2016 in Germany
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The following lists events that happened in 2016 in Germany.
January
- January 1 – New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany[1]
- January 30–31 - 2016 FIL World Luge Championships in Königssee
- January - Chinese company Pearl River Piano Group buys German company Schimmel Pianos
February
- February 9 - Bad Aibling rail accident
- February 3–7 - 2016 German Masters
- February 11–21 - 66th Berlin International Film Festival
- February 25: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
March
- CeBIT in Hanover
- ITB Berlin in Berlin
- Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig
- Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
- March 13: Baden-Württemberg state election, 2016
- March 13: Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 2016
- March 13: Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2016
- Böhmermann affair
April
- Hanover Messe in Hanover
- Deutscher Filmpreis in Berlin
- Chinese company ChemChina buys German company Krauss-Maffei
May
June
- Kiel Week in Kiel
- 2016 Düsseldorf terrorism plot
- 9-12: 2016 Bilderberg Conference in Dresden
- 22: Fusion of German company WGZ Bank with DZ Bank
July
- July 14–17 - 2016 Extreme Sailing Series in Hamburg
- 18 July: 2016 Würzburg train attack
- 22 July: 2016 Munich shooting
- 24 July: 2016 Ansbach bombing, 2016 Reutlingen machete attack
- July: Chinese company Midea Group buys German company KUKA
- July: German company Hapag-Lloyd buys Arabian company UASC (United Arab Shipping Company)
August
- Hanse Sail in Rostock
- Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin in Berlin
September
- ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin
- gamescom in Cologne
- Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt
- German company Bayer buys American company Monsanto
- September - October – Oktoberfest in Munich
- September 4: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2016
- September 18: Berlin state election, 2016
- September 28, 2016: German shipbuilding company Lürssen acquires Blohm + Voss.
October
- 8 October: 2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot
- Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt
December
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- January 1: Helmut Koester, American-German scholar of the New Testament (born 1926)
- January 4:
- Maja Maranow, German actress (born 1961)
- Achim Mentzel, German actor (born 1946)
- January 9: Robert Naegele, German actor (born 1925)
- January 10: Ulrich Hahnen, German politician (born 1952)
- January 12: Ruth Leuwerik, German actress (born 1924)
- January 27: Artur Fischer, German inventor (born 1919)
- January 31: Wolfgang Rademann, German television producer (born 1934)
- February 7: Roger Willemsen, German author, essayist and TV presenter (born 1955)
- February 23: Peter Lustig, German television presenter and author of children's books (born 1937)
- February 26: Karl Dedecius, Polish-born German translator of Polish and Russian literature (born 1921)
- February 29: Hannes Löhr, German football player (born 1942)
- March 8: Claus Ogerman, German arranger and orchestrator (born 1930)
- March 9: Reinhold Remmert, German mathematician (born 1930)
- March 18: Guido Westerwelle, German politician (born 1961)
- March 18: Lothar Späth, German politician (born 1937)
- March 24: Roger Cicero, German jazz and pop musician (born 1970)
- March 31: Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician (born 1927)
- April 7: Hendrikje Fitz, German actress (born 1961)
- April 18: Fritz Herkenrath, German football goalkeeper (born 1928)
- April 19: Karl-Heinz von Hassel, German actor (born 1939)
- April 21: Hans Koschnick, German politician (born 1929)
- April 24: Klaus Siebert, German biathlete (born 1955)
- April 28: Georg Kronawitter, German politician (born 1928)
- April 30: Uwe Friedrichsen, German actor (born 1934)
- May 6: Margot Honecker, German politician (born 1927)
- May 6: Klaus Ampler, German cyclist (born 1940)
- May 9: Walther Leisler Kiep, German politician (born 1926)
- May 11: Peter Behrens, German musician (born 1947)
- May 15: Erika Berger, German television moderator (born 1939)
- May 18: Fritz Stern, German-American historian (born 1926)
- May 31: Rupert Neudeck, German journalist (born 1939)
- June 11: Rudi Altig, German cyclist (born 1937)
- June 19: Götz George, German actor (born 1938)
- July 7: Wolfram Siebeck, German author and journalist (born 1928)
- July 10: Katharina Focke, German politician (born 1922)
- July 12: Miriam Pielhau, German actress and author (born 1975)
- August 14: Hermann Kant, German author (born 1926)
- August 18: Ernst Nolte, German historian (born 1923)
- August 23: Reinhard Selten, German economist (born 1930)
- August 24: Walter Scheel, German politician, former president (born 1919)
- August 24: Henning Voscherau, German politician (born 1941)
- September 10: Jutta Limbach, German politician and jurist (born 1934)
- September 14: Hilmar Thate, German actor (born 1931)
- September 24: Christoph Albrecht, German organist (born 1930)
- September 25 : Hans Korte, German actor (born 1929)
- October 10: Tamme Hanken, German horse whisperer and animals bonesetter (born 1960)
- October 15: Hans Pischner, German conductor (born 1914)
- October 21 : Manfred Krug, German actor (born 1937)
- November 26 : Peter Hintze, German politician (born 1950)
- December 2 : Gisela May, German actress and singer (born 1924)
- December 7: Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician (born 1921)
- December 27: Hans Tietmeyer, German economist (born 1931)
See also
References
- ^ Noack, Rick (11 July 2016). "Leaked document says 2,000 men allegedly assaulted 1,200 German women on New Year's Eve". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Berlin attack: What we know". BBC News. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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