1989 in Germany

Events in the year 1989 in West Germany and East Germany.

Incumbents

Head of State – Erich Honecker (until 18 October),{{cite book |last=Sebetsyen |first=Victor |url=https://archive.org/details/revolution1989fa00sebe |title=Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire |publisher=Pantheon Books |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-375-42532-5 |location=New York City |url-access=registration}} Egon Krenz (starting 18 October; until 6 December), Manfred Gerlach (starting 6 December)
Head of Government – Willi Stoph (until 13 November), Hans Modrow (starting 13 November)

10 - 21 February - 39th Berlin International Film Festival
23 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
20 - 30 July - The World Games take place in Karlsruhe.{{cite book |last1=Bell |first1=Daniel |title=Encyclopedia of International Games |date=17 March 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1527-1 |page=515 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjPECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA515 |language=en}}
19 August - Pan-European Picnic
7 October - East German Republic Day Parade of 1989
9 November - Fall of the Berlin Wall
4 December - First citizens' occupation of a Stasi building

January 9 - Stefan Reinartz, footballer
January 20 - Kim Bui, German artistic gymnast
March 9 - Patrick Hausding, German swimmer
April 27
Lars Bender, German footballer
Sven Bender, German footballer
September 1
Bill Kaulitz, German singer, band Tokio Hotel{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=9 July 2008 |title=Bill Kaulitz: El fenómeno de Tokio Hotel {{!}} DW {{!}} 09.07.2008 |url=https://www.dw.com/es/bill-kaulitz-el-fen%C3%B3meno-de-tokio-hotel/a-3451304 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=DW.COM |language=es}}
Tom Kaulitz, German musician, band Tokio Hotel
August 4 - Daniel Jasinski, German discus thrower
August 21 - Cindy Roleder, German athlete
September 13 - Thomas Müller, German football player
September 28 - Raphael Holzdeppe, German pole vaulter
December 10 - Maria Kurjo, German swimmer

February 13 - Hans Hellmut Kirst, German novelist (born 1914)
February 26 - Alexander Golling, German actor (born 1905)
April 18 - Hilde Benjamin, German judge and politician (born 1902)
May 18 - Hermann Höcherl, German politician (born 1912)
May 23 - Karl Koch, German hacker (born 1965){{cite web |last=Knight Lightning |date=June 20, 1989 |title=Phrack Inc. - Volume Three, Issue 27, File 12 of 12 |url=http://www.phrack.org/issues.html?issue=27&id=12#article |access-date=2009-01-06 |publisher=Phrack}}
June 9 - Wolfdietrich Schnurre, German writer (born 1920){{Cite web |title=Schnurre, Wolfdietrich |url=https://www.degruyter.com/database/KILLY/entry/killy.5937/html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=De Gruyter |language=en}}
July 20 - Erwin Sietas, German swimmer (born 1910)
September 14 - Hans Georg Rupp, German judge (born 1907)
October 24 - Alex Seidel, German weapons manufacturer (born 1909)
November 1 - Hoimar von Ditfurth, German physician and scientific journalist (born 1921)
November 30 - Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (born 1930)
December 8 - Max Grundig, German entrepreneur (born 1908)
December 31 - Gerhard Schröder, politician (born 1910)