Events in the year 2021 in Germany.
Incumbents President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier Chancellor: Angela Merkel (until 8 December 2021) Olaf Scholz (from 8 December 2021) Ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Germany Events
January 4 January – The COVID-19 lockdown is extended until 31 January. 15/16 January January 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election
March 4 March – most of Germany's major media outlets reports that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) had placed Alternative for Germany AfD under surveillance as a suspected extremist group. 14 March 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election 2021 Hessian local elections
June 6 June 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election 25 June 2021 Würzburg stabbing
July 12 July the 2021 European floods began 27 July 2021 Leverkusen explosion
September 26 September 2021 German federal election 2021 Berlin state election 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
December 4/16 December December 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election
Deaths
January
3 January – Renate Lasker-Harpprecht, writer and journalist (b. 1924) 13 January – Bernd Kannenberg, race walker, Olympic champion. (b. 1942) 13 January – Siegfried Fischbacher, magicians and entertainers (b. 1939) 30 January – Wilhelm Knabe, ecologist and politician (b. 1923)
February 2 February – Heike Fleßner, educationalist (b. 1944) 23 February – Heinz Hermann Thiele, businessman (b. 1941) 24 February – Wolfgang Boettcher, cellist (b. 1935)
March 16 March – Sabine Schmitz, racing driver and television personality (b. 1969) 17 March – Gerhard Augustin, music producer (b. 1941)
25 March – Uta Ranke-Heinemann, theologian (b. 1927) 26 March – Ursula Happe, swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1926)
April 6 April – Hans Küng, Swiss-born priest and theologian (b. 1928) 24 April – Christa Ludwig, German soprano (b. 1928)
May 9 May – Karl-Günther von Hase, German diplomat and politician (b. 1917)
July 2 July – Bill Ramsey, German-American singer (b. 1931) 17 July – Hermann von Richthofen, German diplomat (b. 1933)
23 July – Alfred Biolek, German entertainer and television producer (b. 1934) 23 July – Klaus Wilhelm Roggenkamp, German mathematician (b. 1940) 24 July – Herbert Köfer, German actor, voice artist, and television presenter (b. 1931)
August 4 August – Karl Heinz Bohrer, German essayist (b. 1932)
12 August – Kurt Biedenkopf, German politician (b. 1930) 15 August – Gerd Müller, German footballer (b. 1945) 27 August – Heide Keller, German actress (b. 1939)
September 4 September Ludwig Haas, German actor (b. 1933) Jörg Schlaich, German structural engineer (b. 1934) 5 September – Jan Hecker, German diplomat (b. 1967) 9 September – Hans Pfann, German athlete (b. 1920)
October 15 October – Gerd Ruge, German journalist (b. 1928) 27 October – Bettina Gaus, German journalist (b. 1956)
November 22 November – Volker Lechtenbrink, German actor (b. 1944)
December 3 December – Horst Eckel, German football player (b. 1932)
See also
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