2020 in Germany explained
Events in the year 2020 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
January
February
March
April
May
- 5 May – German Bundesverfassungsgericht decided, that the expanded asset-purchase programme (EAPP) since 2015 by European Central Bank violates German law.[10] [11]
- 7 May – German parliament Bundestag bans conversion therapy for those under 18 years nationwide and forbids advertising of conversion therapy. It also forbids conversion therapy for adults, if they decided by force, fraud or pressure.[12]
- 15 May – Germany's Bundestag votes to make the burning of the EU flag or that of another country a hate crime equivalent to that of burning the German flag - carrying a sentence of up to three years in prison. The only major party that opposed the move was the right-wing Alternative for Germany.[13]
July
- 21 July – The government of Baden-Württemberg bans full-face coverings burqas, niqabs for all school children. the rule will apply to primary and secondary education. Winfried Kretschmann the Ministers-President said that full-face veiling did not belong in a free society.[14] [15]
August
September
October
Deaths
January
- 2 January – Veronika Fitz, actress (b. 1936).
- 4 January – Herbert Binkert, footballer (b. 1923).
- 5 January – Hans Tilkowski, footballer (b. 1935)[23]
- 10 January – Wolfgang Dauner, jazz pianist (b. 1935)[24]
- 11 January – Sabine Deitmer, author (b. 1947).
- 13 January – Sophie Kratzer, ice hockey forward (b. 1989).
- 16 January – Maik Hamburger, translator, writer and dramaturge (b. 1931).
- 20 January – Wolfgang J. Fuchs, author and journalist (b. 1945).
- 21 January
- 23 January – Gudrun Pausewang, writer (b. 1928)[25]
- 24 January – Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff, sculptor (b. 1921).
- 29 January
February
- 4 February – Volker David Kirchner, violist and composer (b. 1942).[26]
- 7 February – Lucille Eichengreen, Holocaust survivor and memoirist (b. 1925).[27]
- 8 February – Volker Spengler, actor (b. 1939).[28]
- 9 February – Karl-Heinz Rädler, astrophysicist (b. 1935).
- 11 February – Joseph Vilsmaier, film director (b. 1939).[29]
- 12 February – Hansjoachim Linde, inspector general (b. 1926).[30]
- 14 February – Alwin Brück, politician (b. 1931).[31]
- 15 February – Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth, businessman (b. 1930).[32]
- 17 February
- 20 February – Peter Dreher, painter (b. 1932).[35]
- 26 February – Hans Deinzer, clarinetist (b. 1934).[36]
- 27 February – Burkhard Driest, actor, writer and director (b. 1936).
March
- 1 March – Carsten Bresch, physicist and geneticist (b. 1921).[37]
- 2 March
- 3 March
- 9 March – Dietmar Rothermund, historian (b. 1933).
- 11 March – Burkhard Hirsch, politician (b. 1930).[44]
- 12 March – Wolfgang Hofmann, jodoka (b. 1941).[45]
- 13 March – Giwi Margwelaschwili, German-Georgian writer and philosopher (b. 1927).[46]
- 21 March – Hellmut Stern, violinist (b. 1928)[47]
- 24 March – Alfred Gomolka, politician (CDU) (b. 1942).
- 26 March – Rolf Huisgen, chemist (b. 1920).
- 28 March – Thomas Schäfer, politician (b. 1966).
- 31 March – Reimar Lüst, astrophysicist (b. 1923).[48]
April
May
June
- 1 June – Christoph Sydow, journalist (b. 1985).
- 5 June
- 6 June – Dietmar Seyferth, chemist (b. 1929).
- 7 June – Bettina Heinen-Ayech, painter (b. 1937).
- 8 June – Klaus Berger, Roman Catholic theologian (b. 1940).
- 10 June
- 11 June – Hermann Salomon, javelin thrower (b. 1938).[59]
- 15 June – Anton Schlembach, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1932).
- 18 June
- 25 June – Peter E. Toschek, experimental physicist (b. 1935).
- 26 June – Katrin Beinroth, judoka (b. 1981).
- 29 June – Gernot Endemann, film and television actor (b. 1942).
- 30 June – Ludwig Finscher, musicologist (b. 1930).
July
August
September
October
November
December
Notes and References
- Web site: Germany and Berlin to host men's European Olympic qualifier! . 29 August 2019 . CEV.
- Web site: Four Hills Tournament / Overall Standings . FIS . 11 January 2020.
- Web site: 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championships . eurohockey.org . EHF . 13 June 2018 . 13 June 2018 . 13 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180613235049/https://eurohockey.org/2020-eurohockey-indoor-championships/ . dead .
- News: Hamburg-Wahl 2020: Katastrophe für FDP besiegelt - Merz spricht von "Desaster" für CDU (in German). 2020-02-24. Merkur.de. 2020-02-24.
- https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/presse/pm-20200312-bfv-stuft-afd-teilorganisation-der-fluegel-als-gesichert-rechtsextremistische-bestrebung-ein Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz stuft AfD-Teilorganisation "Der Flügel" als gesichert rechtsextremistische Bestrebung ein
- News: Verfassungsschutz stuft "Flügel" als rechtsextrem ein. Der Spiegel. 12 March 2020 . de.
- Katrin Bennhold, Germany Places Part of Far-Right Party Under Surveillance, New York Times (March 12, 2020).
- Web site: Germany takes tentative steps back to normality as lockdown eases. 20 April 2020. the Guardian.
- Web site: Telefonschaltkonferenz der Bundeskanzlerin mit den Regierungschefinnen und Regierungschefs der Länder am 30 April 2020 . Die Bundeskanzlerin . 7 May 2020 . de.
- https://jura-online.de/blog/2020/05/07/paukenschlag-aus-karlsruhe-bverfg-urteilt-gegen-ezb-und-eugh/ Jura-Online: Paukenschlag aus Karlsruhe
- https://www.merkur.de/wirtschaft/ezb-anleihenkaeufe-staatsanleihen-bundesverfassungsgericht-angela-merkel-urteil-verfassungswidrig-zr-13750612.html Merkur.de: EZB hält trotz Urteil an Anleihenkäufen fest - Merkel spricht von "heikler Lage"
- https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2020/kw19-de-konversionsbehandlung-692676 Bundestag.de: Bundestag verbietet Therapien zur "Heilung" von Homosexualität (german)
- News: 2020-05-15. Burning EU and other flags can now bring German jail term. en-GB. BBC News. 2020-09-02.
- Web site: Welle (www.dw.com). Deutsche. German state bans burqas, niqabs in schools DW 21.07.2020. 2020-09-02. DW.COM. en-GB.
- Web site: 2020-07-23. Children banned from wearing burkas at school in German state. 2020-09-02. Metro. en.
- News: 2020-08-22. Alexei Navalny: Putin critic arrives in Germany for medical treatment. en-GB. BBC News. 2020-09-02.
- Web site: 'Anti-corona' extremists try to storm German parliament. Associated Press. 29 August 2020. the Guardian.
- News: Germany coronavirus: Anger after attempt to storm parliament. BBC News . 30 August 2020.
- Web site: Police disperse tens of thousands at controversial German protest. www.9news.com.au.
- Web site: German leaders slam extremists who rushed Reichstag steps | DW | 30.08.2020. DW.COM.
- News: 2020-09-02. Alexei Navalny: Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok - Germany. en-GB. BBC News. 2020-09-02.
- News: 2020-09-03. Germany children deaths: Bodies of five found in flat in Solingen. en-GB. BBC News. 2020-09-27.
- Web site: Wembley goalkeeper Hans Tilkowski is dead . January 6, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200108004636/https://www.time24.news/2020/01/wembley-goalkeeper-hans-tilkowski-is-dead.html . January 8, 2020 .
- News: Schleider. Tim. Stuttgarter Jazzlegende / Wolfgang Dauner ist tot. Stuttgarter Zeitung. 10 January 2020. de. 13 January 2020.
- Web site: Schriftstellerin Gudrun Pausewang ist tot. https://web.archive.org/web/20200125151716/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/gudrun-pausewang-die-wolke-1.4770069. Süddeutsche. Zeitung. January 25, 2020. Süddeutsche.de.
- News: Mainzer Komponist Volker David Kirchner gestorben. de. composer Volker David Kirchner died.
- News: Nie żyje Lucille Eichengreen, Ocalała z łódzkiego getta. pl. Lucille Eichengreen, survivor of the Łódź ghetto, is deadLucille Eichengreen, survivor of the Łódź ghetto, is dead. 8 February 2020. 14 March 2020.
- News: Volker Spengler ist gestorben. de. Volker Spengler has died. 8 February 2020. 14 March 2020.
- News: Joseph Vilsmaier ist tot. de. Joseph Vilsmaier is dead. 12 February 2020. 14 March 2020.
- https://trauer.sueddeutsche.de/todesanzeige/hansjoachim-linde Dr. med. Hansjoachim Linde
- News: SPD-Politiker Alwin Brück ist tot . de. SPD politician Alwin Brück is dead. 16 February 2020. 14 March 2020.
- News: Herrmannsdorf-Gründer Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth ist tot - sein Werk wird weiterleben. de. Herrmannsdorf founder Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth is dead - his work will live on. Michael. Acker. 19 February 2020. 14 March 2020.
- News: Schriftsteller Ror Wolf gestorben. 18 February 2020. de. writer Ror Wolf died. 14 March 2020.
- News: Sonja Ziemann gestorben. Sonja Ziemann died. de. 19 February 2020. 14 March 2020.
- News: Maler Peter Dreher gestorben: Bilderserie "Tag um Tag guter Tag" bekanntestes Werk. de. Painter Peter Dreher died: picture series "Day after day, good day" best known work. 20 February 2020. 14 March 2020. 21 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200221210203/https://bnn.de/nachrichten/kultur/maler-peter-dreher-gestorben-bilderserie-tag-um-tag-guter-tag-bekanntestes-werk. dead.
- Web site: Prof. Hans Deinzer verstorben. de. Prof. Hans Deinzer passed away. 14 March 2020.
- Web site: Das Institut trauert um Carsten Bresch. de. The Institute mourns the murder of Carsten Bresch. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200309161928/https://bio3.biologie.uni-freiburg.de/. 9 March 2020.
- News: Berliner Abschweifungen. de. Berlin digressions. 2 March 2020. 14 March 2020.
- News: Früherer Bischof Viktor Josef Dammertz ist tot. de. Former Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz is dead. 2 March 2020. 14 March 2020.
- News: È morto Ulay: è la fine di un'epoca. Se ne va una delle colonne della performing art. it. Ulay is dead: it's the end of an era. One of the columns of the performing art goes away. 2 March 2020. 14 March 2020.
- News: Susan Weinert ist tot. de. Susan Weinert is dead. 5 March 2020. 14 March 2020. Saarbrücker Zeitung.
- News: Peter Wieland mit 89 Jahren gestorben. de. Peter Wieland died at the age of 89. 2 March 2020. 14 March 2020.
- News: Mangold. Ijoma. Der Intellektuelle als Politiker, der Politiker als Intellektueller. Die Zeit. 4 March 2020. de. The intellectual as a politician, the politician as an intellectual. 14 March 2020.
- Web site: Die Hochschule trauert um ihren Ehrenbürger Dr. Dr. h.c. Burkhard Hirsch. The university mourns the loss of its honorary citizen Dr. Dr. hc Burkhard Hirsch . Hochschule Düsseldorf. 12 March 2020. de. 13 March 2020.
- Web site: Judo-Deutschland trauert um Wolfgang Hofmann. Judo Germany mourns Wolfgang Hofmann . Deutscher Judo-Bund . 13 March 2020 . de.
- News: Giwi Margwelaschwili ist tot. de. Giwi Margwelaschwili is dead. 13 March 2020. 14 March 2020.
- News: Peitz. Christiane. Der musizierende Weltbürger. Der Tagesspiegel. 22 March 2020. de. 22 March 2020.
- News: Souveräner Steuermann der Wissenschaft. Sovereign helmsman of science. de. 31 March 2020. 1 April 2020.
- Web site: Rüdiger Nehberg's dead: Survival expert and activist dies aged 84 . 3 April 2020 . 3 April 2020 . 3 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200403141212/https://www.kxan36news.com/rudiger-nehbergs-dead-survival-expert-and-activist-dies-aged-84 . live .
- Web site: Langjähriger DDR-Außenminister Oskar Fischer gestorben. 3 April 2020. 3 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200403141259/https://www.rtl.de/cms/langjaehriger-ddr-aussenminister-oskar-fischer-gestorben-4517284.html. dead.
- Web site: Olympedia – Margit Otto-Crépin . www.olympedia.org . 19 May 2021.
- Kraftwerk Co-Founder Florian Schneider Dies at Age 73. Billboard.
- Web site: Medienbericht - DDR-Olympia-Held Hartwig Gauder (65) tot!. bild.de.
- Web site: Dr. med. Judith Esser Mittag Obituary. May 9, 2020. May 17, 2020.
- News: Roy Horn, Illusionist Who Dazzled Audiences as Half of Siegfried & Roy, Dies at 75. Robert D.. McFadden. May 8, 2020. May 8, 2020. The New York Times.
- Web site: Beatles photographer Astrid Kirchherr dies aged 81. Ben. Beaumont-Thomas. May 15, 2020. The Guardian.
- Web site: Literatur - Dramatiker Rolf Hochhuth ist tot. Süddeutsche. Zeitung. Süddeutsche.de.
- Web site: The departed: the filmmakers we lost in 2020 . BFI . 19 May 2021 . en.
- Web site: Olympedia – Hermann Salomon . www.olympedia.org . 19 May 2021.
- Web site: Im Alter von 80 Jahren: Zehnkampf-Olympiasieger Holdorf gestorben. RP ONLINE. July 6, 2020.
- Web site: Germany: Ex-SPD leader Hans-Jochen Vogel dies | DW | 26.07.2020. DW.COM.
- Web site: Bamberg trauert um den Pinselartisten: Ralf Metzenmacher ist tot. 4 August 2020. Frankische Nacht. 27 June 2022. de.
- Web site: 4 September 2020. Cartoonist Uli Stein ist tot. 4 September 2020. Süddeutsche Zeitung. de.
- News: Günter de Bruyn ist tot - DER SPIEGEL - Kultur. DER. SPIEGEL. Der Spiegel. 8 October 2020 .
- News: Thomson. Liz . 2020-10-16. Tom Maschler obituary. en-GB. The Guardian. 2020-10-17. 0261-3077.
- Web site: Rudolf Kippenhahn (24.5.1926 – 15.11.2020) . www.mpa-garching.mpg.de . 18 November 2020 . en.
- Web site: Erinnerungen an einen besonderen Kissinger. December 15, 2020. mainpost.de.