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This list details notable events occurring in 2017 in Germany. Major events included the death of Helmut Kohl and the legalization of same-sex marriage.




Contents






  • 1 Incumbents


  • 2 Events


    • 2.1 January


    • 2.2 February


    • 2.3 March


    • 2.4 April


    • 2.5 May


    • 2.6 June


    • 2.7 July


    • 2.8 August


    • 2.9 September


    • 2.10 October


    • 2.11 December




  • 3 Deaths


    • 3.1 January


    • 3.2 February


    • 3.3 March


    • 3.4 April


    • 3.5 May


    • 3.6 June


    • 3.7 July


    • 3.8 August


    • 3.9 September


    • 3.10 October


    • 3.11 November


    • 3.12 December




  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





Incumbents[edit]




  • President: Joachim Gauck (until February 12)


  • President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier


  • Chancellor: Angela Merkel



Events[edit]



January[edit]



  • January – 2016–17 Tour de Ski

  • January – 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 4

  • January – 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 5

  • January 11 – Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg opened.

  • January 20 – Museum Barberini in Potsdam opened.



February[edit]



  • February 1–5 – 2017 German Masters

  • February 9–18 – 67th Berlin International Film Festival

  • February 9 – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

  • February 12 – German presidential election, 2017



March[edit]




  • 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,

  • March 9 – 2017 Düsseldorf axe attack

  • March 26 – Saarland state election, 2017



April[edit]




  • Hanover Messe in Hanover


  • Deutscher Filmpreis in Berlin

  • April 7 – Opening of Internationale Gartenausstellung 2017



May[edit]



  • May 7 – Schleswig-Holstein state election, 2017

  • May 14 – Nordrhein-Westfalen state election, 2017

  • May 29 – June 5 – 2017 World Table Tennis Championships



June[edit]




  • Kiel Week in Kiel


  • Rosenhang Museum in Weilburg opened.

  • June 10 – September Documenta 14

  • Merger of German company The Linde Group and Praxair.

  • June 27: Armin Laschet become Minister-president of North Rhine-Westphalia.

  • June 28: Daniel Günther become Minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein.

  • June 30 – The Bundestag voted to make same-sex marriage legal.



July[edit]



  • July 4 – Manuela Schwesig become Minister-president of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

  • July 7/8 – 2017 G20 Hamburg summit

  • July 28 – 2017 Hamburg attack

  • July 30 – Konstanz shooting



August[edit]




  • 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[edit]



  • 24 September – German federal election, 2017


  • ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin


  • Gamescom in Cologne


  • Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt

  • September – October – Oktoberfest in Munich



October[edit]




  • Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt

  • 15 October: Lower Saxony state election, 2017



December[edit]



  • December 1 – 2017 World Women's Handball Championship

  • December – German company Hamburg Süd is sold to Danish company Maersk.





Deaths[edit]







January[edit]





Roman Herzog



  • January 10: Roman Herzog, German politician, former president (born 1934)

  • Januar 13: Udo Ulfkotte, German journalist and political scientist (born 1960)

  • January 14: Herbert Mies, German politician (born 1929)

  • January 16: Franz Jarnach, German actor and musician. (born 1943)

  • January 20: Klaus Huhn, German journalist, writer and sports administrator (born 1928)

  • January 26: Michael Tönnies, German football player (born 1959)



February[edit]



  • February 6: Inge Keller, German actress (born 1923)

  • February 15: Manfred Kaiser, German footballer (born 1929)



March[edit]



  • March 12: Horst Ehmke, German politician (born 1927)

  • March 23: Ingeborg Rapoport, German paediatrician (born 1912)

  • March 28: Christine Kaufmann, German actress (born 1945)



April[edit]





Michael Ballhaus



  • April 9: Dieter Kottysch, German boxer (born 1943)

  • April 11: Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer (born 1935)



May[edit]



  • May 2: Heinz Kessler, German politician, military officer and a convicted felon (born 1920)

  • May 15: Karl-Otto Apel, German philosopher (born 1922)

  • May 16: Gunnar Möller, German actor (born 1928)

  • May 20: Paul Falk, Germann pair skater (born 1921)



June[edit]





Helmut Kohl



  • June 1: Tankred Dorst, German playwright and storyteller (born 1925)

  • June 11: Alexandra Kluge, German actress and physician (born 1937)

  • June 16: Helmut Kohl, German politician, former chancellor (born 1930)

  • June 22: Gunter Gabriel, Germann singer, musician and composer (born 1942)



July[edit]



  • July 10: Peter Härtling, German writer, poet, publisher and journalist. (born 1933)

  • July 20: Andrea Jürgens German singer (born 1967)

  • July 22: Fritz Hellwig, German politician (born 1912)

  • July 26: Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck, German politician (born 1931)



August[edit]




Margot Hielscher at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958



  • August 5: Martin Roth, German museum director (born 1955)

  • August 10: Ruth Pfau, German physician and nun (born 1929)

  • August 15: Eberhard Jäckel, German historian (born 1929)

  • August 19: Karl Otto Götz, German painter (born 1914)

  • August 20: Margot Hielscher, German actress and singer (born 1919)

  • August 20: Wilhelm Killmayer, German composer of classical music, a conductor and an academic teacher (born 1927)



September[edit]





Heiner Geißler



  • September 8: Karl Ravens, German politician (born 1927)

  • September 12: Heiner Geißler, German politician (born 1930)

  • September 15: Albert Speer Jr., German architect (born 1934)

  • September 27: Joy Fleming, German singer (born 1944)

  • September 28: Andreas Schmidt, German actor (born 1963)



October[edit]



  • October 7: Hugo Budinger, German field hockey player (born 1927)

  • October 11: Karl-Heinz Kipp, German entrepreneur (born 1924)



November[edit]





Karin Dor



  • November 5: Lothar Thoms, German track cyclist (born 1956)

  • November 6: Karin Dor, German actress (born 1938)

  • November 7: Hans-Michael Rehberg, German actor (born 1938)

  • November 7: Hans Schäfer, German footballer (born 1927)

  • November 20: Dieter Bellmann, German actor (born 1940)

  • November 21: Peter Berling, German actor (born 1934)



December[edit]



  • December 3: Elmar Faber, German book publisher (born 1934)

  • December 25: Erich Kellerhals, German businessman (born 1939)

  • December 30: Bernd Spier, German singer (born 1944)



See also[edit]


  • 2017 in German television


References[edit]





  1. ^ Manager-Magazin.de: Bain Capital und Cinven gelingt Kauf von Stada (German)













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