2005 in Germany

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Events in the year 2005 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President – Horst Köhler
• Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder (until 22 November), Angela Merkel (starting 22 November)

Events

• January 20 - German Visa Affair 2005
• February 7 - Honor killing of Hatun Sürücü
• February 10–20 - 55th Berlin International Film Festival
• February 12 -Bundesvision Song Contest 2005
• March 12 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
• April 12 - Ennepetal hostage taking
• May 30 - Allianz Arena in Munich is opened.
• September 2 - SAP Arena in Mannheim is opened.
• August 16–21 - World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne
• November 22 - 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

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

See also

• 2005 in German television