2024 in Germany

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Events in the year 2024 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President – Frank-Walter Steinmeier
• President of the Bundestag – Bärbel Bas
• Chancellor – Olaf Scholz
• President of the German Bundesrat – Manuela Schwesig^[a]
• President of the Federal Constitutional Court – Stephan Harbarth

Events

January

• 5 January – Four people are killed and others are injured during a fire at a hospital in Uelzen.^[1]
• 8 January – Farmers block highway access roads in parts of Germany, launching a week of protests against a government plan to remove tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture.^[2]
• 10 January – Protests are held across Germany calling for a ban of Alternative for Germany in the wake of the Meeting of right-wing extremists at Potsdam in 2023.^[3][4]
• 10 to 28 January – 2024 European Men's Handball Championship^[5]
• 23 January:
  • The Federal Constitutional Court rules that the far-right minor party Die Heimat (The Homeland), formerly the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), should not get state funding.^[6][7][8][9]
  • Germany announces that it will donate six SH-3 Sea King helicopters to the Ukrainian Air Force to help it patrol the Black Sea.^[10]

February

• 8 to 11 February – 2024 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in Berlin^[11]
• 14 February - Following aggressive protests and blockades by farmers, the green party cancels their an annual event for ash Wednesday due to security concerns.^[12]
• 23 February – The Bundestag legalises recreational usage of cannabis for adults, making Germany the third European country to do so after Luxembourg and Malta.^[13]

March

• 1 March – A soldier kills four people during a spree shooting in Scheeßel and Bothel in Lower Saxony before being detained.^[14]
• 4 March –
  • Four people are killed and 21 others are injured in a fire at a nursing home in Bedburg-Hau, North Rhine-Westphalia.^[15]
  • German police surround Luisenhospital in Aachen after an armed woman barrricades herself inside a room. The woman is later arrested.^[16]
• 19 March – Austrian far-right political activist, and leader of the Identitarian Movement of Austria Martin Sellner is banned from entering Germany for three years.^[17][18]
• 22 March – The Bundesrat approves a partial legalization of cannabis in Germany, set to come into effect on 1 April.^[19]
• 27 March – At least five people are killed and 20 more injured after a double-decker FlixBus overturns and falls near Leipzig.^[20]

April

• 14 April – In association football, Bayer 04 Leverkusen win their first Bundesliga title.^[21]
• 18 April – Two German-Russian nationals are arrested for an alleged military sabotage plot on behalf of Russia in an effort to undermine military support for Ukraine.^[22]
• 27 April – More than 1,000 Islamists protest in Hamburg for a Caliphate and Sharia law in Germany.^[23][24][25]

May

• 4 May – Member of the European Parliament Matthias Ecke is "seriously injured" following what is suspected to be a politically motivated attack in Dresden.^[26]
• 7 May – Deputy mayor of Berlin Franziska Giffey is injured after being bludgeoned with a bag containing a heavy item.^[27]
• 10 May – 800 protesters storm the Tesla plant in Grünheide in protest of the company's expansion's impact on the environment.^[28]
• 13 May – A high court in Münster upholds the designation and surveillance of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a "suspected" far-right extremist organization.^[29]
• 14 May – Björn Höcke, the leader of the AfD in Thuringia is fined by a court for using the Nazi slogan "Everything for Germany".^[30][31][32]
• 16 May – Three people are killed in a fire at a residential building in Dusseldorf.^[33]
• 21 May –
  • The trial for members of the Reichsbürger movement involved in the 2022 German coup d'état plot begins in Frankfurt.^[34]
  • Jenny Erpenbeck wins the International Booker Prize for her novel Kairos, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann.^[35]
• 22 May – The AfD bans Maximilian Krah, its leading candidate in the European parliament elections, from further activities due to his comments defending members of the Schutzstaffel.^[36]
• 23 May – The AfD is expelled from the Identity and Democracy grouping in the European Parliament in response to Maximilian Krah's comments on the Schutzstaffel.^[37]
• 23 May – Two people are arrested on suspicion of plotting a knife attack on a synagogue in Heidelberg.^[38]
• 27 May – A court in Düsseldorf convicts and sentences a Bundeswehr captain to 3.5 years imprisonment for spying for Russia.^[39]
• 31 May – 2024 Mannheim stabbing: A police officer is killed while five people, including far-right activist Michael Stürzenberger, are injured in a knife attack in Mannheim.^[40] The suspected attacker, identified as a 25-year-old Afghan refugee named Sulaiman A., is shot and injured by police.^[41][42]

June

• 1–5 June – At least six people are killed during floods in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.^[43][44]
• 1 June – A long-distance train carrying 185 passengers derails after the ground under a section of railway gives way near Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg. No injuries are reported.^[45]
• 4 June – An AfD candidate for state elections in Baden-Württemberg is injured in a stabbing attack in Mannheim.^[46]
• 6 June – A group of potesters on their way to an antifaschist demonstration are attacked by a group of 15-20 alledged neo-nazis at Berlin Ostkreuz. Two people had to be taken to the hospital due to head injuries.^[47][48]
• 9 June:
  • 2024 European Parliament election in Germany: Conservative parties retain their plurality in the German contingent of the European Parliament.^[49]
  • 2024 Hamburg borough elections
• 14 June:
  • One person is killed and three others are injured in a stabbing attack in Wolmirstedt, Saxony-Anhalt. The attacker is shot dead by police.^[50]
  • Germany vetoes a European Union sanction package that would prevent EU members from re-exporting Russian liquefied natural gas from EU ports and prevent EU companies from selling sanctioned products to Russia.^[51]
• 16 June – One person is injured after being shot by police on suspicion of threatening them with a pickaxe and an incendiary device in Hamburg.^[52]
• 17 June – Authorities announce the largest seizure of cocaine in Germany following raids in Dusseldorf and Hamburg in 2023 that yield 60.5 metric tons of the substance valued at 2.6 billion euros ($2.78 billion).^[53]
• 19 June – An Iraqi national is arrested in Esslingen am Neckar on suspicion of plotting to carry out attacks for Islamic State.^[54]
• 23 June – A police officer is killed in a collision involving a car and a motorcycle escort of visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Stuttgart.^[55]
• 24 June - Far-right party AFD announces a local coalition with neofaschist party Die Heimat (former NPD) in Lauchhammer, a city in Brandenburg.^[56]
• 26 June – Government ministers agree on legislation to expedite deportation for individuals who post or "like" social media content that celebrates or promotes terrorist acts.^[57]
• 28 June – The Higher Regional Court of Cologne convicts a 15-year old boy of plotting to attack a Christmas market in Leverkusen with Islamic extremist motivations and sentences him to four years' imprisonment.^[58]
• 28. June – 23 year old antifaschist activist Maja T. who is charged in Hungary with being part of a criminal organisation that wanted to attack right-wing extremists is handed over to the Hungarian authorities. Despite facing dangerous circumstances in Hungary as a genderqueer person a Berlin court decided to hand them over ignoring an ongoing expedited procedure by Germany’s highest court.^[59]
• 29 June – Over 100,000 protesters and 1,000 police officers clash at an AfD party conference.^[60]

July

• 1 July – Björn Höcke, the leader of the AfD in Thuringia is fined by a court in Halle for again using the Nazi slogan "Everything for Germany".^[61] This was the second time Höcke was fined for the slogan.
• 3 July – Investigators in Germany and Sweden arrested eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity in Syria.^[62]
• 4 July – Germany summons Turkey's ambassador in Berlin in a tit-for-tat move over footballer Merih Demiral's wolf salute gesture while celebrating a goal at the UEFA Euro 2024.^[63]
• 5 July – The Cabinet of Germany agrees on a 2025 budget plan, averting collapse of the current cabinet following party disagreements and pressure from The Greens to forego its "debt brake" to increase emergency borrowing for Ukraine aid.^[64]

Scheduled

• 14 July – UEFA Euro 2024 final in Berlin
• 1 September:
  • 2024 Saxony state election
  • 2024 Thuringian state election
• 22 September – 2024 Brandenburg state election

Holidays

Source:^[65]

• 1 January - New Year's Day
• 6 January - Epiphany
• 8 March - International Women's Day
• 28 March - Maundy Thursday
• 29 March - Good Friday
• 31 March - Easter Sunday
• 1 April - Easter Monday
• 1 May - International Workers' Day
• 9 May - Ascension Day
• 19 May - Whit Sunday
• 20 May - Whit Monday
• 30 May - Corpus Christi
• 15 August - Assumption Day
• 20 September - Children's Day
• 3 October - German Unity Day
• 31 October - Reformation Day
• 1 November - All Saints' Day
• 20 November - Repentance Day
• 25 December - Christmas Day
• 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day

Art and entertainment

• List of German films of 2024
• List of 2024 box office number-one films in Germany
• List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

January

• 1 January – Hartmut Ritzerfeld, 73, painter.^[66]
• 2 January – Chris Karrer, 76, guitarist and composer.^[67]
• 3 January – Günther Fielmann, 84, eyewear retailer, founder of Fielmann.^[68]
• 4 January – Christian Oliver, 51, actor known for Cobra 11 television series.^[69]
• 5 January:
  • Herbert Linge, 95, racing and rally driver.^[70]
  • Nicholas Rescher, 95, German-American philosopher, founder of American Philosophical Quarterly, History of Philosophy Quarterly and Public Affairs Quarterly.^[71]
  • Robert Rosenthal, 90, German-born American psychologist.^[72]
• 6 January – Erwin Schild, 103, German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author.^[73]
• 7 January – Franz Beckenbauer, 78, footballer (Bayern Munich, national team).^[74]
• 11 January – Sigi Schwab, 83, guitarist.^[75]
• 16 January – Kay Bernstein, 43, entrepreneur, president of Hertha BSC (2022–2024).^[76]
• 17 January – Ulrich Voß, 85, actor and writer^[77]
• 19 January – Klaus Wunder, 73, footballer (MSV Duisburg, Bayern Munich, 1972 Olympics).^[78]
• 22 January – Elke Erb, 85, author.^[79]
• 23 January – Frank Farian, 82, singer and record producer (Boney M, Milli Vanilli).^[80]
• 26 January – Hartmut Bagger, 85, general.^[81]
• 30 January:
  • Achim Benning, 89, actor and theater director.^[82]
  • Helmut Peuser, 83, German politician.

February

• 2 February – Oskar Negt, 90, philosopher and social theorist
• 5 February – Helga Paris, 85, photographer
• 5 February – Peter Kulka, 86, architect
• 10 February – Johanna von Koczian, 90, actress
• 14 February – Wolfgang Weider, 91, Roman Catholic prelate
• 19 February – Jan Assmann, 85, Egyptologist
• 19 February – Horst Naumann, 98, actor
• 20 February – Andreas Brehme, 63, footballer and coach
• 24 February – Bernard Broermann, 80, businessman and entrepreneur
• 25 February – Horst Schmidbauer, 79, politician
• 25 February – Fabian Schulze, 39, pole vaulter
• 26 February - Alois Glück, 84, politician
• 26 February - René Pollesch, 62, author and dramatist
• 26 February - Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, 92, artist

March

• 1 March – Klaus-Peter Jörns, 84, Christian theologian and author
• 13 March – Aribert Reimann, 88, composer
• 13 March – Notker Hammerstein, 93, historian
• 13 March – Matthias Schießleder, 87, judoka
• 15 March – Hans Blum, 95, composer
• 15 March – Paul Josef Cordes, 89, Roman Catholic cardinal
• 18 March – Peter Kunter, 72, footballer
• 25 March – Fritz Wepper, 82, actor

April

• 2 April – Gerhard Lohfink, 89, Roman Catholic priest and theologian
• 2 April – Notker Wolf, 83, Benedictine monk, priest, musician and author
• 3 April – Vera Tschechowa, 79, actress, screenwriter, director and film producer
• 5 April – Peter Sodann, 87, actor
• 7 April – Michael Boder, 65, conductor
• 9 April – Eckart Dux, 97, actor and voice artist
• 9 April – Dieter Rexroth, 83, musicologist, dramaturge and cultural manager
• 11 April – Peter Fulde, 88, physicist
• 11 April – Peter Förtig, 90, composer and music theorist
• 13 April – Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller, 94, musicologist
• 14 April – Steffen Heitmann, 79, politician
• 15 April – Bernd Hölzenbein, 78, footballer
• 16 April – Wichart von Roëll, 86, actor
• 19 April – Siegfried Kirschen, 80, football referee
• 22 April – Michael Verhoeven, 85, film director
• 26 April – Volker Mosblech, 69, politician
• 28 April – Walter Kolbow, 80, politician

May

• 10 May – Gerhard Müller, 95, Lutheran theologian and bishop
• 20 May – Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, 95, football player
• 22 May – Rolf-Ernst Breuer, 86, banker and businessman

June

• 1 June – Ruth Maria Kubitschek, 92, actress
• 8 June – Klaus Toepfer, 85, politician

See also

• 2024 in the European Union
• 2024 in Europe

Notes

References

External links

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