Events in the year 2005 in Germany.
Incumbents President: Horst Köhler Chancellor: Gerhard Schröder (until 22 November 2005) Angela Merkel (from 22 November 2005)
Events 20 January - German Visa Affair 2005 7 February - Honor killing of Hatun Sürücü 10–20 February - 55th Berlin International Film Festival 12 February -Bundesvision Song Contest 2005 12 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 30 May - Allianz Arena in Munich is opened. 2 September - SAP Arena in Mannheim is opened. 16–21 August - World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne 22 November - 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
Births 31 January – Laurin Ulrich, footballer 11 March – Kim Marie Vaske, para-athlete 26 December – Charlott Schaffrath, ice hockey player
Deaths
14 January - Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (born 1940) 3 February - Ernst Mayr, German biologist (born 1904) 21 February - Horst Drinda, German actor (born 1927) 24 February - Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, German politician (born 1922) 6 March - Hans Bethe, German nuclear physicist (born 1906) 7 March - Walter Arendt, German politician (born 1925) 8 March – Brigitte Mira, German actress (born 1910) 15 March - Konrad Hesse, German judge (born 1919) 1 April - Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (born 1929) 16 April - Volker Vogeler, German film director (born 1930) 2 May — Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentenarian (born 1893) 19 May - Paul Schneider-Esleben, German architect (born 1915) 23 May - Ernst Jakob Henne, German motorcycle racer and racing driver (born 1904) 7 June - Ulrich Briefs, German politician (born 1939) 8 July Peter Boenisch, German journalist (born 1927) 14 July - Tilly Fleischer, German athlete (born 1911) 28 August - Hans Clarin, German actor (born 1929) 4 September - Carl-August Fleischhauer, judge (born 1930) 12 September Helmut Baierl, German playwright (born 1926) 20 October - Rudi Felgenheier, motorcycle race (born 1930) 8 November - Carola Höhn, German actress (born 1910) 1 December - Karin Himboldt, German actress (born 1920)
See also 2005 in German television
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