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Events in the year 2021 in Germany.

## Incumbents

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* President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
* Chancellor:
* Angela Merkel (until 8 December 2021)
* Olaf Scholz (from 8 December 2021)

## Ongoing

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* COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

## Events

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### January

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* 4 January – The COVID-19 lockdown is extended until 31 January.[1][2]
* 15/16 January  - January 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election

### March

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* 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.[3][4]
* 14 March
* 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election
* 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
* 2021 Hessian local elections

### June

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* 6 June  - 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election
* 25 June  - 2021 Würzburg stabbing

### July

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* 12 July  - the 2021 European floods began
* 27 July  - 2021 Leverkusen explosion

### September

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* 26 September
* 2021 German federal election
* 2021 Berlin state election
* 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

### December

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* 4/16 December  - December 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election

## Deaths

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### January

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Siegfried Fischbacher

* 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

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* 2 February – Heike Fleßner, educationalist (b. 1944)
* 23 February – Heinz Hermann Thiele, businessman (b. 1941)
* 24 February – Wolfgang Boettcher, cellist (b. 1935)

### March

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* 16 March – Sabine Schmitz, racing driver and television personality (b. 1969)
* 17 March – Gerhard Augustin, music producer (b. 1941)

Uta Ranke-Heinemann

* 25 March – Uta Ranke-Heinemann, theologian (b. 1927)
* 26 March – Ursula Happe, swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1926)

### April

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* 6 April – Hans Küng, Swiss-born priest and theologian (b. 1928)
* 24 April – Christa Ludwig, German soprano (b. 1928)[5]

### May

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* 9 May – Karl-Günther von Hase, German diplomat and politician (b. 1917)

### July

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* 2 July – Bill Ramsey, German-American singer (b. 1931)
* 17 July – Hermann von Richthofen, German diplomat (b. 1933)

Alfred Biolek

* 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

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* 4 August – Karl Heinz Bohrer, German essayist (b. 1932)

Kurt Biedenkopf

* 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

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* 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

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* 15 October – Gerd Ruge, German journalist (b. 1928)
* 27 October – Bettina Gaus, German journalist (b. 1956)

### November

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* 22 November – Volker Lechtenbrink, German actor (b. 1944)

### December

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* 3 December – Horst Eckel, German football player (b. 1932)

## See also

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## References

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1. ^ Rinke, Andreas (4 January 2021). "Corona-Lockdown wird wohl bis Ende Januar verlängert" [The Corona-lockdown will probably be extended till the end of January]. Reuters (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
2. ^ Beswick, Emma (5 January 2021). "Germany extends and tightens lockdown restrictions to January 31". Euronews. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
3. ^ "Germany to spy on far-right AfD party, reports say". 4 March 2021.
4. ^ "Germany places entire far-right AfD under surveillance — reports". Deutsche Welle. 3 March 2021.
5. ^ Millington, Barry (26 April 2021). "Christa Ludwig obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

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