2020 in Germany
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Events in the year 2020 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 5 January - Beginning of Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's European qualification[1]
- 6 January - End of 2019–20 Four Hills Tournament
- 17 January - Beginning of 2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship[2]
- 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
- 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
- 9 March - First death in Essen in COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
- 12 March - The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) classified the Flügel a far-right faction within Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) 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.[3][4][5]
- 16 March - COVID-19 pandemic in Germany; All schools in Germany are closed
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.[6]
- 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.[7]
May
- May 5: German Bundesverfassungsgericht decided, that the expanded asset-purchase programme (EAPP) since 2015 by European Central Bank violates German law.[8][9]
- 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.[10]
- 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.[11]
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.[12][13]
Deaths
January
- 2 January - Veronika Fitz, German actress (born 1936)
- 4 January - Herbert Binkert, German footballer (born 1923)
- 5 January - Hans Tilkowski, German footballer (born 1935)
- 11 January - Sabine Deitmer, German author (born 1947)
- 13 January - Sophie Kratzer, German ice hockey forward (born 1989)
- 16 January - Maik Hamburger, German translator, writer and dramaturge (born 1931)
- 20 January - Wolfgang J. Fuchs, German author and journalist (born 1945)
- 21 January - Herbert Baumann, German composer (born 1925)
- 21 January - Hermann Korte, German academic specialising in German literature (born 1949)
- 23 January - Gudrun Pausewang, German writer (born 1928)
- 24 January - Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff, German sculptor (born 1921)
- 29 January -
- Othmar Mága, German dirigent (born 1929)
- Christoph Meckel, German author (born 1935)
February
- 4 February – Volker David Kirchner, German violist and composer (born 1942)[14]
- 7 February – Lucille Eichengreen, German Holocaust survivor and memoirist (born 1925)[15]
- 8 February – Volker Spengler, German actor (born 1939)[16]
- 9 February - Karl-Heinz Rädler, German astrophysicist (born 1935)
- 11 February – Joseph Vilsmaier, German film director (born 1939)[17]
- 12 February – Hansjoachim Linde, German inspector general (born 1926)[18]
- 14 February – Alwin Brück, German politician (born 1931)[19]
- 15 February – Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth, German businessman (born 1930)[20]
- 17 February –
- 20 February – Peter Dreher, German painter (born 1932)[23]
- 25 February - Marie-Luise Nikuta, German singer (born 1938)
- 26 February – Hans Deinzer, German clarinetist (born 1934)[24]
- 27 February - Burkhard Driest, Germann actor, writer and director (born 1936)
March
- 1 March –
- Carsten Bresch, German physicist and geneticist (born 1921)[25]
- Peter Wieland, German singer and entertainer (born 1930)[26]
- 2 March –
- Tabea Blumenschein, German actress (born 1952)[27]
- Viktor Josef Dammertz, German Roman Catholic prelate (born 1929)[28]
- Ulay, German performance artist (born 1943)[29]
- Susan Weinert, German guitarist (born 1965)[30]
- Peter Wieland, German singer (born 1930)
- 3 March –
- Freimut Duve, German politician and author (born 1936)[31]
- Günther Müller, German conductor (born 1925)
- 9 March - Dietmar Rothermund, German historian (born 1933)
- 11 March – Burkhard Hirsch, German politician (born 1930)[32]
- 12 March – Wolfgang Hofmann, German jodoka (born 1941)[33]
- 13 March – Giwi Margwelaschwili, German-Georgian writer and philosopher (born 1927)[34]
- 21 March – Hellmut Stern, German violonist (born 1928)
- 24 March – Alfred Gomolka, German politician (CDU) (born 1942)
- 26 March – Rolf Huisgen, German chemist (born 1920)
- 28 March – Thomas Schäfer, German politician (born 1966)
- 31 March – Reimar Lüst, German astrophysicist (born 1923)[35]
April
- 1 April – Rüdiger Nehberg, German human rights activist and survival expert (born 1935)[36]
- 2 April – Oskar Fischer, German politician (b. 1923)[37]
- 12 April - Sascha Hupmann, German basketball player (born 1970)
- 16. April - Ulrich Kienzle, German journalist and author (born 1936)
- 19 April - Margit Otto-Crépin, German equestrian (born 1945)
- 22. April - Hartwig Gauder, German race walker (born 1954)
- 23. April - Norbert Blüm, German politician (born 1935)
- 30 April - Florian Schneider, German musician (born 1947)
- 30 April - Gerhard Zebrowski, German footballer (born 1940)
May
- 1 May - Sabine Zimmermann, German tv host (born 1951)
- 6 May - Herbert Frankenhauser, German politician (CSU) (born 1945)
- 8 May - Roy Horn, German-American magician and entertainer (born 1944)
- 8 May - Waldemar Otto, German sculptor (born 1929)
- 8 May - Christoph Wetzel, German writer (born 1944)
- 12 May - Astrid Kirchherr, German photograph and artist (born 1938)
- 12 May - Hans-Peter Naumann, German philogist (born 1933)
- 12 May - Manfred Stelzer, German film director (born 1944)
- 16 May - Reinhard Wosniak, German writer (born 1953)
- 17 May - Hermann Fellner, German politician (CSU) (born 1952)
- 17 May - Hans-Joachim Gelberg, German writer and publisher of children's books (born 1930)
- 17 May - Peter Thomas, German film music composer (born 1925)
- 18 May - Joachim Walther, German writer (born 1943)
- 20 May - Brigitte Lückert, German politician (SPD) (born 1943)
- 21 May - Julitta Münch, German journalist (born 1959)
- 25 May - Renate Krößner, German actress (born 1945)
- 26 May - Irm Hermann, German actress (born 1942)
June
- 1 June - Christoph Sydow, German journalist (born 1985)
- 2 June - Heinrich Carl Weltzien, German agar scientist (born 1928)
- 3 June - Lennardt Krüger, German actor (born 1958)
- 4 June - Wolfgang Krause, German politician (CDU) (born 1936)
- 5 June - Werner Böhm, German musician and singer (born 1941)
- 5 June - Horst von Hassel, German politician (SPD) (born 1928)
- 5 June - Edeltraud Roller, German political scientist (born 1957)
- 5 June - Friedrich Stelzner, German academic surgeon, scientist and educator (born 1921)
- 5 June - Edmund Wronski, German politician (CDU) (born 1922)
- 6 June - Dietmar Seyferth, German chemist (born 1929)
- 7 June - Bettina Heinen-Ayech, German painter (born 1937)
- 8 June - Klaus Berger, German Roman catholic theologian (born 1940)
- 8 June - Uta Pilling, German musician, songwriter and illustrator (born 1948)
- 9 June - Arnulf Röseler, German physician (born 1935)
- 10 June - Hans Cieslarczyk, German football player (born 1937)
- 10 June - Eberhard Möbius, German actor (born 1926)
- 10 June - Hans Mezger, German automobile engineer (born 1929)
- 11 June - Hermann Salomon, German javelin thrower (born 1938)
- 12 June - Ursula Fuchs, German children writer (born 1931)
- 15 June - Anton Schlembach, German Roman catholic bishop (born 1932)
- 16 June - Gert Zimmermann, German sport journalist (born 1951)
- 18 June - Claus Biederstaedt, German actor (born 1928)
- 18 June - Anna Blume, German photograph (born 1936)
- 19 June - Klaus Haller, German politician (CDU) (born 1936)
- 19 June - Dieter E. Zimmer, German journalist (born 1934)
- 20 June - Bettina Falckenberg, German actress (born 1926)
- 25 June - Peter E. Toschek, German experimental physicist (born 1935)
- 26 June - Katrin Beinroth, German judoka (born 1981)
- 26 June - Rosemarie Müller-Streisand, German evangelical theologian (born 1923)
- 29 June - Gernot Endemann, German film and television actor (born 1942)
- 30 June - Ludwig Finscher, German musicologist (born 1930)
July
- 1 July - Georg Ratzinger, Roman Catholic priest and musician (b. 1924)
- 26 July - Hans-Jochen Vogel, lawyer and politician (b. 1926)[38]
August
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See also
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References
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- Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz stuft AfD-Teilorganisation „Der Flügel“ als gesichert rechtsextremistische Bestrebung ein [The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies the AfD sub-organization "The Wing" as a right-wing extremist endeavor] (press release), Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (March 12, 2020).
- "Verfassungsschutz stuft "Flügel" als rechtsextrem ein". Der Spiegel (in German).
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- The Guardian: Germany takes tentative steps back to normality as lockdown eases
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- BBC:Burning EU and other flags can now bring German jail term, May 15, 2020
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- https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/23/german-state-bans-children-wearing-burka-school-13029540/
- "Mainzer Komponist Volker David Kirchner gestorben" [composer Volker David Kirchner died] (in German).
- "Nie żyje Lucille Eichengreen, Ocalała z łódzkiego getta" [Lucille Eichengreen, survivor of the Łódź ghetto, is deadLucille Eichengreen, survivor of the Łódź ghetto, is dead] (in Polish). 8 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Volker Spengler ist gestorben" [Volker Spengler has died] (in German). 8 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Joseph Vilsmaier ist tot" [Joseph Vilsmaier is dead] (in German). 12 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- Dr. med. Hansjoachim Linde (in German)
- "SPD-Politiker Alwin Brück ist tot" [SPD politician Alwin Brück is dead] (in German). 16 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- Acker, Michael (19 February 2020). "Herrmannsdorf-Gründer Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth ist tot - sein Werk wird weiterleben" [Herrmannsdorf founder Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth is dead - his work will live on] (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Schriftsteller Ror Wolf gestorben" [writer Ror Wolf died] (in German). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Sonja Ziemann gestorben" [Sonja Ziemann died] (in German). 19 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Maler Peter Dreher gestorben: Bilderserie "Tag um Tag guter Tag" bekanntestes Werk" [Painter Peter Dreher died: picture series “Day after day, good day” best known work] (in German). 20 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Prof. Hans Deinzer verstorben" [Prof. Hans Deinzer passed away] (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Das Institut trauert um Carsten Bresch" [The Institute mourns the murder of Carsten Bresch] (in German). Archived from the original on 9 March 2020.
- "Peter Wieland mit 89 Jahren gestorben" [Peter Wieland died at the age of 89] (in German). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Berliner Abschweifungen" [Berlin digressions] (in German). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Früherer Bischof Viktor Josef Dammertz ist tot" [Former Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz is dead] (in German). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "È morto Ulay: è la fine di un'epoca. Se ne va una delle colonne della performing art" [Ulay is dead: it's the end of an era. One of the columns of the performing art goes away] (in Italian). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Susan Weinert ist tot" [Susan Weinert is dead] (in German). Saarbrücker Zeitung. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- Mangold, Ijoma (4 March 2020). "Der Intellektuelle als Politiker, der Politiker als Intellektueller" [The intellectual as a politician, the politician as an intellectual]. Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Die Hochschule trauert um ihren Ehrenbürger Dr. Dr. h.c. Burkhard Hirsch" [The university mourns the loss of its honorary citizen Dr. Dr. hc Burkhard Hirsch]. Hochschule Düsseldorf (in German). 12 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Judo-Deutschland trauert um Wolfgang Hofmann" [Judo Germany mourns Wolfgang Hofmann]. Deutscher Judo-Bund (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Giwi Margwelaschwili ist tot" [Giwi Margwelaschwili is dead] (in German). 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Souveräner Steuermann der Wissenschaft" [Sovereign helmsman of science] (in German). 31 March 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- Rüdiger Nehberg’s dead: Survival expert and activist dies aged 84
- Langjähriger DDR-Außenminister Oskar Fischer gestorben (in German)
- Germany: Ex-SPD leader Hans-Jochen Vogel dies
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