1985 in Germany

Events in the year 1985 in Germany.

Incumbents

President - Richard von Weizsäcker
Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

15–26 February - 35th Berlin International Film Festival
21 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal
The Union for Aromanian Language and Culture, an Aromanian cultural organization, is founded by the Aromanian professor {{ill|Vasile Barba|bg|Василе Барба}} at Freiburg im Breisgau.{{cite news|url=https://evz.ro/lali-vasili-a-stat-20-de-zile-pe-pamant-dupa-moarte-901037.html|title="Lali Vasili a stat 20 de zile pe pământ după moarte"|first=Adam|last=Popescu|newspaper=Evenimentul Zilei|date=4 October 2010|language=ro}}

Births

January 7 - Tiger Kirchharz, German dancer
March 23 - Felix Övermann, German rower
March 25 - Luise Heyer, German actress
April 8 - Patrick Schliwa, German rugby player
April 9 - Tim Bendzko, German singer-songwriter
April 28 - Lucas Jakubczyk, German athlete
May 6 - Theresa Underberg, German actress
June 1 - Prince Christian of Hanover
June 4 - Lukas Podolski, German football player
June 20
Kai Hesse, footballer
Halil Savran, footballer
Katharina Schulze, politician
June 27 - Nico Rosberg, Formula One racing driver
July 10 - Mario Gómez, German football player
August 27 - Daniel Küblböck, German singer (died 2018)
September 4 - Marinus Schöberl, German murder victim (died 2002)
September 12 - Sascha Klein, German swimmer
November 9 - Denise Schindler, German Paralympic cyclist{{cite web |title=Rio 2016 Schedule & Results - Denise Schindler |url=https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/schedule-results/info-live-results/rio-2016/eng/zb/engzb_cycling-road-athlete-profile-n1234171-schindler-denise.htm |website=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=1 July 2021 |language=en}}
November 15 - Claas Relotius, German journalist who admitted numerous instances of journalistic fraud{{Cite web|url=https://www.titanic-magazin.de/artikel/2018/12/tim-wolff-das-leben-des-spiegel-faelschers-claas-relotius-eine-recherche/|title=Tim Wolff: Das Leben des "Spiegel"-Fälschers Claas Relotius. Eine Recherche | TITANIC – das endgültige Satiremagazin}}
November 18 - Melanie Behringer, German footballer{{cite web |title=Melanie Behringer - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/melanie-behringer_prs281426/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=14 July 2021 |language=en}}
November 21 - Nadine Müller, German athlete
December 24 - Christina Schwanitz, German shot putter

Deaths

February 10 - Werner Hinz, German actor (born 1903)
April 10 - Klaus Scholder, ecclesiastical historian (born 1930)
March 29 - Gerhard Stöck, German athlete (born 1911)
April 6 - Mark Lothar, German composer (born 1902)
April 7 - Carl Schmitt. German jurist and political theorist (born 1888)
May 8 - Karl Marx, German composer (born 1897)
May 21 - Kurt Waitzmann, German actor (born 1905)
May 25 – Herta Hammerbacher, landscape architect (born 1900){{Cite book|title=The shoulders on which we stand - Wegbereiter der Wissenschaft 125 Jahre Technische Universität Berlin |url=https://archive.org/details/theshouldersonwh0000tech |date=2004|publisher=Springer|editor=Knobloch, Eberhard |isbn=9783642623530|location=Berlin|pages=[https://archive.org/details/shouldersonwhich00wiss/page/n75 62]–63|oclc=907300121}}
May 30 - Gustav Jaenecke, German ice hockey player (born 1908)
June 29 - Walter Rudi Wand, German judge (born 1928)
July 16 - Heinrich Böll, German writer (born 1917)
August 2 - Karl Heinz Stroux, German actor, theatre and film director (born 1908)
August 6 – Karl Diebitsch, German Nazi uniform designer (born 1899)
September 22 - Axel Springer, German journalist (born 1912)
October 2 - Alex Möller, German politician (born 1903)
November 12 - Willi Dehnkamp, German politician (born 1903)
December 2 - Heinz Hoffmann, German politician (born 1910)
December 26 - Margarete Schön, German actress (born 1895)

References

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