, German politician
• 5 June - Edeltraud Roller, German political scientist
• 5 June - Friedrich Stelzner, German academic surgeon, scientist and educator
• 5 June - Edmund Wronski, German politician
• 6 June - Dietmar Seyferth, German chemist
• 7 June - Bettina Heinen-Ayech, German painter
• 8 June - Klaus Berger, German Roman catholic theologian
• 8 June - Uta Pilling, German musician, songwriter and illustrator
• 9 June - Arnulf Röseler, German physician
• 10 June - Hans Cieslarczyk, German football player
• 10 June - Eberhard Möbius, German actor
• 10 June - Hans Mezger, German automobile engineer
• 11 June - Hermann Salomon, German javelin thrower
• 12 June - Ursula Fuchs, German children writer
• 15 June - Anton Schlembach, German Roman catholic bishop
• 16 June - Gert Zimmermann, German sport journalist
• 18 June - Claus Biederstaedt, German actor
• 18 June - Anna Blume, German photograph
• 19 June - Klaus Haller, German politician
• 19 June - Dieter E. Zimmer, German journalist
• 20 June - Bettina Falckenberg, German actress
• 25 June - Peter E. Toschek, German experimental physicist
• 26 June - Katrin Beinroth, German judoka
• 26 June - Rosemarie Müller-Streisand, German evangelical theologian
• 29 June - Gernot Endemann, German film and television actor
• 30 June - Ludwig Finscher, German musicologist

  July

• 1 July - Georg Ratzinger, Roman Catholic priest and musician
• 26 July - Hans-Jochen Vogel, lawyer and politician

  August