2022 in Germany explained

This article encompasses events, births, and deaths from 2022 in Germany, as well as predicted and scheduled events which have yet to happen.

Germany's foreign policy and a significant extent of its domestic affairs have been directly or partially of a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Under the leadership of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose first full calendar year in office was 2022, in conjunction with most of NATO's members and allies, Germany increased its defense budget and halted Nord Stream 2. The German government became a staunch supporter of Ukraine, with it only trailing Poland in receiving Ukrainian refugees between all allies of Ukraine; Germany also cut down on its imports of Russian energy and signed new LNG deals with both QatarEnergy and ConocoPhillips.^{[1] [2]}

Domestically, Germany saw a population increase to 84 million, a record for the nation, mostly due to accepting a large number of refugees from Ukraine.^[3]

Incumbents

• President

• Chancellor

Olaf Scholz

• Bundestag

20th

• President of the Bundestag

Bärbel Bas

• Largest party in Bundestag: Social Democratic Party (SPD)

Events

• 4 January 2021–22 Tour de Ski ends.
• 6 January 2021–22 Four Hills Tournament ends.
• 14–16 January 2022 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
• 24 January Heidelberg University shooting
• 24–30 January 2022 IBU Open European Championships
• 26–30 January 2022 German Masters snooker tournament
• 26 - Leader of the Alternative for Germany (AFD) Jörg Meuthen resigns from the AfD. He justified this with the fact that he had lost the power struggle with the formally dissolved right-wing extremist "Der Flügel" ("the wing") over the political direction of AfD. Meuthen criticized that the party had developed far to the right.^{[4] [5]}
• 31 January 2022 Kusel shooting; two officers are shot and killed at a traffic stop.^[6]
• 10–20 February The 72nd Berlin International Film Festival is held; Carla Simón's film Alcarràs wins the top prize.^[7]
• 13 February The 2022 German presidential election: Frank-Walter Steinmeier is re-elected.^[8]
• 17 February The 58th Munich Security Conference is held.
• 27 March 2022 Saarland state election: The SPD wins a landslide victory.^[9]
• 21 April – 1 May 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships
• 25 April – Anke Rehlinger is elected Minister-President of Saarland by the Landtag.^[10]
• 8 May 2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election; the CDU wins in a landslide while the SDP suffers a blowout loss and is reduced to the third largest party.
• 15 May 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election; the CDU remains as the largest party while The Greens nearly triple their vote share and become the state's third largest party.
• 3 June
  • Garmisch-Partenkirchen train derailment
  • The Bundestag approves a special defense fund of for the Bundeswehr in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[11]
• 3–5 June 2022 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf
• 8 June The 2022 Berlin car attack kills one and injures 17 others.
• 18 June Documenta fifteen starts.
• 26-28 June 48th G7 summit
• 11–21 August 2022 European Championships
• 1 September: Poland's Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the Law and Justice party, announced the Polish government's intent to officially demand that the German government pay 6.2 trillion zł in World War II reparations.^[12]
• 9 October 2022 Lower Saxony state election. The SPD expanded its plurality in the state's Landtag by two seats.
• 2 December – 2022 FIFA World Cup: the German men's football national team, despite defeating Costa Rica 4–2, is knocked out of the World Cup due to Japan's upset win over Spain.^[13]
• 7 December 2022 Germany coup d'état plot: German police arrest 25 members of the Reichsbürger movement accused of planning a coup d'état.^[14]
• 16 December The AquaDom aquarium in Berlin, Germany, home to 1,500 tropical fish of more than 100 different species, bursts, flooding local streets. The majority of the fish die during the incident, and two people are injured.^[15]
• 17 December Dresden Green Vault burglary: German authorities recover 31 royal jewellery items that were stolen from the Green Vault museum at Dresden Castle in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, in 2019.^[16]

Deaths

January

• 1 January Andreas Kunz, German Nordic combined athlete (born 1946)^[17]
• 7 January Eberhard Heinrich Zeidler, German-Canadian architect (born 1926)^[18]
• 10 January Ali Mitgutsch, German author of picture books and a professional advertising Illustrator (born 1935)^[19]
  • • 19 January Hans-Jürgen Dörner, German footballer (born 1951)
  • Hardy Krüger, German actor (born 1928)^[20]
• 20 January Heidi Biebl, German alpine skier (born 1941)
• 22 January Hartmut Becker, German actor (born 1938)
• 31 January Ekkehardt Belle, German television actor (born 1954)^[21]

February

• 3 February Dieter Mann, German actor, director, university professor, and radio personality (born 1941)^[22]
• 15 February Peter Merseburger, German journalist and author (born 1928)

March

• 10 March Jürgen Grabowski, German football player (born 1944)^[23]
• 16 March Egidius Braun, German football administrator (born 1926)

April

• 8 April Uwe Bohm, German actor (born 1962)

• 9 April Michael Degen, German actor (1932)
• 15 April Bernhard Germeshausen, German bobsledder (1951)
• 16 April Joachim Streich, German football player (born 1951)
• 25 April Ursula Lehr, German politician, minister for youth, women, family and health (born 1930)
• 26 April Klaus Schulze, German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician (born 1941)

May

• 15 May Rainer Basedow, German actor (born 1938)
• 28 May Marion van de Kamp, German actress (born 1925)

June

• 4 June Frank Hoffmann, actor (born 1938)^[24]
• 5 June Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (born 1945)^[25]
• 7 June Carl, Duke of Württemberg, German royal, head of the House of Württemberg since 1975 (born 1936)^[26]
• 11 June Bernd Bransch, German footballer and Olympic champion (born 1944)
• 11 June Peter Reusse, actor (born 1941)
• 17 June Margot von Renesse, politician (SPD) (born 1940)
• 23 June Ernst Jacobi, actor (born 1933)
• 25 June Bernhard Wessel, football player (born 1936)

• 28 June Martin Bangemann, politician (FDP), (born 1934)
• 28 June Katja Husen, politician (born 1976)
• 28 June Peter von der Osten-Sacken, lutheran theologian (born 1940)
• 29 June Manfred Krafft, football player(born 1937)
• 30 June William Cohn, actor (born 1957)

July

• 13 July Dieter Wedel, film director (born 1939)

• 14 July Jürgen Heinsch, footballer (born 1940)
• 19 July Dieter Helm, politician (born 1941)
• 21 July Uwe Seeler, footballer (born 1936)
• 29 July Sybille Benning, politician (born 1961)
• 29 July Margot Eskens, singer (born 1936)
• 31 July Maria Frisé, journalist and author (born 1926)

August

• 5 August Peter Schowtka, politician (born 1945)
• 7 August Eike Christian Hirsch, journalist and author (born 1937)
• 9 August Heinz Behrens, actor (born 1932)

• 12 August Wolfgang Petersen, film director and film producer (born 1941)
• 16 August Eva-Maria Hagen, actress and singer (born 1934)
• 17 August Hellmut Flashar, philologist, translator and medicine historian (born 1929)
• 18 August Rolf Kühn, jazz clarinetist and saxophonist (born 1929)
• 20 August Franz Hummel, composer (born 1939)
• 22 August Theo Sommer, journalist (born 1930)
• 29 August Hans-Christian Ströbele, politician (born 1939)

September

• 4 September Heidemarie Fischer, politician (born 1944)
• 7 September Dagmar Schipanski, politician (born 1943)
• 11 September Roland Reber, actor, theatre director and producer (born 1954)

• 15 September Fritz Pleitgen, television journalist and author (born 1938)
• 22 September Rainer Keller, politician (born 1965)
• 24 September Manfred Degen, politician (born 1939)
• 24 September Helmut Wilhelm, judge and politician (born 1946)
• 27 September Prince Ferfried of Hohenzollern, member of the princely House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and champion race car driver (born 1943)

October

• 4 October Günter Lamprecht, actor (born 1930)
• 4 October Jürgen Sundermann, football player and manager (born 1940)
• 5 October Barbara Stamm, politician (born 1944)
• 5 October Wolfgang Kohlhaase, film director (born 1931)
  • • 14 October Ralf Wolter, actor (born 1926)^[27]
  • Georg Scholz, politician (born 1958)^[28]
• 15 October – Horst Metz, politician (born 1945)^[29]
• 17 October –
  • Heinz-Jörg Eckhold, politician (born 1941)^[30]
  • Michael Ponti, pianist (born 1937)^[31]
  • Franz Vorrath, Roman Catholic prelate (born 1937)^[32]
• 20 October – Helmut Kuhlmann, politician (born 1940)^[33]
• 21 October –
  • Wolfgang Jenssen, politician (born 1942)^[34]
  • Rainer Schaller, entrepreneur (born 1969)^[35]
• 23 October –
  • Walter Gaudnek, artist (born 1931)^[36]
  • Benno Zech, politician (born 1928)
• 24 October – Dieter Werkmüller, lawyer (born 1937)^[37]
• 26 October – Sebastian von Rotenhan, politician (born 1949)^[38]
• 28 October –
  • Wolfgang Bordel, theatre manager (born 1951)^[39]
  • Hannah Pick-Goslar, Holocaust survivor (born 1928)^[40]
• 29 October –
  • Wolfgang Lange, Olympic canoeist (born 1938)^[41]
  • Heinrich Schneier, politician (born 1925)^[42]
• 30 October – Rosemarie Köhn, clergywoman (born 1939)^[43]

November

• 2 November – Michael Möllenbeck, Olympic discus thrower (born 1969)^[44]
• 3 November –
  • Peter Danckert, politician (born 1940)^[45]
  • Gerd Dudek, saxophonist (born 1938)^[46]
• 6 November – Sig Ohlemann, Olympic runner (born 1938)^[47]
• 9 November –
  • Hans-Joachim Klein, political militant (born 1947)
  • Werner Schulz, politician (born 1950)^[48]
• 12 November – Klaus Peter Sauer, evolutionary biologist and ecologist (born 1941)
• 14 November – Werner Franke, biologist (born 1940)
• 18 November – Manfred Palmen, politician (born 1945)

• 24 November –
  • Chanoch Ehrentreu, German-born English rabbi (born 1932)^[49]
  • Hans Magnus Enzensberger, author, poet, translator and editor (born 1929)
• 26 November –Jens Bullerjahn, politician (born 1962)
• 27 November – Hans Zehetmair, politician (born 1936)

December

• 3 December – Dietmar Kuegler, publisher and author (born 1951)
• 3 December – Alfons Vogtel, politician (born 1952)
• 4 December – Manuel Göttsching, musician (born 1952)
• 5 December – Bernd Rohr, cyclist (born 1937)
• 7 December – Bernhard Brinkmann, politician (born 1952)
• 7 December – Jann-Peter Janssen, politician (born 1945)
• 8 December – Aldona Gustas, author (born 1932)
• 9 December – Ruprecht Eser, journalist (born 1943)
• 11 December – Wolf Erlbruch, illustrator and writer of children books (born 1948)
• 12 December – Hermann Nuber, footballer (born 1935)
• 12 December – Wolfgang Ziffer, actor (born 1941)
• 14 December – Volker Eid, Roman-catholic theologian and author (born 1940)
• 14 December – Wulf Kirsten, writer, poet and novelist (born 1934)
• 14 December – Sybil Gräfin Schönfeldt, author and writer (born 1927)
• 16 December – Klaus Mayer, Roman-catholic priest and author (born 1923)
• 17 December – Werner Leich, lutheran bishop (born 1927)
• 17 December – Dieter Henrich, philosopher (born 1927)
• 17 December – Manfred Messerschmidt, historian (born 1926)
• 17 December – Marie-Luise Scherer, author and journalist (born 1938)
• 19 December – Erwin Josef Ender, prelate of Roman Catholic Church (born 1937)
• 19 December – Manfred Messerschmidt, historian (born 1926)^[50]
• 20 December – Barbara Noack, author (born 1924)
• 21 December –Hartmut Holzapfel, politician (born 1944)
• 26 December – Michael Fuchs, politician (born 1949)
• 26 December – Konrad Kruis, lawyer (born 1930)
• 29 December – Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, aristocrat (born 1933)
• 31 December – Benedict XVI, Pope (2005–2013) and archbishop of Munich and Freising (1977–1982).^[51]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ukrainian refugees by country 2022 . 2022-12-07 . Statista . en.
2. Web site: U.S. Played A Key Role In Germany's Huge Gas Deal With Qatar . 2022-12-07 . OilPrice.com . en.
3. Web site: Sh . Arberie . 2022-12-05 . Germany: Population Up by 2.8 Million Due to Forced Immigration But Working-Age Population Is Decreasing . 2022-12-07 . SchengenVisaInfo.com . en.
4. Web site: 28 January 2022. Germany: Far-right AfD co-chair Jörg Meuthen quits party. 2022-01-28. Deutsche Welle. en-GB.
5. Web site: Kurmayer. Nikolaus J.. 2022-01-28. Far-right AfD chief Jörg Meuthen quits party. 2022-01-28. www.euractiv.com. en-GB.
6. Web site: Germany: Suspect in shooting death of 2 cops on rural road charged. 10 May 2022. DW. 8 June 2022.
7. Web site: Berlin Film Festival 2022 Edition Set as In-Person Event, Dates Revealed . Naman. Ramachandran. 7 October 2021 . . 15 December 2021.
8. Web site: Welle (www.dw.com). Deutsche. German presidential election: A foregone conclusion in a moment of crisis DW 12.02.2022. 2022-02-17. DW.COM. en-GB.
9. News: SPD will im Saarland alleine regieren. SPD wants to govern alone in Saarland. Saarländischer Rundfunk. de. 28 March 2022. 29 March 2022.
10. Web site: Rehlinger elected Minister-President. 25 April 2022. de. ZDF.
11. News: Hansen . Holger . 2022-06-03 . German lawmakers approve 100 billion euro military revamp . en . Reuters . 2022-12-07.
12. Web site: 2022-09-01 . Poland to Germany: Pay up! . 2022-09-01 . POLITICO . en-US.
13. Web site: 2022-12-01 . Germany knocked out of the World Cup despite win, Japan advances to final 16 . 2022-12-07 . France 24 . en.
14. Web site: German police arrest 25 suspects in plot to overthrow state – DW – 12/07/2022 . 2022-12-07 . dw.com . en.
15. News: 2022-12-16 . Berlin's giant AquaDom hotel aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-12-22.
16. Web site: 2022-12-18 . Germany finds most items stolen in 2019 jewellery robbery, police say . 2022-12-22 . South China Morning Post . en.
17. News: Mit Bronze Geschichte geschrieben . 4 January 2022 . Freie Presse . 4 January 2022. de.
18. News: Eberhard Zeidler, architect behind iconic Toronto landmarks, dies at 95. January 7, 2022. January 9, 2022. CBC News.
19. News: Schuetze. Christopher F.. 2022-01-18. Ali Mitgutsch, Inventive Children's Book Illustrator, Dies at 86. en-US. The New York Times. 2022-01-19. 0362-4331.
20. Web site: Bergan . Ronald . Hardy Krüger obituary . . 20 January 2022 . 21 January 2022.
21. News: Verstegen. Guido. 1 February 2022. Trauer in München: Schauspieler und Synchron-Star Ekkehardt Belle ist tot. 2 February 2022. Abendzeitung. de.
22. News: Wengierek . Reinhard . Zum Tod von Dieter Mann: Der Wahrhafte . . 3 February 2022 . de . 5 February 2022.
23. News: Thomas . Kilchenstein . Vincent . Büssow . Eintracht Frankfurt trauert: Jürgen Grabowski ist tot . . 11 March 2022 . de . 11 March 2022.
24. Web site: Schauspieler Frank Hoffmann gestorben . 4 June 2022 . de.
25. Web site: Jurgen Mollemann . . 10 June 2003 . 2022-10-20 . 2022-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221114180100/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jun/10/guardianobituaries.germany . live .
26. Web site: Décès de Carl de Wurtemberg : le prétendant au trône et époux de Diane d'Orléans avait 85 ans. Histoires Royales. 7 June 2022 . fr. 7 June 2022.
27. Web site: NDR . Ralf Wolter: Sam Hawkens machte ihn weltberühmt . 2022-11-10 . www.ndr.de . de.
28. Web site: Engagierter Politiker, geschätzter Arzt: Dr. Georg Scholz (64) ist tot . 2022-11-10 . www.wa.de . 16 October 2022 . de.
29. Web site: Ehemaliger sächsischer Finanzminister Horst Metz verstorben Freie Presse - Sachsen . 2022-11-10 . www.freiepresse.de . de.
30. Web site: 2022-10-21 . Oberhausener CDU-Politiker Heinz-Jörg Eckhold gestorben . 2022-11-10 . www.waz.de . de-DE.
31. Web site: 2022-10-18 . Pianist Michael Ponti gestorben . 2022-11-10 . BR24 . de.
32. Web site: Kondolenz - Weihbischof Franz Vorrath . 2022-11-10 . www.bistum-essen.de.
33. Web site: Silberstein . Daniela König und Reiner . 2022-10-21 . Gifhorns CDU-Politiker Helmut Kuhlmann ist gestorben . 2022-11-10 . www.wolfsburger-nachrichten.de . de-DE.
34. Web site: Sartoris . Stephan . 2022-10-23 . Nachruf Wolfgang Jenssen: Ob Land, Kreis oder Stadt: Politik war seine große Leidenschaft . 2022-11-10 . Volksfreund . de.
35. Web site: Gold's Gym owner and 5 others feared dead after plane crash off the coast of Costa Rica . 2022-11-10 . CNN . 23 October 2022 . en.
36. Web site: Schiegl . Gregor . Altomünster: Trauer um Walter Gaudnek . 2022-11-10 . Süddeutsche.de . 25 October 2022 . de.
37. Web site: Traueranzeigen von Dieter Werkmüller Frankfurter Allgemeine Lebenswege . 2022-11-10 . lebenswege.faz.net . de-DE.
38. Web site: Germany . Neue Presse Coburg . Sebastian von Rotenhan: Der "streitbare Baron" ist tot - Neue Presse Coburg . 2022-11-10 . www.np-coburg.de . de.
39. Web site: Ewert . Hannes . Ex-Intendant der Vorpommerschen Landesbühne Wolfgang Bordel gestorben . 2022-11-10 . www.ostsee-zeitung.de . 28 October 2022 . de.
40. News: Holocaust survivor Hanna Pick-Goslar passes away at 93 . 2022-11-10 . The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com . en-US.
41. Web site: Trauer um Wolfgang Lange . 2022-11-10 . www.kanu.de.
42. Web site: Germany . Neue Presse Coburg . Heiner Schneier ist tot: Trauer um den "roten Wirbelwind" - Neue Presse Coburg . 2022-11-10 . www.np-coburg.de . de.
43. Web site: NRK . 2022-10-30 . Rosemarie Köhn er død . 2022-11-10 . NRK . nb-NO.
44. Web site: Olympedia – Michael Möllenbeck . 2022-11-10 . www.olympedia.org.
45. News: Brandenburger SPD: Trauer um Ex-Bundestagsabgeordneten Peter Danckert . de-DE . Der Tagesspiegel Online . 2022-11-10 . 1865-2263.
46. Web site: SWR2 . SWR2 . Jazz-Saxofonist Gerd Dudek gestorben . 2022-11-10 . swr.online . 4 November 2022 . de.
47. Web site: Olympedia – Sig Ohlemann . 2022-11-10 . www.olympedia.org.
48. Web site: Früherer DDR-Bürgerrechtler Werner Schulz (†72) stirbt bei Tagung im Schloss Bellevue . 2022-11-10 . TAG24 . 9 November 2022 . de.
49. Web site: Rosenberg. Michelle. Tributes to 'the rabbi's rabbi' Dayan Ehrentreu, following his death, aged 90. Jewish News. 24 November 2022.
50. News: Wagner . Gerald . Nachruf Manfred Messerschmidt: Die Wahrheit über die Wehrmacht . de . FAZ.NET . 2022-12-22 . 0174-4909.
51. News: 2022-12-31 . Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95 . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-12-31.