2017 in Germany

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This list details notable events occurring in 2017 in Germany . Major events included the death of Helmut Kohl, the legalization of same-sex marriage and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) enters the Bundestag for the first time.

Incumbents

• President:
  • Joachim Gauck (until 18 March 2017)
  • Frank-Walter Steinmeier (from 18 March 2017)
• Chancellor: Angela Merkel

Events

January

• January – 2016–2017 Tour de Ski
• January – 2016–2017 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 4
• January – 2016–2017 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 5
• 11 January – Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg opened.
• 20 January – Museum Barberini in Potsdam opened.

February

• 1–5 February – 2017 German Masters
• 9–18 February – 67th Berlin International Film Festival
• 9 February – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
• 12 February – 2017 German presidential election

March

• CeBIT in Hanover
• ITB Berlin in Berlin
• Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig
• Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
• In March 2017, French company Groupe PSA agreed to buy German company Opel and its English sister brand Vauxhall and their European auto lending business from General Motors for US$2.2 billion,
• 9 March – 2017 Düsseldorf axe attack
• 26 March – 2017 Saarland state election

April

• Hanover Messe in Hanover
• Deutscher Filmpreis in Berlin
• 7 April – Opening of Internationale Gartenausstellung 2017

May

• 7 May – 2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election
• 14 May – 2017 Nordrhein-Westfalen state election
• 29 May – 5 June – 2017 World Table Tennis Championships

June

• Kiel Week in Kiel
• Rosenhang Museum in Weilburg opened.
• 10 June – September Documenta 14
• Merger of German company The Linde Group and Praxair.
• 27 June – Armin Laschet become Minister-president of North Rhine-Westphalia.
• 28 June – Daniel Günther become Minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein.
• 30 June – The Bundestag voted to make same-sex marriage legal.

July

• 4 July – Manuela Schwesig become Minister-president of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
• 6 July - The Transparency in Wage Structures Act goes into effect.
• 7–8 July – 2017 G20 Hamburg summit
• 28 July – 2017 Hamburg attack
• 30 July – Konstanz shooting

August

• Hanse Sail in Rostock
• Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin in Berlin
• 15 August – Air Berlin files for bankruptcy.
• 18 August – Bain Capital and Cinven acquired German company Stada Arzneimittel. ^[1]

September

• 24 September – 2017 German federal election
  • The (CDU/CSU), led by incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, wins the highest percentage of the vote with 33%, though it suffered a large swing against it of more than 8%.
  • The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) achieved its worst result since post-war Germany at 21%.
  • The Alternative for Germany (AfD), which was previously unrepresented in the Bundestag, became the third largest party in the Bundestag with 12.6% of the vote. It was the first time since 1957 that a party to the political right of the CDU/CSU gained seats in the Bundestag.
• ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin
• Gamescom in Cologne
• Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt
• September – October – Oktoberfest in Munich

October

• Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt
• 15 October – 2017 Lower Saxony state election

December

• 1 December – 2017 World Women's Handball Championship
• December – German company Hamburg Süd is sold to Danish company Maersk.

Deaths

January

Roman Herzog

• 4 January: Heinz Billing, German physicist and computer scientist (b. 1914). ^[2]
• 10 January: Roman Herzog, German politician, former president (born 1934)
• 13 January: Udo Ulfkotte, German journalist and political scientist (born 1960)
• 14 January: Herbert Mies, German politician (born 1929)
• 16 January: Franz Jarnach, German actor and musician. (born 1943)
• 20 January: Klaus Huhn, German journalist, writer and sports administrator (born 1928)
• 26 January: Michael Tönnies, German football player (born 1959)
• 27 January: Brunhilde Pomsel, German broadcaster and secretary to Joseph Goebbels (b. 1911). ^[3]

February

• 6 February: Inge Keller, German actress (born 1923)
• 15 February: Manfred Kaiser, German footballer (born 1929)

March

• 12 March: Horst Ehmke, German politician (born 1927)
• 23 March: Ingeborg Rapoport, German paediatrician (b. 1912) ^[4]
• 28 March: Christine Kaufmann, German actress (born 1945)

April

Michael Ballhaus

• 9 April: Dieter Kottysch, German boxer (born 1943)
• 11 April: Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer (born 1935)

May

• 2 May: Heinz Kessler, German politician, military officer and a convicted felon (born 1920)
• 11 May: Helga Haller von Hallerstein, German politician (born 1927)
• 15 May: Karl-Otto Apel, German philosopher (born 1922)
• 16 May: Gunnar Möller, German actor (born 1928)
• 20 May: Paul Falk, Germann pair skater (born 1921)

June

Helmut Kohl

• 1 June: Tankred Dorst, German playwright and storyteller (born 1925)
• 11 June: Alexandra Kluge, German actress and physician (born 1937)
• 16 June: Helmut Kohl, German politician, former chancellor (born 1930)
• 22 June: Gunter Gabriel, Germann singer, musician and composer (born 1942)

July

• 10 July: Peter Härtling, German writer, poet, publisher and journalist. (born 1933)
• 20 July: Andrea Jürgens German singer (born 1967)
• 22 July: Fritz Hellwig, German politician (born 1912)
• 26 July: Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck, German politician (born 1931)

August

Margot Hielscher at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958

• 5 August: Martin Roth, German museum director (born 1955)
• 10 August: Ruth Pfau, German physician and nun (born 1929)
• 15 August: Eberhard Jäckel, German historian (born 1929)
• 19 August: Karl Otto Götz, German painter (b. 1914) ^[5]
• 20 August: Margot Hielscher, German actress and singer (born 1919)
• 20 August: Wilhelm Killmayer, German composer of classical music, a conductor and an academic teacher (born 1927)
• 24 August: Axel Bernstein, German politician (born 1974)

September

Heiner Geißler

• 8 September: Karl Ravens, German politician (born 1927)
• 12 September: Heiner Geißler, German politician (born 1930)
• 15 September: Albert Speer Jr., German architect (born 1934)
• 27 September: Joy Fleming, German singer (born 1944)
• 28 September: Andreas Schmidt, German actor (born 1963)

October

• 7 October: Hugo Budinger, German field hockey player (born 1927)
• 11 October: Karl-Heinz Kipp, German entrepreneur (born 1924)

November

Karin Dor

• 5 November: Lothar Thoms, German track cyclist (born 1956)
• 6 November: Karin Dor, German actress (born 1938)
• 7 November: Hans-Michael Rehberg, German actor (born 1938)
• 7 November: Hans Schäfer, German footballer (born 1927)
• 20 November: Dieter Bellmann  [ de ], German actor (born 1940) ^[6]
• 21 November: Peter Berling, German actor (born 1934)

December

• 3 December: Elmar Faber, German book publisher (born 1934)
• 25 December: Erich Kellerhals, German businessman (born 1939)
• 30 December: Bernd Spier, German singer (born 1944)

See also

• 2017 in German television

References

1. "Manager-Magazin.de: Bain Capital und Cinven gelingt Kauf von Stada (German)". Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
2. "Computerpionier Heinz Billing ist tot". bild.de. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019.
3. "Brunhilde Pomsel, secretary to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, dies at 106". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
4. "Germany: Doctorate recipient who defied Nazis dies at 104". Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
5. ONLINE, RP (21 August 2017). "Im Alter von 103 Jahren: Jahrhundertmaler Karl Otto Götz gestorben". RP ONLINE. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017.
6. "Verstorbener "In aller Freundschaft"-Star soll seine Krankheit verheimlicht haben". focus.de. 23 November 2017.