2021 in Germany

Events in the year 2021 in Germany.

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Incumbents

President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Chancellor:
- Angela Merkel (until 8 December 2021)
- Olaf Scholz (from 8 December 2021)

Events

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
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 – 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election
14 March – 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
14 March – 2021 Hessian local elections
6 June – 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election
25 June – 2021 Würzburg stabbing
12 July – the 2021 European floods began
27 July – 2021 Leverkusen explosion
26 September – 2021 German federal election
26 September – 2021 Berlin state election
26 September – 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
4/16 December – December 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election

Deaths

Siegfried Fischbacher

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)
2 February – Heike Fleßner, educationalist (b. 1944)
23 February – Heinz Hermann Thiele, businessman (b. 1941)
24 February – Wolfgang Boettcher, cellist (b. 1935)
16 March – Sabine Schmitz, racing driver and television personality (b. 1969)
17 March – Gerhard Augustin, music producer (b. 1941)

Uta Ranke-Heinemann

25 March – Uta Ranke-Heinemann, theologian (b. 1927)
26 March – Ursula Happe, swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1926)
6 April – Hans Küng, Swiss-born priest and theologian (b. 1928)
24 April – Christa Ludwig, German soprano (b. 1928)[5]
2 July – Bill Ramsey, German-American singer (b. 1931)
17 July – Hermann von Richthofen, German diplomat (b. 1933)

Alfred Biolek

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)
4 August – Karl Heinz Bohrer, German essayist (b. 1932)

Kurt Biedenkopf

12 August – Kurt Biedenkopf, German politician (b. 1930)
15 August – Gerd Müller, German footballer (b. 1945)
4 September – Ludwig Haas, German actor (b. 1933)
4 September – Jörg Schlaich, German structural engineer (b. 1934)
5 September – Jan Hecker, German diplomat (b. 1967)
9 September – Hans Pfann, German athlete (b. 1920)
15 October – Gerd Ruge, German journalist (b. 1928)
27 October – Bettina Gaus, German journalist (b. 1956)
22 November – Volker Lechtenbrink, German actor (b. 1944)
3 December – Horst Eckel, German football player (b. 1932)

See also

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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.

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