2021 in Germany

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

== Ongoing ==

• COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

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• 4 January – The COVID-19 lockdown is extended until 31 January.{{Cite news|last=Rinke|first=Andreas|date=2021-01-04|title=Corona-Lockdown wird wohl bis Ende Januar verlängert|language=de|trans-title=The Corona-lockdown will probably be extended till the end of January|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/virus-deutschland-idDEKBN29914E|access-date=2021-01-06}}{{Cite web|last=Beswick|first=Emma|date=2021-01-05|title=Germany extends and tightens lockdown restrictions to January 31|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/01/05/coronavirus-germany-poised-to-extend-nationwide-lockdown-amid-high-infections-and-deaths|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-06|website=Euronews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105161857/https://www.euronews.com/2021/01/05/coronavirus-germany-poised-to-extend-nationwide-lockdown-amid-high-infections-and-deaths |archive-date=5 January 2021 }}
• 15/16 January {{snd}} January 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election

• 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56250460 |title=Germany to spy on far-right AfD party, reports say |date=4 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-places-entire-far-right-afd-under-surveillance-reports/a-56757489|title=Germany places entire far-right AfD under surveillance — reports|date=3 March 2021|publisher=Deutsche Welle}}
• 14 March
• 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election
• 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
• 2021 Hessian local elections

• 6 June {{snd}} 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election
• 25 June {{snd}} 2021 Würzburg stabbing

• 12 July {{snd}} the 2021 European floods began
• 27 July {{snd}} 2021 Leverkusen explosion

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

• 4/16 December {{snd}} December 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election

==Deaths==

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• 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)

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

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

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

• 6 April – Hans Küng, Swiss-born priest and theologian (b. 1928)
• 24 April – Christa Ludwig, German soprano (b. 1928){{cite news |last1=Millington |first1=Barry |title=Christa Ludwig obituary |work=the Guardian |date=26 April 2021 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/26/christa-ludwig-obituary |access-date=26 October 2021}}

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

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

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• 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)

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

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• 12 August – Kurt Biedenkopf, German politician (b. 1930)
• 15 August – Gerd Müller, German footballer (b. 1945)
• 27 August – Heide Keller, German actress (b. 1939)

• 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)

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

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

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

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