2016 in Germany

Events

January

• January 1 – New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany
• January 30–31 - 2016 FIL World Luge Championships in Königssee

February

• February 9 - Bad Aibling rail accident
• February 3–7 - 2016 German Masters
• February 11–21 - 66th Berlin International Film Festival
• Februay 25: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

March

• CeBIT in Hanover
• ITB Berlin in Berlin
• Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig
• Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
• March 13: Baden-Württemberg state election, 2016
• March 13: Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 2016
• March 13: Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2016

April

• Hanover Messe in Hanover
• Deutscher Filmpreis in Berlin

Predicted and scheduled events

June

• Kiel Week in Kiel

July

• July 14–17 - 2016 Extreme Sailing Series in Hamburg

August

• Hanse Sail in Rostock
• Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin in Berlin

September

• ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin
• gamescom in Cologne
• Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt
• September - October – Oktoberfest in Munich
• September 4: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2016
• September 18: Berlin state election, 2016

October

• Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt

Deaths

• January 1: Helmut Koester, American-German scholar of the New Testament (born 1926)
• January 4:
  • Maja Maranow, German actress (born 1961)
  • Achim Mentzel, German actor (born 1946)
• January 9: Robert Naegele, German actor (born 1925)
• January 10: Ulrich Hahnen, German politician (born 1952)
• January 12: Ruth Leuwerik, German actress (born 1924)
• January 27: Artur Fischer, German inventor (born 1919)
• January 31: Wolfgang Rademann, German television producer (born 1934)
• February 7: Roger Willemsen, German author, essayist and TV presenter (born 1955)
• February 23: Peter Lustig, German television presenter and author of children's books (born 1937)
• February 26: Karl Dedecius, Polish-born German translator of Polish and Russian literature (born 1921)
• February 29: Hannes Löhr, German football player (born 1942)
• March 18: Guido Westerwelle, German politician (born 1961)
• March 24: Roger Cicero, German jazz and pop musician (born 1970)
• March 31: Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician (born 1927)
• April 7: Hendrikje Fitz, German actress (born 1961)
• April 18: Fritz Herkenrath, German football goalkeeper (born 1928)
• April 19: Karl-Heinz von Hassel, German actor (born 1939)
• April 21: Hans Koschnick, German politician (born 1929)
• April 24: Klaus Siebert, German biathlete (born 1955)
• April 28: Georg Kronawitter, German politician (born 1928)
• April 30: Uwe Friedrichsen, German actor (born 1934)
• May 6: Margot Honecker, German politician (born 1927)
• May 6: Klaus Ampler, German cyclist (born 1940)
• May 9: Walther Leisler Kiep, German politician (born 1926)
• May 11: Peter Behrens, German musician (born 1947)
• May 15: Erika Berger, German television moderator (born 1939)