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Events in the year 2018 in Germany .

Incumbents

Events

January

Demolition of the Church of St. Lambertus on 9 January Abriss Immerather Dom, St. Lambertus-7116.jpg
Demolition of the Church of St. Lambertus on 9 January

February

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May

June

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August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January

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Karl Lehmann
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Elmar Altvater
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Wolfgang Völz
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Jürgen Marcus
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Daniela Samulski
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Dieter Thomas Heck
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Daniel Küblböck
Stefanie Tucking Stefanie Tucking.jpg
Stefanie Tücking
Amelie Mummendey Ameliemummendey.jpg
Amélie Mummendey

February

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August

September

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December

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  3. ↑ Bennhold, Katrin (8 June 2018). "A Girl's Killing Shakes Germany's Migration Debate". The New York Times .
  4. ↑ "Crosses go up in public buildings across Bavaria". 31 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Germany: Bavaria's controversial cross rule goes into effect | DW | 31.05.2018". Deutsche Welle .
  6. ↑ "Merkel coalition crisis: Seehofer offers to quit over migration". www.aljazeera.com.
  7. ↑ "Merkel ally offers to quit over migrants". BBC News. 2 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Oltermann, Philip; Chrisafis, Angelique; Connolly, Kate (2 July 2018). "Merkel and Seehofer make last-ditch bid for migration compromise". the Guardian.
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  11. ↑ "Chemnitz unrest: German top spy Maassen forced out". BBC News. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "Three dead as plane crashes into crowd". BBC News. 14 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Death penalty: German state Hesse scraps death penalty anomaly". BBC News. 2 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "Alemannia-Legende Michel Pfeiffer im Alter von 92 Jahren gestorben". aachener-nachrichten.de (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Münchner Schriftsteller Leopold Ahlsen gestorben". Archived from the original on 14 January 2018.
  16. ↑ Ralf Waldmann died at age 51 Archived 2018-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ↑ Enoch zu Guttenberg tot Archived 14 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
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