2014 in Germany

January

January – Bavarian Film Awards in Munich
January – German Snooker Masters in Berlin^[1]
6 January – 100th birthday of German art dealer Heinz Berggruen
28–1 January – 200th deathday of German king Karl der Große
29 January – 200th deathday of German philosoph Johann Gottlieb Fichte

February

6–16 February – 64th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin
February – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014^[2]

March

March – CeBIT in Hanover
March – ITB Berlin in Berlin
March – Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig
7 March – 300th year of Treaty of Rastatt

July

13 July – The Germany national team becomes world champion in Brazil.
18 July
- 4 Germans are confirmed as among the 300 people on board killed in Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 with 193 Dutch nationals in Eastern Ukraine near Russian border.
- 26 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships
28 July – 100th year of start World War I

August

August – Hanse Sail in Rostock
13–24 August – 2014 European Aquatics Championships
15 August – Reopening of Hildesheim Cathedral after four and a half years of renovation.
27 August – 100th birthday of German actress Heidi Kabel
August–September – Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin in Berlin

September

September – "Shariah Police" incident in Wuppertal, Germany (2014), Hardline Salafist Muslims patrolled the streets of Wuppertal, a city in the west of Germany, to "influence and recruit young people", according to local police.^[3] Dressed in bright orange reflective vests with "Shariah Police" printed on the back, the male patrollers loitered around discotheques and gambling houses, telling passers-by to refrain from gambling and alcohol. Wuppertal's police have pressed charges.^[4]
September – ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin
September – Gamescom in Cologne
September – photokina 2014 in Cologne
September – Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt
26 September – 100th deathday of German painter August Macke
September – October – Oktoberfest in Munich

October

October – Frankfurt Book Fair

November

5 November – 600th year of start of Council of Constance

January

2 January
- Thomas Kurzhals, 60, German composer (b. 1953)
- Dirk Sager, 73, German journalist (b. 1940)
9 January – Winfried Hassemer, 74, German criminal law scholar (b. 1940)
22 January – Fred Bertelmann, 88, German singer (b. 1925)
31 January – Gundi Busch, 78, German figure skater (b. 1935)

February

2 February – Gerd Albrecht, 78, German conductor (b. 1935)
4 February – Hubert Luthe, 86, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (b. 1927)
6 February – Peter Philipp, 42, German writer and comedian (b. 1971)^[5]
17 February – Peter Florin, 92, German politician and diplomat (b. 1921)
18 February – Bernd Noske, 67, German singer and drummer (b. 1946)
24 February – Günter Reisch, 86, German film director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
25 February – Wilfried Brauer, 76, German computer scientist (b. 1937)

March

1 March – Eckart Höfling, 77, German Roman Catholic priest in Brazil (b. 1936)
7 March – Heiko Bellmann, 63, German biologist and zoologist (b. 1950)
9 March – Justus Pfaue, 72, German author and director (b. 1942)
14 March – Werner Rackwitz, 84, German opera director (b. 1929)
17 March – Mareike Carrière, 59, German actress (b. 1954)

April

3 April – Michael Prinz von Preußen, 74, German writer and royalty (b. 1940)
4 April – Klaus Meyer, 76, German footballer (b. 1937)
8 April
- Herbert Schoen, 84, German footballer (b. 1929)
- Karlheinz Deschner, 89, German writer (b. 1924)
11 April
- Helga Mees, 76, German fencer (b. 1937)
- Eduard Gaugler, 85, German economist (b. 1928)
21 April – Ilse von Bredow, 91, German writer (b. 1922)^{[citation needed]}
22 April – Werner Potzernheim, 87, German cyclist (b. 1927)
25 April – Stefanie Zweig, 81, German writer (b. 1932)^[6]
26 April – Adolf Seilacher, 89, German palaeontologist (b. 1925)

May

1 May
- Heinz Schenk, 89, German television presenter (b. 1924)
- Georg Stollenwerk, 83, German footballer and trainer (b. 1930)
6 May – Cornelius Gurlitt, 81, German art collector (b. 1932)
14 May – Wolfgang Heyl, politician (b. 1921)
16 May – Rolf Boysen, 94, German actor (b. 1920)^{[citation needed]}
23 May – Richard Kolitsch, 24, German footballer (b. 1989)
30 May – Michael Szameit, 63, German writer (b. 1950)

June

4 June – Kurt Conradi, 89, German actor (b. 1924)^{[citation needed]}
6 June – Hermann Bahlsen, 86, German manager (b. 1927)
9 June – Reinhard Höppner, 65, German politician (b. 1948)
12 June – Frank Schirrmacher, 54, German journalist and essayist (b. 1959)
21 June – Johannes Strassmann, 29, German poker player (b. 1985)^{[citation needed]}
22 June – Werner Biskup, 72, German football player (b. 1942)^{[citation needed]}
28 June – Peter Klose, 60, German politician (b. 1953)^{[citation needed]}

July

5 July – Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian (b. 1931)
7 July – Horst Bollmann, German actor (b. 1925)
14 July – Karl Düsterberg, 97, German manager (b. 1917)^{[citation needed]}
15 July – Edda Buding, 77, German tennis player (b. 1936)
16 July – Karl Albrecht, 94, German manager (b. 1920)
21 July – Hans-Peter Kaul, 70, German judge (b. 1943)
30 July – Harun Farocki, 70, German film director (b. 1944)

August

1 August – Gert von Paczensky, 88, German journalist (b. 1925)^{[citation needed]}
2 August – Otmar Hornbach, 84, German manager (b. 1930)^{[citation needed]}
5 August – Elfriede Brüning, 103, German writer (b. 1910)
10 August – Günter Junghans, 73, German actor (b. 1941)^{[citation needed]}
15 August – Hermann Weber, 92, German historian (b. 1928)
16 August – Peter Scholl-Latour, 90, German journalist (b. 1924)
20 August
- Klaus Zapf, 62, German manager (b. 1952)^{[citation needed]}
- Gert Schaefer, 58, German actor (b. 1955)^{[citation needed]}
21 August – Werner Liersch, 81, German writer (b. 1932)^{[citation needed]}
24 August – Walter Pradt, 65, German football player (b. 1949)
25 August – Karl Ganzhorn, 93, German physicist (b. 1921)^{[citation needed]}
27 August – Benno Pludra, 88, German writer (b. 1925)

September

1 September – Gottfried John, 72, German actor (b. 1942)
4 September – Wolfhart Pannenberg, 85, German theologian (b. 1928)
11 September – Joachim Fuchsberger, German actor and television moderator (b. 1927)
20 September – Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg (b. 1923)

October

3 October – Peer Augustinski, 74, German actor (b. 1940)
7 October – Siegfried Lenz, 88, German writer (b. 1926)

November

1 November – Klaus Bölling, 86, German publisher (b. 1928)^{[citation needed]}
8 November – Hannes Hegen, 89, German cartoonist and illustrator (b. 1925)
13 November – Alexander Grothendieck, 86, German-born mathematician (b. 1928)
19 November – Mike Nichols, 83, German-born American director (b. 1931)

December

9 December – Karl Otto Pöhl, 85, German economist (b. 1929)
10 December – Ralph Giordano, 89, German writer (b. 1923)
13 December – Ernst Albrecht, 84, German politician (b. 1930)
14 December – Alois Graf von Waldburg-Zeil, German politician (b. 1933)
22 December – Fritz Sdunek, 67, German boxing trainer and amateur boxer (b. 1947)
29 December – André Wohllebe, German canoeist(b. 1962)
30 December – Luise Rainer, 104, German born actress (b. 1910)

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Deaths

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See also

References

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