2021 in Germany
| |||||
| Decades: |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | Other events of 2021 History of Germany • Timeline • Years | ||||
Events in the year 2021 in Germany.
Incumbents
- President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- Chancellor:
- Angela Merkel (until 8 December 2021)
- Olaf Scholz (from 8 December 2021)
Ongoing
Events
January
- 4 January – The COVID-19 lockdown is extended until 31 January.[1][2]
- 15/16 January – January 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election
March
- 4 March – most of Germany's major media outlets reports that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) had placed Alternative for Germany AfD under surveillance as a suspected extremist group.[3][4]
- 14 March
June
- 6 June – 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election
- 25 June – 2021 Würzburg stabbing
July
- 12 July – the 2021 European floods began
- 27 July – 2021 Leverkusen explosion
September
- 26 September
December
Deaths
January
- 3 January – Renate Lasker-Harpprecht, writer and journalist (b. 1924)
- 13 January – Bernd Kannenberg, race walker, Olympic champion. (b. 1942)
- 13 January – Siegfried Fischbacher, magicians and entertainers (b. 1939)
- 30 January – Wilhelm Knabe, ecologist and politician (b. 1923)
February
- 2 February – Heike Fleßner, educationalist (b. 1944)
- 23 February – Heinz Hermann Thiele, businessman (b. 1941)
- 24 February – Wolfgang Boettcher, cellist (b. 1935)
March
- 16 March – Sabine Schmitz, racing driver and television personality (b. 1969)
- 17 March – Gerhard Augustin, music producer (b. 1941)
- 25 March – Uta Ranke-Heinemann, theologian (b. 1927)
- 26 March – Ursula Happe, swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1926)
April
- 6 April – Hans Küng, Swiss-born priest and theologian (b. 1928)
- 24 April – Christa Ludwig, German soprano (b. 1928)[5]
May
- 9 May – Karl-Günther von Hase, German diplomat and politician (b. 1917)
July
- 2 July – Bill Ramsey, German-American singer (b. 1931)
- 17 July – Hermann von Richthofen, German diplomat (b. 1933)
- 23 July – Alfred Biolek, German entertainer and television producer (b. 1934)
- 23 July – Klaus Wilhelm Roggenkamp, German mathematician (b. 1940)
- 24 July – Herbert Köfer, German actor, voice artist, and television presenter (b. 1931)
August
- 4 August – Karl Heinz Bohrer, German essayist (b. 1932)
- 12 August – Kurt Biedenkopf, German politician (b. 1930)
- 15 August – Gerd Müller, German footballer (b. 1945)
- 27 August – Heide Keller, German actress (b. 1939)
September
- 4 September
- Ludwig Haas, German actor (b. 1933)
- Jörg Schlaich, German structural engineer (b. 1934)
- 5 September – Jan Hecker, German diplomat (b. 1967)
- 9 September – Hans Pfann, German athlete (b. 1920)
October
- 15 October – Gerd Ruge, German journalist (b. 1928)
- 27 October – Bettina Gaus, German journalist (b. 1956)
November
- 22 November – Volker Lechtenbrink, German actor (b. 1944)
December
- 3 December – Horst Eckel, German football player (b. 1932)
See also
Wikinews has related news:
References
- ^ Rinke, Andreas (4 January 2021). "Corona-Lockdown wird wohl bis Ende Januar verlängert" [The Corona-lockdown will probably be extended till the end of January]. Reuters (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Beswick, Emma (5 January 2021). "Germany extends and tightens lockdown restrictions to January 31". Euronews. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Germany to spy on far-right AfD party, reports say". 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Germany places entire far-right AfD under surveillance — reports". Deutsche Welle. 3 March 2021.
- ^ Millington, Barry (26 April 2021). "Christa Ludwig obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2021.