2005 in Germany explained

Events in the year 2005 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President

Horst Köhler

• Chancellor

• • Gerhard Schröder (until 22 November 2005)
  • Angela Merkel (from 22 November 2005)

Events

• 20 January - German Visa Affair 2005
• 7 February - Honor killing of Hatun Sürücü
• 10–20 February - 55th Berlin International Film Festival
• 12 February -Bundesvision Song Contest 2005
• 12 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
• 30 May - Allianz Arena in Munich is opened.
• 2 September - SAP Arena in Mannheim is opened.
• 16–21 August - World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne
• 22 November - The First Merkel cabinet led by Angela Merkel was sworn in.
• Date unknown: German company HypoVereinsbank was acquired by Italian company UniCredit Bank AG.

Elections

• German federal election, 2005
• North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2005
• Schleswig-Holstein state election, 2005

Sport

• Bundesliga scandal (2005)
• 2004–05 Bundesliga
• 2004–05 2. Bundesliga
• 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
• 2004–05 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season
• 2005 German Grand Prix
• 2005 European Grand Prix
• 2005 German motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2005 BMW Open

Deaths

• 14 January - Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (born 1940)
• 3 February - Ernst Mayr, German biologist (born 1904)
• 21 February - Horst Drinda, German actor (born 1927)
• 24 February - Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, German politician (born 1922)
• 6 March - Hans Bethe, German nuclear physicist (born 1906)
• 7 March - Walter Arendt, German politician (born 1925)
• 15 March - Konrad Hesse, German judge (born 1919)
• 1 April - Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (born 1929)
• 16 April - Volker Vogeler, German film director (born 1930)
• 2 May — Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentenarian (born 1893)
• 19 May - Paul Schneider-Esleben, German architect (born 1915)
• 7 June - Ulrich Briefs, German politician (born 1939)
• 8 July Peter Boenisch, German journalist (born 1927)
• 14 July - Tilly Fleischer, German athlete (born 1911)
• 28 August - Hans Clarin, German actor (born 1929)
• 4 September - Carl-August Fleischhauer, judge (born 1930)
• 12 September Helmut Baierl, German playwright (born 1926)
• 20 October - Rudi Felgenheier, motorcycle race (born 1930)
• 1 December - Karin Himboldt, German actress (born 1920)

See also

• 2005 in German television