Events in the year 2024 in Germany.
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Incumbents
Events
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
Scheduled
- 9 June – 2024 European Parliament election in Germany
- 9 June – 2024 Hamburg borough elections
- 14 June to 14 July – UEFA Euro 2024[22]
- 14 July – UEFA Euro 2024 final in Berlin
- 1 September – 2024 Saxony state election
- 1 September – 2024 Thuringian state election
- 22 September – 2024 Brandenburg state election
Holidays
Source:[23]
- 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
Deaths
January
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- 1 January – Hartmut Ritzerfeld, 73, painter.[24]
- 2 January – Chris Karrer, 76, guitarist and composer.[25]
- 3 January – Günther Fielmann, 84, eyewear retailer, founder of Fielmann.[26]
- 4 January – Christian Oliver, 51, actor known for Cobra 11 television series.[27]
- 5 January:
- Herbert Linge, 95, racing and rally driver.[28]
- Nicholas Rescher, 95, German-American philosopher, founder of American Philosophical Quarterly, History of Philosophy Quarterly and Public Affairs Quarterly.[29]
- Robert Rosenthal, 90, German-born American psychologist.[30]
- 6 January – Erwin Schild, 103, German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author.[31]
- 7 January – Franz Beckenbauer, 78, footballer (Bayern Munich, national team).[32]
- 11 January – Sigi Schwab, 83, guitarist.[33]
- 16 January – Kay Bernstein, 43, entrepreneur, president of Hertha BSC (2022–2024).[34]
- 17 January – Ulrich Voß, 85, actor and writer[35]
- 19 January – Klaus Wunder, 73, footballer (MSV Duisburg, Bayern Munich, 1972 Olympics).[36]
- 22 January – Elke Erb, 85, author.[37]
- 23 January – Frank Farian, 82, singer and record producer (Boney M, Milli Vanilli).[38]
- 26 January – Hartmut Bagger, 85, general.[39]
- 30 January:
- Achim Benning, 89, actor and theater director.[40]
- Helmut Peuser, 83, German politician.
February
- 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
- 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
- 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 – 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
- 26 April – Volker Mosblech, 69, German politician (d. 2024)
See also
Notes
References
External links
Media related to 2024 in Germany at Wikimedia Commons
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