2019 in Germany
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{{Year in Germany |2019}}
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Events in the year 2019 in Germany.
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Incumbents
Events
=January=
- 29 December 2018 to 6 January – The 2018–2019 Four Hills Tournament
- 22 January – Signing of the Aachen Treaty in Aachen, 56 years to the day after the signing of the Élysée Treaty
- 26 January – the Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment by the German government recommends Germany to entirely phase out and shut down coal-fired plants on its territory by 2038.
=February=
- 7 to 17 February – The annual 69th Berlin International Film Festival takes place, with French actress Juliette Binoche as the Jury President. The Golden Bear is awarded to Israeli-French film Synonyms, directed by Nadav Lapid.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/berlin-film-festival-2019-award-winners-1203141753/ |title=Berlin Film Festival 2019: Nadav Lapid's 'Synonyms' Wins Golden Bear | first=Ed | last=Meza | date=16 February 2019 | magazine=Variety |access-date=7 June 2020}}
- 21 February: A German court fines two ex-employers of German gun maker Heckler & Koch for illegal gun sales to Mexico.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47316445?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/crr7mlg0vr2t/mexico&link_location=live-reporting-story|title=Heckler & Koch fined for illegal gun sales to Mexico|date=21 February 2019|access-date=1 April 2019|work=BBC News}}
=May=
- 26 May - 2019 Bremen state election
- 26 May - 2019 European Parliament election in Germany
=June=
- 2 June – Murder of Walter Lübcke, a German politician and a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany who is found shot in the head at close range on the terrace of his residence.{{cite news |title=German politician Lübcke shot in head at close range |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48496972 |access-date=5 June 2019 |date=3 June 2019|publisher=BBC}}
=July=
=September=
- 1 September -
- 2019 Brandenburg state election The SPD declines 5.7% with 26.2% of the vote and AfD becomes the second largest party in Brandenburg with 23.5%.
- 2019 Saxony state election The CDU declines 7.3% with 32.1% of the vote and AfD becomes the second largest party in Saxony with 27.5%.
- 5 September - The (NPD) National Democratic Party of Germany Stefan Jagsch becomes the Mayor of the Waldsiedlung. The unanimous election of the NPD politician in the local council shocks other parties including Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), whose local council members voted for Jagsch.{{cite web | url=https://www.european-views.com/2019/09/far-right-politicians-election-as-town-council-head-shocks-germanys-mainstream-parties/ | title= Far-Right Politician's Election as Town Council Head Shocks Germany's Mainstream Parties | date=7 September 2019 | publisher=European Views | access-date=7 June 2020 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-merkel-party-colleagues-elect-far-right-extremist-to-local-council/a-50340079 | title=Germany: Merkel party colleagues elect far-right extremist to local council | date=7 September 2019 | first=Ben | last=Knight | publisher=Deutsche Welle | access-date=7 June 2020 }}
=October=
- 9 October — Halle synagogue shooting
- 27 October — 2019 Thuringian state election: The Die Linke wins the election with 31.0% of the vote, the AfD becomes the second largest party in Thuringia with 23.4% of the vote.
=November=
- 25 November — 2019 Dresden heist
Deaths
= January =
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- 1 January –
- Bernd Kröplin, engineer and academic (b. 1944).{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuttgart-gedenkt.de/traueranzeige/bernd-helmut-kroeplin|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110234955/https://www.stuttgart-gedenkt.de/mobil/traueranzeige/bernd-helmut-kroeplin|url-status=dead|title=Traueranzeigen von Bernd-Helmut Kröplin | stuttgart-gedenkt.de|archivedate=10 January 2019|website=www.stuttgart-gedenkt.de}}
- {{ill|Arno Sames|de}}, German theologist and church historian (b. 1937).{{cite web|url= https://www.vereinigte-domstifter.de/de/stiftung/vereinigte-domstifter/ |title=Trauer um Domherr Prof. Dr. Arno Sames | language = de |website = vereinigte-domstifter.de |access-date=5 January 2019 }}
- 2 January –
- {{ill|Eckhart Dietz|de}}, German sculptor (b. 1933).{{cite web|url= https://remszeitung.de/2019/1/3/eckhart-dietz-mit-85-jahren-gestorben/ |title=Eckhart Dietz mit 85 Jahren gestorben | language = de |website =remszeitung.de |date=3 January 2019 |access-date=5 January 2019 }}
- {{ill|Karl Sewart|de}}, German writer (b. 1933).{{cite web|url= https://gedenken.freiepresse.de/traueranzeige/karl-sewart |title=Karl Sewart | language = de |website = gedenken.freiepresse.de |access-date=5 January 2019 }}
- 3 January – Wulf Steinmann, physicist (b. 1930).{{Cite web|url=https://trauer.sueddeutsche.de/traueranzeige/wulf-steinmann|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113012357/https://trauer.sueddeutsche.de/traueranzeige/wulf-steinmann|url-status=dead|title=Traueranzeigen von Wulf Steinmann | SZ-Gedenken.de|archivedate=13 January 2019|website=trauer.sueddeutsche.de}}
- 6 January –
- Gebhardt von Moltke, diplomat (b. 1938).{{Cite web|url=https://trauer.tagesspiegel.de/traueranzeige/gebhardt-vonmoltke|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121112/https://trauer.tagesspiegel.de/traueranzeige/gebhardt-vonmoltke|url-status=dead|title=Traueranzeigen von Gebhardt von Moltke | Tagesspiegel Trauer|archivedate=19 January 2019|website=trauer.tagesspiegel.de}}
- Gustav Andreas Tammann, astronomer (b. 1932).{{Cite web|url=https://trauer.nzz.ch/traueranzeige/gustavalfredandreas-tammann-jundt|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110183345/https://trauer.nzz.ch/traueranzeige/gustavalfredandreas-tammann-jundt|url-status=dead|title=Traueranzeigen von Gustav Alfred Andreas Tammann-Jundt | trauer.nzz.ch|archivedate=10 January 2019|website=trauer.nzz.ch}}
- 7 January – Helmut Berding, historian (b. 1930).{{Cite web|url=https://trauer.mittelhessen.de/traueranzeige/helmut-berding|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128141131/https://trauer.mittelhessen.de/todesanzeige/helmut-berding|url-status=dead|title=Traueranzeigen von Helmut Berding | trauer.mittelhessen.de|archivedate=28 January 2019|website=trauer.mittelhessen.de}}
- 8 January – Giorgio Zur, Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio (b. 1930).{{Cite web |url=http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bzur.html |title=Archbishop Giorgio Zur |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-date=17 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117232631/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bzur.html |url-status=live }}
- 10 January –
- Theo Adam, opera singer (b. 1926).{{Cite web |url=https://www.apnews.com/42afe68d9a2346d3bd2167965945d56e |title=German opera singer Theo Adam dies at 92 |website=Associated Press |date=11 January 2019 |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101233/https://www.apnews.com/42afe68d9a2346d3bd2167965945d56e |url-status=live }}
- Gerd Jaeger, sculptor and painter (b. 1927).{{Cite web|url=https://www.sz-trauer.de/traueranzeige/prof-gerd-jaeger/54674619|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112194928/https://www.sz-trauer.de/traueranzeige/prof-gerd-jaeger/54674619|url-status=dead|title=Prof. Gerd Jaeger : Traueranzeige : Sächsische Zeitung|archivedate=12 January 2019|website=www.sz-trauer.de}}
- 13 January – Susanne Neumann, author and trade unionist (b. 1959).{{Cite web|url=https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2F2019%2F04%2Fsusanne-neumann-autorin-gewerkschaftlerin-spd-kritik-nachruf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122044337/https://www.zeit.de/2019/04/susanne-neumann-autorin-gewerkschaftlerin-spd-kritik-nachruf|url-status=dead|title=ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl.|archivedate=22 January 2019|website=www.zeit.de}}
- 14 January – Rainer Stadelmann, egyptologist (b. 1933).{{Cite web |url=https://www.dainst.org/en/ergebnis/-/asset_publisher/NZrOgZ37QcYu/content/nachruf-rainer-stadelmann |title=Orbituary Prof. Dr. Rainer Stadelmann |access-date=19 January 2019 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121114/https://www.dainst.org/en/ergebnis/-/asset_publisher/NZrOgZ37QcYu/content/nachruf-rainer-stadelmann |url-status=live }}
- 16 January – Mirjam Pressler, writer (b. 1940).{{Cite web|url=https://buchmarkt.de/menschen/mirjam-pressler/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117013311/https://www.buchmarkt.de/menschen/mirjam-pressler/|url-status=dead|title=Mirjam Pressler | BuchMarkt|date=16 January 2019|archivedate=17 January 2019|website=buchmarkt.de}}
- 20 January – Klaus Enders, sidecar racer, World Champion (b. 1937).{{Cite web |url=http://www.fim-live.com/en/article/death-of-klaus-enders/ |title=Death of Klaus Enders |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-date=26 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126000908/http://www.fim-live.com/en/article/death-of-klaus-enders/ |url-status=live }}
- 21 January – Lothar Kobluhn, footballer (b. 1943).{{Cite web |url=https://www.therahnuma.com/former-bundesliga-top-scorer-kobluhn-dies-aged-75/ |title=Former Bundesliga top scorer Kobluhn dies aged 75 |date=3 February 2019 |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729072512/https://www.therahnuma.com/former-bundesliga-top-scorer-kobluhn-dies-aged-75/ |url-status=live }}
- 22 January – Wolfgang Thonke, military officer (b. 1938).{{Cite web|url=https://trauer.moz.de/traueranzeige/wolfgang-tonke|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130000208/https://trauer.moz.de/todesanzeige/wolfgang-tonke|url-status=dead|title=Traueranzeigen von Wolfgang Tonke | Märkische Onlinezeitung Trauerportal|archivedate=30 January 2019|website=trauer.moz.de}}
- 27 January – Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau, socialite (b. 1958).{{Cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1079228/Maya-von-Schoenburg-dead-cause-of-death-Bill-Clinton-Hilary-Clinton-husband-latest-news |title=Maya von Schoenburg dead: Socialite and friend of the Clintons dies aged 60 from cancer |date=29 January 2019 |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-date=3 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203213220/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1079228/Maya-von-Schoenburg-dead-cause-of-death-Bill-Clinton-Hilary-Clinton-husband-latest-news |url-status=live }}
- 29 January – Alf Lüdtke, historian (b. 1943).{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-erfurt.de/forschung/aktuelles/forschungsblog-wortmelder|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095201/https://aktuell.uni-erfurt.de/2019/01/31/trauer-um-prof-dr-alf-luedtke/|url-status=dead|title=WortMelder. Der Forschungsblog der Universität Erfurt|first=Universität|last=Erfurt|archivedate=2 February 2019|website=www.uni-erfurt.de}}
= February =
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- 1 February – Ursula Karusseit, actress (b. 1939){{Cite news |last=ONLINE |first=ZEIT |date=2019-02-01 |title=DDR-Schauspielerin: Ursula Karusseit ist tot |url=https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2019-02/ddr-schauspielerin-ursula-krausseit-tot-in-aller-freundschaft |access-date=2024-11-14 |work=Die Zeit |language=de-DE |issn=0044-2070}}
- 2 February – William Davis, German-born British journalist (BBC) (b. 1933){{Cite news |date=2019-02-03 |title=William Davis: 'Pioneering' ex-BBC journalist dies aged 85 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47110167 |access-date=2024-11-14 |language=en-GB}}
- 4 February –
- {{ill|Hermann Graml|de}}, historian (b. 1928)
- Leonie Ossowski, writer (Zwei Mütter) (b. 1925)
- 6 February –
- Rudi Assauer, football player and coach (b. 1944)
- Manfred Eigen, biophysical chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
- 7 February –
- Heidi Mohr, footballer (TuS Niederkirchen, TuS Ahrbach, national team) (b. 1967)
- Jörg Schönbohm, military officer and politician, Inspector of the Army, and Deputy Minister President of Brandenburg (b. 1937)
- 8 February –
- Seweryn Bialer, German-born American political scientist (b. 1926)
- Kurt Sommerlatt, football player (Karlsruher SC, Bayern Munich) and manager (Borussia Neunkirchen). (b. 1928)
- 9 February – Katharina Lindner, German-born Scottish footballer (Glasgow City F.C.) (b. 1979)
- 10 February –
- Heinz Fütterer, sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1931)
- Maximilian Reinelt, rower, Olympic champion and silver medalist (b. 1988)
- 12 February -
- Rolf Böhme, politician (b. 1934)
- Christoph Broelsch, surgeon (b. 1944)
- Georg Jann, organ builder (b. 1934)
- 15 February - Erika Simon, archaeologist (b. 1927){{Cite web |title=Erika Simon verstorben |url=https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/news/detail/news/erika-simon-verstorben/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=www.uni-wuerzburg.de |language=en}}
- 16 February – Bruno Ganz, German-speaking Swiss actor (b. 1941)
- 19 February – Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer (b. 1933)
- 20 February –
- Peter Rüchel, music journalist and founder of Rockpalast (b. 1937)
- Ekkehard Wlaschiha, operatic baritone, Grammy winner (b. 1938)
- 21 February – Hilde Zadek, soprano (b. 1917){{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalist |title=Hilde Zadek, Mainstay of the Vienna State Opera, Dies at 101 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/obituaries/hilde-zadek-dead-at-101.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190225060650/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/obituaries/hilde-zadek-dead-at-101.html |archive-date=25 February 2019 |work=The New York Times}}
- 24 February - Lothar Zenetti, theologian (b. 1926)
- 25 February - Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, judge (b. 1933)
- 28 February - André Previn, German-born American composer (b. 1929)
= March =
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- 2 March - Arnulf Baring, German lawyer, historian, journalist and political scientist (born 1932)
- 4 March – Klaus Kinkel, German civil servant, lawyer, and politician (born 1936)
- 13 March - Andrea Pollack, German butterfly swimmer (born 1961)
- 15 March – Okwui Enwezor, Nigerian curator, art critic, writer, poet, and educator (born 1963)
= April =
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- 2 April – Rosemarie Springer, German Olympic equestrian (b. 1920){{Cite web|url=https://www.pferd-aktuell.de/fn/newsticker/personalia/rosemarie-springer-verstorben-|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403204227/https://www.pferd-aktuell.de/fn/newsticker/personalia/rosemarie-springer-verstorben-|url-status=dead|title=Rosemarie Springer verstorben|archivedate=3 April 2019}}
- 19 April
- Martin Böttcher, German composer, arranger and conductor (b. 1927{{Cite web|url=https://www.tt.com/artikel/15566866/winnetou-komponist-martin-boettcher-gestorben|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427214016/https://www.tt.com/ticker/15566866/winnetou-komponist-martin-boettcher-gestorben|url-status=dead|title=Winnetou-Komponist Martin Böttcher gestorben|date=21 April 2019|archivedate=27 April 2019|website=Tiroler Tageszeitung Online}}
- Verena Wagner Lafferentz, German associate of Adolf Hitler (b. 1920){{Cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/buehne-konzert/article192321895/Verena-Lafferentz-Die-letzte-Enkelin-Richard-Wagners-ist-gestorben.html |title=Sie war die letzte Enkelin von Richard Wagner |newspaper=Die Welt |date=23 April 2019 |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=8 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508212942/https://www.welt.de/kultur/buehne-konzert/article192321895/Verena-Lafferentz-Die-letzte-Enkelin-Richard-Wagners-ist-gestorben.html |url-status=live |last1=Brug |first1=Manuel }}
- 21 April – Hannelore Elsner, German actress (b. 1942){{Cite web|url=https://www.stol.it/artikel/chronik/hannelore-elsner-ist-tot|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20190427140521/https://www.stol.it/Artikel/Chronik-im-Ueberblick/Chronik/Hannelore-Elsner-ist-tot|url-status=dead|title=Hannelore Elsner ist tot|archivedate=27 April 2019|website=stol.it}}
- 25 April – Michael Wolf, German photographer (b. 1954){{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hong-kong-michael-wolf-style-scli-intl/index.html |title=Photographer Michael Wolf, chronicler of Hong Kong's high-density living, dies |website=CNN |date=26 April 2019 |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426184146/https://www.cnn.com/style/article/hong-kong-michael-wolf-style-scli-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}
- 26 April – Ellen Schwiers, German actress (b. 1930){{Cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/ellen-schwiers-schauspielerin-1.4423397|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427214627/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/ellen-schwiers-schauspielerin-1.4423397|url-status=dead|title=Ellen Schwiers ist tot|first=Süddeutsche|last=Zeitung|archivedate=27 April 2019|website=Süddeutsche.de}}
= May =
- 1 May - Beatrix Philipp, German politician (born 1945)
- 7 May - Georg Katzer, German composer (born 1935)
- 7 May - Michael Wessing, German javelin thrower (born 1952)
- 8 May - Jens Beutel, German politician (born 1946)
- 10 May - Paul-Werner Scheele, German Roman Catholic bishop (born 1928)
- 10 May - Anatol Herzfeld, German sculptor (born 1931)
- 13 May - Jörg Kastendiek, German politician (born 1964)
- 14 May - Remig Stumpf, German cyclist (born 1966)
=June =
- 2 June – Walter Lübcke, German politician (b. 1953)
- 3 June – Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg, German royal (b. 1918){{CN|date=December 2024}}
- 8 June - Karl Hurm, German painter (b. 1930)
- 13 June - Wilhelm Wieben, German television moderator (born 1935)
- 15 June - Heinrich Lummer, German politician (b. 1932)
- 16 June - Rolf von Sydow, German film director (b. 1924)
- 20 June - Wibke Bruhns, German journalist (born 1938){{Cite web |last=deutschlandfunkkultur.de |date=2019-06-21 |title=Die erste Nachrichtensprecherin - Die Journalistin Wibke Bruhns ist tot |url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/die-erste-nachrichtensprecherin-die-journalistin-wibke-100.html |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Deutschlandfunk Kultur |language=de}}
- 28 June - Lisa Martinek, German actress (born 1972){{Cite news |date=2019-06-30 |title=Lisa Martinek ist tot: Schauspielerin unerwartet verstorben |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/lisa-martinek-ist-tot-schauspielerin-unerwartet-verstorben-a-1275097.html |access-date=2024-11-14 |work=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349}}
= July =
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- 2 July - Lis Verhoeven, German actress (born 1931){{Cite web |date=2019-07-05 |title=Lis Verhoeven: Schauspielerin und Regisseurin ist tot |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/lis-verhoeven-schauspielerin-und-regisseurin-ist-tot-li.22956 |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Berliner Zeitung |language=de}}
- 7 July – Artur Brauner, Polish-born German film producer (b. 1918){{Cite web|url=https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitrag/2019/07/artur-brauner-tot-filmproduzent-berlin.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213151951/https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitrag/2019/07/artur-brauner-tot-filmproduzent-berlin.html|url-status=dead|title=Mit 100 Jahren Medienbericht: Berliner Filmproduzent Artur Brauner tot|archivedate=13 December 2019}}
- 22 July - Brigitte Kronauer, German writer (born 1940){{Cite web |date=2019-07-23 |title=Brigitte Kronauer ist tot: Schriftstellerinnen der Nachkriegszeit |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/autoren/brigitte-kronauer-ist-tot-schriftstellerinnen-der-nachkriegszeit-16298673.html |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=FAZ.NET |language=de}}
= August =
- 7 August - Helmut Bez, German writer (born 1930)
- 26 August - Helmut Krauss, German actor (born 1941)
- 30 August - Udo Schaefer, German writer, jurist and theologian of Bahai (born 1926)
= September =
- 2 September - Tom Zickler, German film producer (born 1964)
- 3 September - Peter Lindbergh, German fashion photographer (born 1944)
- 9 September - Lissy Gröner, German politician (born 1954){{Cite web |title=ASF: Nachruf auf Lissy Gröner |url=https://www.spd.de/service/pressemitteilungen/detail/news/asf-nachruf-auf-lissy-groener/11/09/2019/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) |language=de}}
- 21 September - Sigmund Jähn, German cosmonaut and pilot (born 1937)
= October =
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- 9 October - Inge Hecht, German politician (born 1947){{Cite web |title=Abgeordnete(r) Inge Hecht |url=https://www.bayern.landtag.de/abgeordnete/abgeordnete-von-a-z/profil/inge-hecht/ |access-date=4 April 2025 |website=Landtag of Bavaria |language=de}}
- 14 October - Anke Fuchs, German politician (born 1937)
- 19 October - Erhard Eppler German politician (born 1926)
- October - Volker Hinz, German photograph (born 1947)
= November =
- 2 November - Norbert Eder, German footballer (born 1955)
- 16 November - Walter Freiwald, German television moderator (born 1954)
= December =
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- 2 December - Johann Baptist Metz, German Roman Catholic theologian and priest (born 1928)
- 7 December - Herbert Joos, German jazz trumpeter and graphic designer (born 1940)
- 17 December - Karin Balzer, German hurdler (born 1938){{Cite web |title=1964 Olympic 80m hurdles champion Balzer dies{{!}} News |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/iaaf-news/karin-balzer-obituary |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=worldathletics.org |language=en}}
- 20 December - Hermann L. Gremliza, German journalist (born 1940)
- 20 December - Roland Matthes, German swimmer (born 1950)
- 29 December - Manfred Stolpe, German politician (born 1936)
- 30 December - Jan Fedder, German actor (born 1955)
- 30 December - Harry Kupfer, German opera director and academic.(born 1935)
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