2024 in Germany
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Events in the year 2024 in Germany.
Incumbents[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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]
Scheduled[edit]
- 10 to 28 January – 2024 European Men's Handball Championship[3]
- 8 to 11 February – 2024 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in Berlin[4]
- 9 June – 2024 European Parliament election in Germany
- 9 June – 2024 Hamburg borough elections
- 14 June to 14 July – UEFA Euro 2024[5]
- 14 July – UEFA Euro 2024 final at Berlin
- 1 September – 2024 Saxony state election
- 1 September – 2024 Thuringian state election
- 22 September – 2024 Brandenburg state election
Holidays[edit]
Source:[6]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
January[edit]
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- 1 January – Hartmut Ritzerfeld, 73, painter.[7]
- 2 January – Chris Karrer, 76, guitarist and composer.[8]
- 3 January – Günther Fielmann, 84, eyewear retailer, founder of Fielmann.[9]
- 4 January – Christian Oliver, 51, actor known for Cobra 11 television series.[10]
- 5 January:
- Herbert Linge, 95, racing and rally driver.[11]
- Nicholas Rescher, 95, German-American philosopher, founder of American Philosophical Quarterly, History of Philosophy Quarterly and Public Affairs Quarterly.[12]
- Robert Rosenthal, 90, German-born American psychologist.[13]
- 6 January – Erwin Schild, 103, German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author.[14]
- 7 January – Franz Beckenbauer, 78, footballer (Bayern Munich, national team).[15]
- 11 January – Sigi Schwab, 83, guitarist.[16]
- 16 January – Kay Bernstein, 43, entrepreneur, president of Hertha BSC (2022–2024).[17]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The President of the Bundesrat, the speaker of the Bundesrat, a federal legislative chamber, in which the governments of the sixteen German states are represented. The president of the Bundesrat is ex officio also deputy to the President of Germany (Basic Law, Article 57), thus becomes first in the order, while acting on behalf of the President or while acting as head of state during a vacancy of the presidency.
References[edit]
- ^ "4 patients die after a fire breaks out at a hospital in northern Germany". AP News. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "German farmers blockade Berlin with tractors in subsidy row". 8 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "ENJOY MORE THAN HANDBALL AT MEN'S EHF EURO 2024 IN BERLIN". European Handball Federation. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "EuroHockey Indoor Championship venues for 2024 confirmed – UPDATED". EuroHockey. European Hockey Federation. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "UEFA EURO 2024 fixtures: When and where are the matches?". Union of European Football Associations. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Germany Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ Berghe, Pascal van den (1 January 2024). "Büsbach: Stolberger Künstler Hartmut "Hacky" Ritzerfeld nach Verkehrsunfall im Krankenhaus verstorben". Mein Stolberg (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Chris Karrer, RIP". strawberrybricks.com. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ MarketScreener (5 January 2024). "Günther Fielmann mit 84 Jahren gestorben -Am 05. Januar 2024 um 08:27 Uhr | MarketScreener". de.marketscreener.com (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Petski, Denise (5 January 2024). "'Speed Racer' Actor Christian Oliver & 2 Daughters Killed In Caribbean Plane Crash". Deadline. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Germany, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart. "Rennfahrer, Stuntman und Porsche-Urgestein: Herbert Linge ist gestorben". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Request Rejected". www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Psychology research 'giant' Robert Rosenthal has died". News. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Rabbi Erwin Schild of Toronto's Adath Israel Synagogue personally experienced nearly 104 years of Jewish history (March 9, 1920-Jan. 6, 2024)". The Canadian Jewish News. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Franz Beckenbauer ist tot". tagesschau.de (in German). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Sigi Schwab: Der Meister der Gitarre ist tot". CRESCENDO (in German). 5 August 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Der "Berliner Weg" bleibt sein Vermächtnis". kicker (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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