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2015 in Germany

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The following lists events that happened in 2015 in Germany.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President – Joachim Gauck
  • Chancellor – Angela Merkel

    • January

  • January 1 - The 'Mindestlohngesetz' (German Minimum Wage Law) comes into effect: Most jobs now have to receive €8.50 per hour as a minimum wage.
  • January 11 - An arson attack on the newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost, which published Charlie Hebdo cartoons, leads to two arrests.
  • January 21 - Lutz Bachmann resigns as chairman of the anti-Islamic Pegida movement. As of 9th of April, the position is still vacant.

    • February

  • February 15: Hamburg state election, 2015 in Hamburg

    • March

  • March 5 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
  • March 24 - The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 leads to widespread media coverage and public attention in Germany. 72 Germans die aboard the German machine that was intentionally crashed by its German co-pilot.
  • March – CeBIT in Hanover
  • March – ITB Berlin in Berlin
  • March – Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig

    • April

  • April – Hanover Messe in Hanover
  • April – Deutscher Filmpreis in Berlin

    • May

  • May 10 - Bremen state election, 2015 in Bremen

    • June

  • June 7-8 – 41st G7 summit will be held in Schloss Elmau, Bavaria.
  • June – Kiel Week in Kiel
  • June 29 – A robot grabbed a man at a Volkswagen production plant in Baunatal and crushed him to death against a metal plate. Prosecutors considered bringing charges after the incident.

    • August

  • August – Hanse Sail in Rostock
  • August- September – Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin in Berlin

    • September

  • September – ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin
  • September – gamescom in Cologne
  • September – Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt
  • September - October – Oktoberfest in Munich

    • October

  • October – Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt

    • December

  • December 31 – New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany

    • Deaths

  • January 1: Ulrich Beck (70), German sociologist
  • January 7: Diether Kressel (89), German painter
  • January 8: Hubert Markl (77), German biologist
  • January 20: Edgar Froese (71), German artist and electronic music pioneer
  • January 31: Udo Lattek (79), German football player, coach, and TV pundit
  • January 31: Richard von Weizsäcker (94), German politician
  • February 26: Heinrich Windelen (93), German politician
  • February 26: Fritz J. Raddatz (83), German feuilletonist, essayist, biographer and romancier
  • March 1: Chris Welp (51), German professional basketball player
  • March 1: Wolfram Wuttke (53), German footballer
  • March 9: Frei Otto (90), German architect
  • March 30: Helmut Dietl (70), German film director and author
  • March 31: Klaus Tschira (74), German entrepreneur
  • April 13: Günter Grass (87), German novelist and author
  • April 14: Klaus Bednarz (72), German journalist
  • May 9: Odo Marquard (86), German philosoph
  • May 19: Gerald Götting (91), German politician
  • May 27: Elisabeth Wiedemann (88), German actress
  • June 3: Horst Brandstätter (81), German businessman
  • June 4: Hermann Zapf (96), German typeface designer and calligrapher
  • June 4: Edith Hancke (86), German film actress
  • June 9: James Last (86), German composer and big band leader
  • June 15: Harry Rowohlt (70), German writer and translator
  • Jun 21: Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski (83), German politician
  • June 22: Gabriele Wohmann (83), German novelist
  • July 13: Philipp Mißfelder (35), German politician
  • July 14: Wolf Gremm (73), German film director and screenwriter
  • August 3: Johanna Quandt (89), German entrepreneur
  • August 11: Utta Danella (95), German author
  • August 15: Max Greger (89), German jazz musician
  • August 17: Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder (82), Vice President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
  • August 20: Egon Bahr (93), German politician
  • September 4: Max Kruse (93), German author
  • September 24: Ellis Kaut (94), German author of children's literature, best known for her creation of Pumuckl,
  • September 29: Hellmuth Karasek (81), German journalist, literary critic and novelist
  • November 1: Günter Schabowski (86), German official of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
  • November 5: Hans Mommsen (85), German historian
  • November 10: Helmut Schmidt (96), German chancellor
  • December 5: Wolfgang Sandner (66), German physicist
  • December 15: Stella Doufexis (47), German mezzo-soprano opera singer
  • December 19: Kurt Masur (88), German conductor

    • References

    2015 in Germany Wikipedia
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