2017 in Germany

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2017
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Germany

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This list details notable events occurring in 2017 in Germany. Major events included the death of Helmut Kohl and the legalization of same-sex marriage.

Incumbents[]

  • President:
    • Joachim Gauck (until 18 March 2017)
    • Frank-Walter Steinmeier (from 18 March 2017)
  • Chancellor: Angela Merkel

Events[]

January[]

February[]

March[]

April[]

  • Hanover Messe in Hanover
  • Deutscher Filmpreis in Berlin
  • 7 April – Opening of Internationale Gartenausstellung 2017

May[]

June[]

  • Kiel Week in Kiel
  • Rosenhang Museum in Weilburg opened.
  • 10 June – September Documenta 14
  • Merger of German company The Linde Group and Praxair.
  • 27 JuneArmin Laschet become Minister-president of North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • 28 JuneDaniel Günther become Minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein.
  • 30 June – The Bundestag voted to make same-sex marriage legal.

July[]

  • 4 JulyManuela Schwesig become Minister-president of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
  • 6 July - The Transparency in Wage Structures Act goes into effect.
  • 7–8 July – 2017 G20 Hamburg summit
  • 28 July2017 Hamburg attack
  • 30 July – Konstanz shooting

August[]

  • Hanse Sail in Rostock
  • Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin in Berlin
  • 15 AugustAir Berlin files for bankruptcy.
  • 18 AugustBain Capital and Cinven acquired German company Stada Arzneimittel.[1]

September[]

October[]

December[]

Deaths[]

January[]

Roman Herzog
  • 4 January: Heinz Billing, German physicist and computer scientist (b. 1914).[2]
  • 10 January: Roman Herzog, German politician, former president (born 1934)
  • 13 January: Udo Ulfkotte, German journalist and political scientist (born 1960)
  • 14 January: Herbert Mies, German politician (born 1929)
  • 16 January: Franz Jarnach, German actor and musician. (born 1943)
  • 20 January: Klaus Huhn, German journalist, writer and sports administrator (born 1928)
  • 26 January: Michael Tönnies, German football player (born 1959)
  • 27 January: Brunhilde Pomsel, German broadcaster and secretary to Joseph Goebbels (b. 1911).[3]

February[]

  • 6 February: Inge Keller, German actress (born 1923)
  • 15 February: Manfred Kaiser, German footballer (born 1929)

March[]

  • 12 March: Horst Ehmke, German politician (born 1927)
  • 23 March: Ingeborg Rapoport, German paediatrician (b. 1912)[4]
  • 28 March: Christine Kaufmann, German actress (born 1945)

April[]

Michael Ballhaus
  • 9 April: Dieter Kottysch, German boxer (born 1943)
  • 11 April: Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer (born 1935)

May[]

  • 2 May: Heinz Kessler, German politician, military officer and a convicted felon (born 1920)
  • 15 May: Karl-Otto Apel, German philosopher (born 1922)
  • 16 May: Gunnar Möller, German actor (born 1928)
  • 20 May: Paul Falk, Germann pair skater (born 1921)

June[]

Helmut Kohl
  • 1 June: Tankred Dorst, German playwright and storyteller (born 1925)
  • 11 June: Alexandra Kluge, German actress and physician (born 1937)
  • 16 June: Helmut Kohl, German politician, former chancellor (born 1930)
  • 22 June: Gunter Gabriel, Germann singer, musician and composer (born 1942)

July[]

  • 10 July: Peter Härtling, German writer, poet, publisher and journalist. (born 1933)
  • 20 July: Andrea Jürgens German singer (born 1967)
  • 22 July: Fritz Hellwig, German politician (born 1912)
  • 26 July: , German politician (born 1931)

August[]

Margot Hielscher at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958
  • 5 August: Martin Roth, German museum director (born 1955)
  • 10 August: Ruth Pfau, German physician and nun (born 1929)
  • 15 August: Eberhard Jäckel, German historian (born 1929)
  • 19 August: Karl Otto Götz, German painter (b. 1914)[5]
  • 20 August: Margot Hielscher, German actress and singer (born 1919)
  • 20 August: Wilhelm Killmayer, German composer of classical music, a conductor and an academic teacher (born 1927)

September[]

  • 8 September: Karl Ravens, German politician (born 1927)
  • 12 September: Heiner Geißler, German politician (born 1930)
  • 15 September: Albert Speer Jr., German architect (born 1934)
  • 27 September: Joy Fleming, German singer (born 1944)
  • 28 September: Andreas Schmidt, German actor (born 1963)

October[]

  • 7 October: Hugo Budinger, German field hockey player (born 1927)
  • 11 October: Karl-Heinz Kipp, German entrepreneur (born 1924)

November[]

Karin Dor
  • 5 November: Lothar Thoms, German track cyclist (born 1956)
  • 6 November: Karin Dor, German actress (born 1938)
  • 7 November: Hans-Michael Rehberg, German actor (born 1938)
  • 7 November: Hans Schäfer, German footballer (born 1927)
  • 20 November: , German actor (born 1940)
  • 21 November: Peter Berling, German actor (born 1934)

December[]

  • 3 December: Elmar Faber, German book publisher (born 1934)
  • 25 December: Erich Kellerhals, German businessman (born 1939)
  • 30 December: Bernd Spier, German singer (born 1944)

See also[]

References[]

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