2024 in Germany
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Events in the year 2024 in Germany.
Incumbents[edit]
- President – Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- President of the Bundestag – Bärbel Bas
- Chancellor – Olaf Scholz
- President of the German Bundesrat – Manuela Schwesig[a]
- President of the Federal Constitutional Court – Stephan Harbarth
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 5 January – Four people are killed and others are injured during a fire at a hospital in Uelzen.[1]
- 8 January – Farmers block highway access roads in parts of Germany, launching a week of protests against a government plan to remove tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture.[2]
- 10 January – Protests are held across Germany calling for a ban of Alternative for Germany in the wake of the Meeting of right-wing extremists at Potsdam in 2023.[3][4]
- 10 to 28 January – 2024 European Men's Handball Championship[5]
- 23 January:
- The Federal Constitutional Court rules that the far-right minor party Die Heimat (The Homeland), formerly the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), should not get state funding.[6][7][8][9]
- Germany announces that it will donate six SH-3 Sea King helicopters to the Ukrainian Air Force to help it patrol the Black Sea.[10]
February[edit]
- 8 to 11 February – 2024 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in Berlin[11]
- 23 February – The Bundestag legalises recreational usage of cannabis for adults, making Germany the third European country to do so after Luxembourg and Malta.[12]
March[edit]
- 1 March – A soldier kills four people during a spree shooting in Scheeßel and Bothel in Lower Saxony before being detained.[13]
- 4 March –
- Four people are killed and 21 others are injured in a fire at a nursing home in Bedburg-Hau, North Rhine-Westphalia.[14]
- German police surround Luisenhospital in Aachen after an armed woman barrricades herself inside a room. The woman is later arrested.[15]
- 19 March – Austrian far-right political activist, and leader of the Identitarian Movement of Austria Martin Sellner is banned from entering Germany for three years.[16][17]
- 22 March – The Bundesrat approves a partial legalization of cannabis in Germany, set to come into effect on 1 April.[18]
- 27 March – At least five people are killed and 20 more injured after a double-decker FlixBus overturns and falls near Leipzig.[19]
April[edit]
- 14 April – In association football, Bayer 04 Leverkusen win their first Bundesliga title.[20]
- 18 April – Two German-Russian nationals are arrested for an alleged military sabotage plot on behalf of Russia in an effort to undermine military support for Ukraine.[21]
- 27 April – More than 1,000 Islamists protest in Hamburg for a Caliphate and Sharia law in Germany.[22][23][24]
May[edit]
- 4 May – Member of the European Parliament Matthias Ecke is "seriously injured" following what is suspected to be a politically motivated attack in Dresden.[25]
- 7 May – Deputy mayor of Berlin Franziska Giffey is injured after being bludgeoned with a bag containing a heavy item.[26]
- 10 May – 800 protesters storm the Tesla plant in Grünheide in protest of the company's expansion's impact on the environment.[27]
- 13 May – A high court in Münster upholds the designation and surveillance of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a "suspected" far-right extremist organization.[28]
- 14 May – Björn Höcke, the leader of the AfD in Thuringia is fined by a court for using the Nazi slogan "Everything for Germany".[29][30][31]
- 16 May – Three people are killed in a fire at a residential building in Dusseldorf.[32]
- 21 May –
- The trial for members of the Reichsbürger movement involved in the 2022 German coup d'état plot begins in Frankfurt.[33]
- Jenny Erpenbeck wins the International Booker Prize for her novel Kairos, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann.[34]
- 22 May – The AfD bans Maximilian Krah, its leading candidate in the European parliament elections, from further activities due to his comments defending members of the Schutzstaffel.[35]
- 23 May – The AfD is expelled from the Identity and Democracy grouping in the European Parliament in response to Maximilian Krah's comments on the Schutzstaffel.[36]
- 23 May – Two people are arrested on suspicion of plotting a knife attack on a synagogue in Heidelberg.[37]
- 27 May – A court in Düsseldorf convicts and sentences a Bundeswehr captain to 3.5 years imprisonment for spying for Russia.[38]
- 31 May – 2024 Mannheim stabbing: A police officer is killed while five people, including far-right activist Michael Stürzenberger, are injured in a knife attack in Mannheim.[39] The suspected attacker, identified as a 25-year-old Afghan refugee named Sulaiman A., is shot and injured by police.[40][41]
June[edit]
- 1–5 June – At least six people are killed during floods in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.[42][43]
- 1 June – A long-distance train carrying 185 passengers derails after the ground under a section of railway gives way near Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg. No injuries are reported.[44]
- 4 June – An AfD candidate for state elections in Baden-Württemberg is injured in a stabbing attack in Mannheim.[45]
- 9 June:
- 2024 European Parliament election in Germany: Conservative parties retain their plurality in the German contingent of the European Parliament.[46] The AfD becomes the biggest party in the former East Germany states. 31.8% in Saxony, 30.7% in Thuringia, 30.5% in Saxony-Anhalt, 28.3% in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and 27.5% in Brandenburg.
- 2024 Hamburg borough elections
- 14 June:
- One person is killed and three others are injured in a stabbing attack in Wolmirstedt, Saxony-Anhalt. The attacker is shot dead by police.[47]
- Germany vetoes a European Union sanction package that would prevent EU members from re-exporting Russian liquefied natural gas from EU ports and prevent EU companies from selling sanctioned products to Russia.[48]
- 16 June – One person is injured after being shot by police on suspicion of threatening them with a pickaxe and an incendiary device in Hamburg.[49]
- 17 June – Authorities announce the largest seizure of cocaine in Germany following raids in Dusseldorf and Hamburg in 2023 that yield 60.5 metric tons of the substance valued at 2.6 billion euros ($2.78 billion).[50]
- 19 June – An Iraqi national is arrested in Esslingen am Neckar on suspicion of plotting to carry out attacks for Islamic State.[51]
- 23 June – A police officer is killed in a collision involving a car and a motorcycle escort of visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Stuttgart.[52]
Scheduled[edit]
- 14 June to 14 July – UEFA Euro 2024[53]
- 14 July – UEFA Euro 2024 final in Berlin
- 1 September:
- 22 September – 2024 Brandenburg state election
Holidays[edit]
Source:[54]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 6 January - Epiphany
- 8 March - International Women's Day
- 28 March - Maundy Thursday
- 29 March - Good Friday
- 31 March - Easter Sunday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 1 May - International Workers' Day
- 9 May - Ascension Day
- 19 May - Whit Sunday
- 20 May - Whit Monday
- 30 May - Corpus Christi
- 15 August - Assumption Day
- 20 September - Children's Day
- 3 October - German Unity Day
- 31 October - Reformation Day
- 1 November - All Saints' Day
- 20 November - Repentance Day
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day
Art and entertainment[edit]
- List of German films of 2024
- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Germany
- List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Deaths[edit]
January[edit]
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- 1 January – Hartmut Ritzerfeld, 73, painter.[55]
- 2 January – Chris Karrer, 76, guitarist and composer.[56]
- 3 January – Günther Fielmann, 84, eyewear retailer, founder of Fielmann.[57]
- 4 January – Christian Oliver, 51, actor known for Cobra 11 television series.[58]
- 5 January:
- Herbert Linge, 95, racing and rally driver.[59]
- Nicholas Rescher, 95, German-American philosopher, founder of American Philosophical Quarterly, History of Philosophy Quarterly and Public Affairs Quarterly.[60]
- Robert Rosenthal, 90, German-born American psychologist.[61]
- 6 January – Erwin Schild, 103, German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author.[62]
- 7 January – Franz Beckenbauer, 78, footballer (Bayern Munich, national team).[63]
- 11 January – Sigi Schwab, 83, guitarist.[64]
- 16 January – Kay Bernstein, 43, entrepreneur, president of Hertha BSC (2022–2024).[65]
- 17 January – Ulrich Voß, 85, actor and writer[66]
- 19 January – Klaus Wunder, 73, footballer (MSV Duisburg, Bayern Munich, 1972 Olympics).[67]
- 22 January – Elke Erb, 85, author.[68]
- 23 January – Frank Farian, 82, singer and record producer (Boney M, Milli Vanilli).[69]
- 26 January – Hartmut Bagger, 85, general.[70]
- 30 January:
- Achim Benning, 89, actor and theater director.[71]
- Helmut Peuser, 83, German politician.
February[edit]
- 2 February – Oskar Negt, 90, philosopher and social theorist
- 5 February – Helga Paris, 85, photographer
- 5 February – Peter Kulka, 86, architect
- 10 February – Johanna von Koczian, 90, actress
- 14 February – Wolfgang Weider, 91, Roman Catholic prelate
- 19 February – Jan Assmann, 85, Egyptologist
- 19 February – Horst Naumann, 98, actor
- 20 February – Andreas Brehme, 63, footballer and coach
- 24 February – Bernard Broermann, 80, businessman and entrepreneur
- 25 February – Horst Schmidbauer, 79, politician
- 25 February – Fabian Schulze, 39, pole vaulter
- 26 February - Alois Glück, 84, politician
- 26 February - René Pollesch, 62, author and dramatist
- 26 February - Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, 92, artist
March[edit]
- 1 March – Klaus-Peter Jörns, 84, Christian theologian and author
- 13 March – Aribert Reimann, 88, composer
- 13 March – Notker Hammerstein, 93, historian
- 13 March – Matthias Schießleder, 87, judoka
- 15 March – Hans Blum, 95, composer
- 15 March – Paul Josef Cordes, 89, Roman Catholic cardinal
- 18 March – Peter Kunter, 72, footballer
- 25 March – Fritz Wepper, 82, actor
April[edit]
- 2 April – Gerhard Lohfink, 89, Roman Catholic priest and theologian
- 2 April – Notker Wolf, 83, Benedictine monk, priest, musician and author
- 3 April – Vera Tschechowa, 79, actress, screenwriter, director and film producer
- 5 April – Peter Sodann, 87, actor
- 7 April – Michael Boder, 65, conductor
- 9 April – Eckart Dux, 97, actor and voice artist
- 9 April – Dieter Rexroth, 83, musicologist, dramaturge and cultural manager
- 11 April – Peter Fulde, 88, physicist
- 11 April – Peter Förtig, 90, composer and music theorist
- 13 April – Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller, 94, musicologist
- 14 April – Steffen Heitmann, 79, politician
- 15 April – Bernd Hölzenbein, 78, footballer
- 16 April – Wichart von Roëll, 86, actor
- 19 April – Siegfried Kirschen, 80, football referee
- 22 April – Michael Verhoeven, 85, film director
- 26 April – Volker Mosblech, 69, politician
- 28 April – Walter Kolbow, 80, politician
May[edit]
- 10 May – Gerhard Müller, 95, Lutheran theologian and bishop
- 20 May – Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, 95, football player
- 22 May – Rolf-Ernst Breuer, 86, banker and businessman
June[edit]
- 1 June – Ruth Maria Kubitschek, 92, actress
- 8 June – Klaus Toepfer, 85, politician
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The President of the Bundesrat, the speaker of the Bundesrat, a federal legislative chamber, in which the governments of the sixteen German states are represented. The president of the Bundesrat is ex officio also deputy to the President of Germany (Basic Law, Article 57), thus becomes first in the order, while acting on behalf of the President or while acting as head of state during a vacancy of the presidency.
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