2024 in Germany

{{Further|German order of precedence}}

• President – Frank-Walter Steinmeier
• President of the Bundestag – Bärbel Bas
• Chancellor – Olaf Scholz
• President of the German Bundesrat:{{efn|The President of the Bundesrat, the speaker of the Bundesrat, a federal legislative chamber, in which the governments of the sixteen German states are represented. The president of the Bundesrat is ex officio also deputy to the President of Germany (Basic Law, Article 57), thus becomes first in the order, while acting on behalf of the President or while acting as head of state during a vacancy of the presidency.}}
• Manuela Schwesig (until 1 November 2024)
• Anke Rehlinger (from 1 November 2024)
• President of the Federal Constitutional Court – Stephan Harbarth

• 5 January – Four people are killed and others are injured during a fire at a hospital in Uelzen.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-05 |title=4 patients die after a fire breaks out at a hospital in northern Germany |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-hospital-fire-uelzen-98980d17291761080fb9215fb400df4b |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 8 January – Farmers block highway access roads in parts of Germany, launching a week of protests against a government plan to remove tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture.{{Cite news |date=2024-01-08 |title=German farmers blockade Berlin with tractors in subsidy row |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67911739 |access-date=2024-01-09 |language=en-GB}}
• 10 January – Protests are held across Germany calling for a ban of Alternative for Germany in the wake of the 2023 Potsdam far-right meeting.{{Cite web |date=20 January 2024 |title=Tens of thousands protest in Germany against the far-right |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/20/tens-of-thousands-protest-in-germany-against-far-right-party |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120183504/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/20/tens-of-thousands-protest-in-germany-against-far-right-party |archive-date=20 January 2024 |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Tanno |first=Sophie |date=2024-01-20 |title=Germany's far-right AfD face mounting protests over plan to deport migrants |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/20/europe/germany-protests-far-right-afd-migrant-deportation-plan-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=20 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120192349/https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/20/europe/germany-protests-far-right-afd-migrant-deportation-plan-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}
• 10–28 January – 2024 European Men's Handball Championship{{cite web |url=https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/men/2024/news/en/enjoy-more-than-handball-at-men-s-ehf-euro-2024-in-berlin/ |title=Enjoy More Than Handball at Men's EHF Euro 2024 in Berlin|website =European Handball Federation |date=2 November 2023|access-date=6 November 2023}}
• 23 January
• The Federal Constitutional Court rules that the far-right minor party Die Heimat (The Homeland), formerly the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), should not get state funding.{{cite web | url=https://www.dw.com/en/top-german-court-strips-financing-of-extreme-right-party/a-68060445 | title=Top German court strips financing of extreme-right party | website=Deutsche Welle }}{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/23/german-court-cuts-funding-to-radical-far-right-party | title=German court cuts funding to hardline far-right party }}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/23/german-court-ruling-sparks-calls-to-stop-state-funding-for-far-right-afd | title=German court ruling sparks calls to stop state funding for far-right AfD | newspaper=The Guardian | date=23 January 2024 | last1=Connolly | first1=Kate }}{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-afd-protest-top-court-bans-state-funding-for-right-wing-extremist-party/ | title=German court bans funding for extreme-right party, fueling debate on AfD | date=23 January 2024 }}
• Germany announces that it will donate six SH-3 Sea King helicopters to the Ukrainian Air Force to help it patrol the Black Sea.{{Cite web |last1=Security |first1=Ellie Cook |last2=Reporter |first2=Defense |date=2024-01-24 |title=Ukraine gets helicopter boost in battle against Russia's Black Sea fleet |url=https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-sea-king-helicopter-russia-black-sea-germany-military-aid-1863454 |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}

• 2 February – In the Bundestag, left wing MPs reorganise into the new BSW group and The Left group.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-05 |title=Die Linke und BSW vom Plenum als Gruppen anerkannt |url=https://www.mitmischen.de/parlament/innenpolitik/gruppenstatus-fuer-die-linke-und-bsw |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=mitmischen.de |language=de}}
• 8–11 February – 2024 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship in Berlin{{cite web|url=https://eurohockey.org/venues-for-2024-confirmed |title=EuroHockey Indoor Championship venues for 2024 confirmed – Updated |website=EuroHockey|publisher=European Hockey Federation|date=4 October 2023|access-date=6 November 2023}}
• 14 February – Following protests and blockades by farmers, Alliance 90/The Greens cancels their annual event for Ash Wednesday due to security concerns.{{Cite news |date=14 February 2024 |title=Wegen Blockaden von Landwirten: Grüne müssen Politischen Aschermittwoch absagen |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gruene-aschermittwoch-biberach-abgesagt-100.html |access-date=9 July 2024 |work=Tagesschau}}
• 23 February – The Bundestag legalises recreational usage of cannabis for adults, making Germany the third European country to do so after Luxembourg and Malta.{{Cite web |last=Schmidt |first=Nadine |date=2024-02-23 |title=Germany legalizes recreational cannabis use |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/23/europe/germany-cannabis-legal-parliament-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=CNN |language=en}}

• 1 March – A soldier kills four people during a spree shooting in Scheeßel and Bothel in Lower Saxony before being detained.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-01 |title=A soldier turns himself in shortly after 4 people are killed in shootings in Germany |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-shooting-soldier-suspect-bd86b32ed349291cd37517cbb8c15b57 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 4 March
• Four people are killed and 21 others are injured in a fire at a nursing home in Bedburg-Hau, North Rhine-Westphalia.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=4 people are dead and at least 21 injured in a nursing home fire in western Germany |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-nursing-home-fire-deaths-01f5da7db6fc8a835f1e667d23faa197 |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• German police surround Luisenhospital in Aachen after an armed woman barricades herself inside a room. The woman is later arrested.{{Cite web |last1=Scarsi |first1= Alice|first2= Victoria|last2=Chessum |date=2024-03-04 |title='Hostage' incident at German hospital sparks major evacuation |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1873587/aachen-siege-live-hostages-taken-germany |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}}
• 19 March – Austrian far-right political activist, and leader of the Identitarian Movement of Austria Martin Sellner is banned from entering Germany for three years.{{cite news |title=Martin Sellner: Far-right Austrian banned from Germany |url=https://www.dw.com/en/martin-sellner-far-right-austrian-banned-from-germany/a-68616710 |access-date=19 March 2024 |work=DW |date=19 March 2024}}{{cite news |last=Henley |first=Jon |title=Far-right Austrian nationalist banned from Germany after neo-Nazi meeting |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/far-right-austrian-nationalist-banned-from-germany-after-addressing-neo-nazi-meeting |access-date=19 March 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=19 March 2024}}
• 22 March – The Bundesrat approves a partial legalization of cannabis in Germany, set to come into effect on 1 April.{{Cite web |title=Germany approves partial legalization of cannabis from April |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-approves-partial-legalization-of-cannabis-from-april/a-68641043 |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• 27 March – At least five people are killed and 20 more injured after a double-decker FlixBus overturns and falls near Leipzig.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Doden en gewonden bij ongeluk Flixbus bij Leipzig |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2514397-doden-en-gewonden-bij-ongeluk-flixbus-bij-leipzig |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}}

• 14 April – In association football, Bayer 04 Leverkusen win their first Bundesliga title.{{Cite news |title=Bayer Leverkusen wins first Bundesliga title, ending Bayern Munich's 11-year reign |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/bayer-leverkusen-wins-bundesliga-title-ending-bayern-munichs-109220381 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=ABC News |language=en}}
• 18 April – Two German-Russian nationals are arrested for an alleged military sabotage plot on behalf of Russia in an effort to undermine military support for Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2024 |title=Germany arrests two for alleged military sabotage plot on behalf of Russia |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-arrests-two-alleged-military-sabotage-plot-behalf-russia-2024-04-18/ }}
• 27 April – More than 1,000 Islamists protest in Hamburg for a Caliphate and Sharia law in Germany.{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-olaf-scholz-calls-consequences-following-islamist-rally/ | title=Germany's Scholz calls for 'consequences' following Islamist rally | date=29 April 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/04/30/german-chancellor-scholz-says-islamist-rally-will-be-met-with-consequences | title=German chancellor says Islamist rally will be met with 'consequences' | date=30 April 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.jpost.com/international/article-798989 | title=Islamist group slams democratic values, rallies thousands in Germany | date=28 April 2024 }}

• 4 May – Member of the European Parliament Matthias Ecke is "seriously injured" following what is suspected to be a politically motivated attack in Dresden.{{Cite web |date=May 4, 2024 |title=Germany denounces rising political violence after MEP seriously hurt |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-denounces-rising-political-violence-after-mep-seriously-hurt-2024-05-04/ }}
• 7 May – Deputy mayor of Berlin Franziska Giffey is injured after being bludgeoned with a bag containing a heavy item.{{cite news |last1=Grieshaber |first1=Kirsten |title=Another German politician is attacked as concerns rise over violence ahead of EU elections in June |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-election-violence-eu-4d09d90a6cc380aacf62ca4a69af1a64 |access-date=6 June 2024 |work=Associated Press |date=8 May 2024 |language=en}}
• 10 May – 800 protesters storm the Tesla plant in Grünheide in protest of the company's expansion's impact on the environment.{{Cite web |date=May 10, 2024 |title=Protesters attempt to storm Tesla German plant, clash with police |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/protesters-attempt-storm-tesla-german-plant-clash-with-police-2024-05-10/ }}
• 13 May – A high court in Münster upholds the designation and surveillance of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a "suspected" far-right extremist organization.{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2024 |title=German court upholds AfD 'suspected' extremist status |website=DW |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-court-upholds-afd-suspected-extremist-status/a-69060959}}
• 14 May – Björn Höcke, the leader of the AfD in Thuringia is fined by a court for using the Nazi slogan "Everything for Germany".{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.eu/article/german-far-right-leader-found-guilty-of-using-banned-nazi-slogan-bjorn-hocke-afd-alternative-for-germany-thuringia/ | title=German far-right leader intentionally used banned Nazi slogan, court rules | date=14 May 2024 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-69012813 | title=German far-right politician Björn Höcke guilty of using Nazi slogan | date=14 May 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/14/court-convicts-german-far-right-figure-bjorn-hocke-for-using-nazi-slogan | title=German court fines far-right figure Bjorn Hocke for using Nazi slogan }}
• 16 May – Three people are killed in a fire at a residential building in Düsseldorf.{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2024 |title=Fire at a residential building in Germany leaves 3 people dead and 2 with grave injuries |website=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-fire-duesseldorf-3f1c13a430919ca469ae4287bd7fe2ec}}
• 21 May
• The trial for members of the Reichsbürger movement involved in the 2022 German coup d'état plot begins in Frankfurt.{{Cite web |date=May 21, 2024 |title='Slightly crazy' German group on trial for coup plot |website=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6pp5g7n866o}}
• Jenny Erpenbeck wins the International Booker Prize for her novel Kairos, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann.{{Cite news |last=Creamer |first=Ella |date=2024-05-21 |title=Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker prize |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/21/jenny-erpenbeck-michael-hofmann-win-2024-international-booker-prize-kairos |access-date=2024-05-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
• 22 May – The AfD bans Maximilian Krah, its leading candidate in the European parliament elections, from further activities due to his comments defending members of the Schutzstaffel.{{Cite web |title=Germany's AfD bans top candidate from EU poll events over Nazi comments |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/22/germanys-afd-bans-top-candidate-from-eu-poll-events-over-nazi-comments |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
• 23 May – The AfD is expelled from the Identity and Democracy grouping in the European Parliament in response to Maximilian Krah's comments on the Schutzstaffel.{{Cite web |title=Far-right grouping in European Parliament expels high-flying Alternative for Germany party |url=https://apnews.com/article/europe-germany-farright-maximilan-krah-aff50d1657ef6a079ba88a2e83db1fc4 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Associated Press |date=23 May 2024 |language=en}}
• 24 May – Two people are arrested on suspicion of plotting a knife attack on a synagogue in Heidelberg.{{Cite web |title=German authorities arrest 2 men suspected of plotting a knife attack at a synagogue |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-men-arrested-synagogue-attack-heidelberg-961895120bb1b4b5e8263e6a95d46829 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Associated Press |date=24 May 2024 |language=en}}
• 27 May – A court in Düsseldorf convicts and sentences a Bundeswehr captain to 3.5 years imprisonment for spying for Russia.{{Cite web |title=German military officer convicted of spying for Russia, sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-russia-spying-military-officer-305ee23eb4677f3215c9e3560945a0d9 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Associated Press |date=27 May 2024 |language=en}}
• 31 May – 2024 Mannheim stabbing: A police officer is killed while five people, including far-right activist Michael Stürzenberger, are injured in a knife attack in Mannheim.{{Cite web |title=German police officer dies of wounds suffered in knife attack |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-mannheim-stabbing-police-officer-death-a66c14970a53464aff0c1c77a7196481 |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=2 June 2024 |language=en}} The suspected attacker, identified as a 25-year-old Afghan refugee named Sulaiman A., is shot and injured by police.{{Cite web |title=German anti-Islam activist injured in knife attack |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckmm4lgm0l4o |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=BBC |date=31 May 2024 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=31 May 2024 |title=Ermittler halten islamistisches Motiv für wahrscheinlich |trans-title=Investigators believe Islamist motive is likely |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/mannheim-ermittler-halten-islamistisches-motiv-fuer-wahrscheinlich-a-025a18eb-e1a5-4313-8f19-bed4538f2d52 |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349 |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531172053/https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/mannheim-ermittler-halten-islamistisches-motiv-fuer-wahrscheinlich-a-025a18eb-e1a5-4313-8f19-bed4538f2d52 |url-status=live }}

• 1–5 June – At least six people are killed during floods in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.{{Cite web |title=Germany's deadly floods spread along Danube |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wwdzwj93mo |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=BBC |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Death toll from floods across southern Germany rises to 6 |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-flooding-victims-bavaria-f945b8f07838e717032a5a5f7d4a2e55 |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=5 June 2024 |language=en}}
• 1 June – A long-distance train carrying 185 passengers derails after the ground under a section of railway gives way near Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg. No injuries are reported.{{Cite web |title=A firefighter dies and a long-distance train derails amid heavy rains and flooding in Germany |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-flooding-bavaria-fa24d1e1539154aef59de12de64f42e4 |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=2 June 2024 |language=en}}
• 4 June – An AfD candidate for state elections in Baden-Württemberg is injured in a stabbing attack in Mannheim.{{Cite web |title=A member of a German far-right party stabbed and wounded in another attack on a politician |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-stabbing-afd-candidate-f47351d3a3d092c61ebe51206d425eea |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=5 June 2024 |language=en}}
• 6 June – A group of protesters on their way to an antifascist demonstration are attacked by a group of 15-20 alleged neo-Nazis at Berlin Ostkreuz. Two people are hospitalised due to head injuries.{{Cite news |last=Peter |first=Erik |date=8 July 2024 |title=Neonazi-Attacke auf Antifas: Weg der Gewalt |url=https://taz.de/Neonazi-Attacke-auf-Antifas/!6019369/ |access-date=9 July 2024 |work=taz}}{{Cite news |last=Rothe |first=Alexander |date=8 July 2024 |title=Mutmaßlicher Neonazi-Angriff mit mehreren Verletzten |url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article406754487/mutmasslicher-neonazi-angriff-mit-mehreren-verletzten.html |access-date=9 July 2024 |work=Berliner Morgenpost}}
• 9 June
• 2024 European Parliament election in Germany: Conservative parties retain their plurality in the German contingent of the European Parliament.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-09 |title=Here's what happened in some key countries in the EU Parliament elections |url=https://apnews.com/article/european-election-key-countries-parliament-ee8e32f69bb8842ad365f54a2491e8a5 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Associated Press |language=en}} The AfD prevails in all five former East German states.{{cite web | url=https://www.dw.com/en/eu-elections-2024-afd-gains-ground-among-germanys-youth/video-69320840 | title=Far-right AfD strong in eastern Germany, among young voters |date=10 June 2024 | website=Deutsche Welle }}
• 2024 Hamburg borough elections
• 14 June
• One person is killed and three others are injured in a stabbing attack in Wolmirstedt, Saxony-Anhalt. The attacker is shot dead by police.{{Cite web |title=German police shoot to death an Afghan man who killed a compatriot, then attacked soccer fans |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-police-shot-afghan-man-wolmirstedt-657e090abaa251c345cbf4412225aa7a |access-date=15 June 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=15 June 2024 |language=en}}
• Germany vetoes a European Union sanction package that would prevent EU members from re-exporting Russian liquefied natural gas from EU ports and prevent EU companies from selling sanctioned products to Russia.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-14 |title=Germany blocks sanctions on Russian gas |url=https://kyivindependent.com/germany-blocks-sanctions-on-russian-gas/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}
• 16 June – One person is injured after being shot by police on suspicion of threatening them with a pickaxe and an incendiary device in Hamburg.{{Cite web |title=Euro 2024: Hamburg police fire shots at axe-wielding person at fan parade |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2024/6/16/hamburg-police-fire-shots-at-axe-wielding-person-at-euro-2024-fan-parade |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
• 17 June – Authorities announce the largest seizure of cocaine in Germany following raids in Düsseldorf and Hamburg in 2023 that yield 60.5 metric tons of the substance valued at 2.6 billion euros ($2.78 billion).{{Cite web |title=German investigators seize cocaine worth 2.6 billion euros, calling it their biggest find ever |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-cocaine-arrest-investigation-25dbc718f12ccdd52a5eb5c5b9e2408b |access-date=18 June 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=17 June 2024 |language=en}}
• 19 June – An Iraqi national is arrested in Esslingen am Neckar on suspicion of plotting to carry out attacks for Islamic State.{{Cite web |title=Germany arrests a man accused of standing by to carry out attacks for the Islamic State group |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-esslingen-islamic-state-extremist-arrest-dcc59f3cf9d21e391cfa94ea5326d1f0 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=20 June 2024 |language=en}}
• 23 June – A police officer is killed in a collision involving a car and a motorcycle escort of visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Stuttgart.{{Cite web |title=Police officer dies when driver collides with Hungarian leader's motorcade in Germany |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-hungary-orban-accident-police-officer-1ca3a68e860ea845ce09d665334298e0 |access-date=25 June 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=24 June 2024 |language=en}}
• 24 June – The AFD announces a local coalition with neofascist party Die Heimat in Lauchhammer, Brandenburg.{{Cite news |last=Müller |first=Ann-Kathrin |date=24 June 2024 |title=AfD gründet erste Fraktionen mit Neonazipartei |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/afd-gruendet-in-brandenburg-erste-fraktion-mit-die-heimat-ex-npd-a-f48d35cc-4113-4709-bc8c-081aae4de979 |access-date=9 July 2024 |work=Der Spiegel}}
• 26 June – Government ministers agree on legislation to expedite deportation for individuals who post or "like" social media content that celebrates or promotes terrorist acts.{{Cite web |title=Germany's new law backs deportations for terrorism praise |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-cabinet-backs-deportations-for-praise-of-terrorism/a-69480819 |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• 28 June – The Higher Regional Court of Cologne convicts a 15-year old boy of plotting to attack a Christmas market in Leverkusen with Islamic extremist motivations and sentences him to four years' imprisonment.{{Cite web |title=German court convicts a 15-year-old of planning an extremist attack on a Christmas market |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-attack-plot-leverkusen-trial-b180b00aa651259a24d652dc604c1153 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Associated Press |date=28 June 2024 |language=en}}
• 28 June – 23 year old antifascist activist Maja T. is ordered extradited to Hungary to face trial on charges of membership in a criminal organisation that wanted to attack right-wing extremist by a court in Berlin despite concerns over her safety as a genderqueer person in Hungary and despite an ongoing expedited procedure by the Federal Constitutional Court.{{Cite news |date=3 July 2024 |title=Fall Maja T.: Generalstaatsanwaltschaft verteidigt Auslieferung von mutmaßlicher Linksextremistin nach Ungarn |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/berlin/rbb-fall-maja-t--generalstaatsanwaltschaft-verteidigt-auslieferung-von-mutmasslicher-linksextremistin-nach-ungarn-100.html |access-date=9 July 2024 |work=Tagesschau}}
• 29 June – Over 100,000 protesters and 1,000 police officers clash at an AfD party conference in Essen.{{Cite web |title=Germany: AfD conference in Essen triggers violent protest clashes |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyx5yq7wy55o |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=BBC |date=29 June 2024 |language=en-GB}}

• 1 July – Björn Höcke, the leader of the AfD in Thuringia is fined by a court in Halle for again using the Nazi slogan "Everything for Germany".{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-far-right-politician-conviction-nazi-slogan-ccda2b9beef36efd124c2ae610681bf8 | title=German court convicts a prominent far-right politician for using a Nazi slogan again | date=1 July 2024 |work=Associated Press}} This is the second time fine on Höcke for the slogan.
• 3 July – Investigators in Germany and Sweden arrest eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity in Syria.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-03 |title=Germany, Sweden arrest eight over Syria crimes against humanity |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240703-germany-sweden-arrest-eight-over-syria-crimes-against-humanity |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
• 4 July – Germany summons Turkey's ambassador in Berlin in a tit-for-tat move over footballer Merih Demiral's wolf salute gesture while celebrating a goal at the UEFA Euro 2024.{{Cite web |last=Schmidt |first=Nadine |date=2024-07-04 |title=Germany summons Turkish ambassador as row erupts over alleged right-wing salute goal celebration at Euro 2024 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/sport/merih-demiral-celebration-controversy-turkey-euro-2024-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=CNN |language=en}}
• 5 July – The Cabinet of Germany agrees on a 2025 budget plan, averting collapse of the current cabinet following party disagreements and pressure from The Greens to forego its "debt brake" to increase emergency borrowing for military aid to Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-05 |title=German government averts crisis with budget agreement for Europe's largest economy |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-budget-agreement-stimulus-coalition-a95dbc1d92c70ee2c10e921b8a5e0762 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• 11 July – CNN reports that American and German intelligence foiled a Russian plot to assassinate Armin Papperger, the CEO of defence company Rheinmetall.{{Cite web |last=Pleitgen |first=Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand, Frederik |date=2024-07-11 |title=Exclusive: US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/us-germany-foiled-russian-assassination-plot/index.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=CNN |language=en}}
• 14 July
• Two people are killed and two others injured during a mass shooting believed to be connected to a domestic dispute at a home in Lautlingen, Baden-Württemberg. The gunman commits suicide.{{Cite web |date=July 14, 2024 |title=A shooting in Germany linked to a domestic dispute leaves 3 dead, 2 wounded |url=https://apnews.com/article/family-shooting-germany-5bb01d3c1571a7a37132a476db57a34e |work=Associated Press}}
• The UEFA Euro 2024 final takes place in Berlin, with Spain winning 2-1 over England.{{Cite web |date=July 14, 2024 |title='A good thing for football' - Spain's victory caps off perfect campaign |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cv2gvreml2ko |work=BBC}}
• A Lebanese national is arrested in Salzgitter on suspicion of procuring drone components for Hezbollah.{{Cite web |date=July 15, 2024 |title=German authorities arrest a Lebanese man accused of procuring drone components for Hezbollah |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-lebanese-arrest-hezbollah-drones-israel-eb6b4a02b29a95d2a57213e8e6b1e4c6 |work=Associated Press }}
• 15 July – NATO establishes a new command centre in Wiesbaden to plan and coordinate support for the Ukrainian military as part of the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-15 |title=NATO launches Ukraine command centre in Germany |url=https://www.euronews.com/2024/07/15/nato-launches-command-centre-for-ukraine-in-germany |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=euronews |language=en}}
• 16 July – Interior minister Nancy Faeser orders the banning of the magazine Compact, its publisher Compact-Magazin GmbH, and the film production company Conspect Film for promoting extremist right-wing views and inciting violence against Jews and migrants.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=Germany's top security official bans a far-right magazine, accusing it of spreading hatred |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-far-right-magazine-compact-banned-c284d76eb1a83f7c651299606d31337a |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}
• 17 July
• A court in Stuttgart convicts a dual Russian-German national of violating export laws by delivering electronic components to Russian firms involved in the production of military equipment from 2020 to 2023 and sentences him to six years and nine months' imprisonment.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-17 |title=A German court convicts a businessman of delivering components with military use to Russia |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-russia-electronic-components-military-107e2e56d7a4cff607c1c4862a5359ba |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}
• Germany issues plans to halve its military aid to Ukraine in 2025.{{Cite web |date=July 17, 2024 |title=Germany to halve military aid for Ukraine despite possible Trump White House |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-halve-military-aid-ukraine-despite-possible-trump-white-house-2024-07-17/ }}
• 19 July – The Minsk Regional Court in Belarus, in a secretive trial, sentences German national Rico Krieger to death over alleged crimes including terrorism and mercenary activity.{{Cite web |title=Belarus sentences German man to death for 'terrorism' |url=https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-sentences-german-man-to-death-for-terrorism-rights-group/a-69716052 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=dw.com |language=en}} He is pardoned on 30 July by President Alexander Lukashenko.{{Cite web |date=July 31, 2024 |title=Belarus' authoritarian president pardons German man sentenced to death on terrorism charges |website=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/belarus-german-sentenced-krieger-lukashenko-krasikov-f7d3d4c18245487557623c27664aedaf}}
• 20 July – Demonstrators carrying Afghan flags storm the Pakistani consulate in Frankfurt.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan protests to Germany after protesters get into the grounds of its Frankfurt consulate |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-protest-germany-frankfurt-consulate-239da1b58616ba8ba7c3f4f123ad2d99 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Associated Press |date=22 July 2024 |language=en}}
• 21 July – A climber is killed after being struck by lightning on the Zugspitze.{{Cite web |title=Man dies after being struck by lightning on Germany's highest peak |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-zugspitze-peak-lightning-death-95a39b356eaef0d0b63563ce79255c90 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Associated Press |date=22 July 2024 |language=en}}
• 22 July – The Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia rules that there is no longer a general danger to civilians fleeing from the Syrian Civil War in its rejection of an asylum application.{{Cite web |title=German court rules in migration case that there's no general danger now to all civilians in Syria |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-syria-migration-court-civil-war-d2746da0a7f302c7e256a6af162accee |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Associated Press |date=23 July 2024 |language=en}}
• 24 July – The Federal Interior Ministry orders the banning of the Islamic Centre Hamburg for being an "Islamist extremist organisation" with links to Hezbollah and Iran.{{Cite web |title=Germany bans Islamist group over alleged Hezbollah, Iran links |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240724-germany-bans-islamist-group-over-alleged-hezbollah-iran-links |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=France 24 |date=24 July 2024 |language=en}}

• 2 August – Twenty-two people are injured in an explosion believed to have been caused by a compressed air canister at the Nürburgring race track.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/nuerburgring-germany-accident-auto-racing-c6a87ffa1cb73f3e101e979dee8faa53 | title=22 injured during explosion in paddock area at Germany's Nuerburgring auto racing track | date=3 August 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• 6 August
• At least two people are killed after a hotel collapses in Kröv.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4xd89yev0o | title=At least two people killed in German hotel collapse | date=7 August 2024 |work=BBC}}
• A court in Berlin convicts a woman and fines her for "condoning a crime" by leading a chant using the phrase "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" during a protest in October 2023.{{Cite web |title=German court fines woman for 'from the river to the sea' chant |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/6/german-court-fines-woman-for-from-the-river-to-the-sea-chant |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
• 7 August – A doctor in Berlin is arrested on suspicion of killing four of his elderly patients and setting fire to their residences.{{Cite web |title=German police arrest doctor for allegedly killing 4 patients |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-arrest-doctor-for-allegedly-killing-4-patients/a-69878099 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• 14 August
• A court in Germany orders the arrest of a Ukrainian diving instructor on suspicion of involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage.{{Cite web |title=Germany seeks arrest of Ukrainian diver for Nord Stream sabotage |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/14/germany-arrest-warrant-for-ukrainian-diver-in-nord-stream-probe |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en }}
• A suspected sabotage attack is reported at the Wahn barracks of the German Air Force adjacent to Cologne Bonn Airport.{{Cite web |title=Germany investigates possible unauthorized entry and sabotage at a military barracks |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-military-barracks-cologne-investigation-f82490feb81a44d41909b0367012af35 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Associated Press |date=14 August 2024 |language=en }}
• 15 August
• Ukraine denies its involvement in explosions that damaged the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and accuses Russia of causing the explosions, following Germany issuing its first arrest warrant on the case towards a Ukrainian man.{{Cite web |date=August 15, 2024 |title=Ukraine presidential adviser denies Ukraine's involvement in Nord Stream explosions |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-presidential-adviser-denies-ukraines-involvement-nord-stream-explosions-2024-08-15/ }}
• The United States approves the sale of 600 MIM-104 Patriot air defense missile systems to Germany worth US$5 billion (€4.6 billion) to improve German national defense and the overall security of NATO.{{Cite web |title=US approves $5 billion Patriot missile sale to Germany |url=https://www.dw.com/en/us-approves-5-billion-patriot-missile-sale-to-germany/a-69956458 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• New Zealand extradites German hacker and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom to the United States to face charges for computer fraud, cyber espionage, and embezzlement.{{Cite web |title=Megaupload's Kim Dotcom to be extradited to United States – DW – 08/15/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/megauploads-kim-dotcom-to-be-extradited-to-united-states/a-69951276 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• 17 August
• Germany issues an indefinite ban on requesting or providing new military aid to Ukraine that has not already been approved in order to reduce federal budget spending. The moratorium results in a "tangible dispute" within the Scholz coalition government.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-17 |title=Germany to halt new Ukraine military aid: Report |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-halt-new-ukraine-military-aid-report-war-russia/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=POLITICO |language=en-GB}}
• Four convicts escape in a prison break at a psychiatric hospital in Straubing, Bavaria.{{Cite web |title=Germany: 4 escape criminal pyschiatric facility in Bavaria |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-4-escape-criminal-pyschiatric-facility-in-bavaria/a-69970390 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• 18 August – Twenty-three people are injured in a fire on a Ferris wheel installed during the Highfield Festival in Leipzig.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-ferris-wheel-fire-injuries-fb54a0879f6f2236650c0f0219e721d3 | title=At least 23 injured when fire breaks out on a Ferris wheel in eastern Germany | date=18 August 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• 20 August – Following the ordered closure of the Islamic Centre Hamburg in Hamburg, Iran orders the closure of two branches of a German language school in Tehran for "breaching Iranian law, committing various illegal actions and extensive financial violations." In response, Germany summons the Iranian ambassador.{{Cite web |title=Iran orders closure of German language institute in Tehran |url=https://www.dw.com/en/iran-orders-closure-of-german-language-institute-in-tehran/a-69994587 |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• 23 August – 2024 Solingen stabbing: Three people are killed and eight others are wounded after a mass stabbing at a festival in Solingen marking the 650th anniversary of the city. A 26-year old man confesses to the killings after surrendering on 25 August.{{Cite web |title=Man surrenders and confesses to Germany stabbing attack |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlr2z23ykno |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=BBC |date=25 August 2024 |language=en}}
• 26 August – Germany announces that it will donate 100,000 doses of mpox vaccines to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African nations, as well as provide funding to the GAVI Vaccine Alliance through the World Health Organization.{{Cite web |title=Germany to donate Africa 100,000 mpox vaccine doses |url=https://www.dw.com/en/mpox-germany-to-give-africa-100000-doses-of-vaccine/a-70055504 |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• 27 August – A 26-year old man armed with two knives is shot dead by police after threatening civilians in Moers.{{Cite web |title=Police fatally shoot a man armed with knives in a western German city |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-moers-police-shoot-suspect-knives-fc468fc99be40c5011518444f6303692 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Associated Press |date=27 August 2024 |language=en}}
• 29 August – The government of Hamburg expels the Iranian leader of the Islamic Centre Hamburg Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh, giving him an 11 September deadline to leave the country or face deportation.{{Cite web |date=August 29, 2024 |title=Germany expels head of banned Muslim association |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-expels-head-banned-muslim-association-2024-08-29/ }}
• 30 August
• Germany carries out its first deportation of Afghan nationals convicted of crimes since the Taliban takeover in 2021.{{Cite web |date=August 30, 2024 |title=Germany resumes Afghan deportations after mass stabbing |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewlzkq5x74o |work=BBC}}
• Six people are wounded in a stabbing attack on a bus in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia.{{Cite web |title=Germany: Knife attack on bus injures 6 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-knife-attack-on-bus-injures-6/a-70098249 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=dw.com |language=en}}

• 1 September – Two Eastern states vote in state elections.
• 2024 Saxony state election: The CDU wins a plurality in elections for the Landtag of Saxony. The AfD finishes a close second.
• 2024 Thuringian state election: The AfD wins a plurality (32%) in elections for the Landtag of Thuringia, marking the first time that a far-right party won a state election in Germany since World War II.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-state-elections-saxony-thuringia-far-right-97413b8e75871eb35c5e2d8b05e885f1 | title=A German far-right party wins its first state election and is very close in a second | date=2 September 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• 5 September – 2024 Munich shooting: An armed person is shot dead by police in Munich near the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism and the Israeli consulate.{{Cite magazine |author1=MATTHIAS SCHRADER |author2=GEIR MOULSON |date=2024-09-05 |title=German Police Shoot Suspicious Person Near Israeli Consulate |url=https://time.com/7018025/police-shooting-nazi-museum-israel-consulate-munich/ |access-date=2024-09-05 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}
• 9 September – The German government announces border restrictions on all its national land borders, including those with other European Union members, for at least six months to combat irregular migration from asylum seekers.{{Cite web |date=September 9, 2024 |title=Germany tightens controls at all borders in immigration crackdown |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-put-temporary-controls-all-land-borders-source-says-2024-09-09/ }}
• 12 September – A suspected Islamic extremist is arrested in Munich on suspicion of plotting attacks against German soldiers.{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2024 |title=Islamic extremist plotted to attack German soldiers during their lunch break, prosecutors say |website=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-munich-extremism-arrest-8d5da6a7095b1986a9d4836fa2e6a102 }}
• 13 September – Germany and Kenya agree on a labour migration deal which will see 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers go work in Germany amid a shortage of skilled labour in the German economy. The agreement will also simplify the return of illegal migrants to Kenya.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-13 |title=German opens door to Kenyan workers in labour deal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gegkkg14ko |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
• 21 September – A previously unknown piece composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ganz kleine Nachtmusik, is discovered at a library in Leipzig. The seven miniature movements for a string trio were probably composed in the 1760s, when Mozart was in his early teens.{{Cite news |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=2024-09-19 |title=Previously unknown Mozart music discovered in German library |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/19/previously-unknown-mozart-music-discovered-in-german-library |access-date=2024-09-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
• 22 September – 2024 Brandenburg state election: The SPD remains the largest party in the Landtag of Brandenburg, while the AfD finishes a close second with 29.2%.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-23 |title=Scholz's Social Democrats hold back the far right in German state vote |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-state-election-brandenburg-810a84f9c74c6f86aa6b52c2aff57f9b |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Associated Press |language=en-US}}
• 23 September – Police announce that they found 95 kg (209 lb) of cocaine worth €7 million ($7.8 million) hidden inside banana crates in supermarkets across North Rhine-Westphalia.{{Cite web |title=German supermarket finds €7M of cocaine in crates of bananas |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-supermarket-finds-7m-of-cocaine-in-crates-of-bananas/a-70303810 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
• 24 September– Jörg Dornau, a lawmaker for the AfD in Saxony, is revealed to be using Belarusian political prisoners as labour by independent Belarusian news outlet Reform.news.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-24 |title=Lukashenko's prisoners used as cheap labor by far-right German onion tycoon |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/far-right-german-lawmaker-alexander-lukashenko-prisoner-work-belarus-onion-farm-jorg-dornau-afd/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=POLITICO |language=en-GB}}
• 25 September – The joint leaders of Alliance 90/The Greens, Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang, state that they will step down following significant election defeats.{{Cite web |date=25 September 2024 |title=German Greens leadership quits after series of election blows |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-greens-leadership-quits-after-series-election-blows-2024-09-25/ }}
• 28 September – Thirty people are injured in a series of arson and vehicle-ramming attacks in Essen. The suspect, a Syrian national, is arrested.{{Cite web |date=29 September 2024 |title=Suspect arrested after allegedly setting fires and driving into shops in Germany |website=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-essen-fires-arrest-51ef0e8e8a29c27130608054f1bf41d5}}

• 1 October
• IBM's first quantum data centre in Europe is opened in Ehningen.{{cite web | url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241001-germany-inaugurates-ibm-s-first-european-quantum-data-centre | title=Germany inaugurates IBM's first European quantum data centre | date=1 October 2024 |work=France 24}}
• A Chinese national is arrested in Leipzig on suspicion of spying on Leipzig/Halle Airport for Chinese intelligence and passing information to an aide of AfD lawmaker Maximilian Krah.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-china-spying-airport-lawmaker-former-assistant-abd38fe18d7f38e0dc4f759720cb5e3d| title=Germany arrests woman who allegedly passed airport details to suspected spy for China | date=1 October 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• 11 October
• The oil tanker Annika catches fire in the Baltic Sea while sailing in an area between Kühlungsborn and Warnemünde. All seven crew on board are rescued, while the ship is towed to Rostock.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-baltic-sea-tanker-fire-ba785f0734262c18562aa26cfdd133c9 | title=Fire breaks out on an oil tanker off Germany's Baltic Sea coast. All 7 crew members are rescued | date=11 October 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• U.S. Airman Grant Harrison was found not guilty in the 2023 killing of Michael Ovsjannikov in Wittlich.{{Cite web |title=US airman found not guilty of murder in stabbing death of man in Germany |url=https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-10-11/airman-found-not-guilty-of-murder-in-stabbing-death-of-german-man-near-spangdahlem-air-base-15475058.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Stars and Stripes |language=en}}
• 14 October – A court in Berlin sentences a former Stasi officer identified as 80-year old Martin Manfred N to ten years' imprisonment for shooting Polish Cold War defector Czesław Kukuczka along the Berlin Wall in 1974.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2kdyl90dewo | title=Ex-Stasi officer jailed for 1974 Berlin border killing |work=BBC |date=13 October 2024 }}
• 19 October – A Libyan national is arrested in Bernau bei Berlin on suspicion of plotting a gun attack on the Israeli embassy on behalf of Islamic State.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-extremism-arrest-633b63aed3a28d74381279a970a9c7d9 | title=German authorities arrest Libyan man suspected of planning attack on Israeli Embassy | date=20 October 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• 22 October – The first case of clade 1b mpox in Germany is discovered in a patient who had travelled abroad.{{Cite web |date=October 22, 2024 |title=Germany's disease control center reports 1st case of new mpox variant |website=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-mpox-variant-19e6d60b50a987cca9447547173191f6}}
• 27 October – Jamshid Sharmahd, a dissident carrying dual Iranian and German citizenship, is executed by Iran for allegedly leading a US-based pro-monarchist group and terrorism,{{cite web|date=2024-10-29 |title=Iran executes German-Iranian dissident |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2yv8327g9o |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=BBC |language=en}} prompting the German government to recall its ambassador to Tehran on 29 October{{cite web|date=2024-10-30 |title=Germany recalls ambassador from Iran as it protests the execution of an Iranian German prisoner |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-iran-sharmahd-execution-protest-ambassador-ac9afe1d2b1a5949f0b578c69763a6b8 |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Associated Press |language=en}} and close all three consulates of Iran in Germany on 31 October.{{cite web|date=2024-10-31 |title=All 3 Iranian Consulates in Germany ordered shut after execution of Iranian German prisoner |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-iran-consulates-closed-execution-jamshid-sharmahd-b724c4915cd620a33b5bd00b26387200 |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}

• 1 November – The Self-Determination Act, allowing people aged 18 and older to change official records to alter their names and genders or have the gender marker removed altogether, comes into effect.{{cite web | url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-new-trans-law-gender-debate-lgbtq-intersex-nonbinary-v3/a-70604185 | title=Germany's transgender rights law takes effect | date=1 November 2024 |work=DW}}
• 5 November – Eight people are arrested on suspicion of plotting an illegal seizure of power in Saxony as part of the far-right militant group Sächsische Separatisten (Saxonian Separatists).{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-far-right-arrest-saxony-4eebee8fbd6f539cf758f9388b69584f | title=German police arrest 8 suspected members of a far-right militant group | date=5 November 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• 7 November
• Chancellor Scholz dismisses FDP leader Christian Lindner from his position as finance minister, leading to two other FDP ministers resigning and the collapse of the governing coalition.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v3r046pzzo | title=German coalition collapses after Scholz fires key minister | date=7 November 2024 |work=BBC}}
• An American resident of Frankfurt and former employee of the US Armed Forces in Germany is arrested on suspicion of spying for China.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-arrest-american-spying-china-b4923db9576a90e2dc4ff52365bdf1a4 | title=Germany arrests a US citizen over accusations of spying for China | date=7 November 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• 18 November – A section of the C-Lion1 submarine communications cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany is severed off the Swedish coast in what German authorities suspect as an act of sabotage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dl4vxw501o |title=Germany suspects sabotage behind severed undersea cables |date=19 November 2024 |access-date=19 November 2024 |website=BBC}}
• 26 November – A person is arrested in Koblenz on suspicion of plotting pipe bomb attacks on behalf of Islamic State.{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-extremism-suspect-pipe-bombs-arrest-9298a146f1d3ac550c2e7aa1af77ff64 |title=Youth arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning an attack with pipe bombs |date=28 November 2024 |access-date=28 November 2024 |website=Associated Press}}
• 29 November – Bijan Djir-Sarai resigns as general secretary of the FDP amid controversy over the party's departure from the governing coalition.{{cite news |title=Senior figure with Scholz's ex-allies quits over 'D-Day' paper on German government collapse |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-election-free-democrats-resignation-dday-djirsarai-b85630b66301ba75b1017e11a777e848 |access-date=30 November 2024 |publisher=Associated Press |date=30 November 2024}}

• 4 December – One person is killed in a crossbow attack inside a hospital in Bad Zwesten. The suspect is arrested.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-hospital-crossbow-killing-8efb365fbdc6e47ca4ce8860ecba2f4e | title=German police arrest a man after a hospital worker is killed with a crossbow | date=5 December 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• 8 December – Three people from Mannheim and Hesse are arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack on behalf of Islamic State.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-islamic-extremism-attack-plan-arrest-38ce3300bd7992a3253164d717579aad | title=3 men arrested in Germany over suspected preparations for an Islamic extremist attack | date=10 December 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• 9 December – The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees suspends the processing of asylum requests from 47,770 Syrian nationals in response to the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/9/germany-pauses-asylum-applications-for-syrians-after-al-assads-fall | title=Germany pauses asylum applications for Syrians after al-Assad's fall | date=9 December 2024 |work=Al Jazeera}}
• 16 December – Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses a no-confidence vote in the Bundestag.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg36pp6dpyo | title=German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote | date=16 December 2024 |work=BBC}}
• 19 December – The Bundestag votes to require a two-thirds majority from its members to approve measures regarding the operations of the Federal Constitutional Court as part of efforts to safeguard the judiciary against possible authoritarian interventions.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-constitutional-court-protection-vote-parliament-3b9a3c3966f6ac5e52d87f57c4f2b05f | title=German lawmakers back plan to protect supreme court against meddling by authoritarians, extremists | date=20 December 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
• 20 December – 2024 Magdeburg car attack: A car drives into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing six people and injuring at least 205. The suspected perpetrator, a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia, is arrested.{{Cite web |title=Death toll from the German Christmas market attack rises to 6 |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-magdeburg-christmas-market-attack-d38137b515767325281b7f40f01ed7ab |access-date=6 January 2025|website=Associated Press |date=6 January 2025 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/world/europe/germany-christmas-market-crash.html |title=Driver Rams Christmas Market in Germany, Injuring Dozens |date=20 December 2024 |last=Schuetze |first=Christopher |work=The New York Times |access-date=20 December 2024}}
• 27 December – President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolves the 20th Bundestag.{{Cite web |title=Germany's president dissolves parliament, sets national election for Feb. 23 |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-election-steinmeier-32a9c393067faac264fae7bb29b3e4ef |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=Associated Press |date=27 December 2024 }}
• 28 December – Elon Musk published an opinion piece supporting the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.{{cite web |date=December 28, 2024 |title=Elon Musk pens German newspaper opinion piece supporting far-right AfD party |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/28/elon-musk-germany-afd-party |access-date=December 29, 2024 |work=The Guardian}}
• 31 December – Two people are injured in a knife attack in Charlottenburg, Berlin. A Syrian national carrying Swedish residency is arrested.{{Cite web |title=Berlin police say they have detained a man who attacked 2 people with a knife |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-berlin-attack-injuries-58032bd38dad258d2159b3ec3128abdb |access-date=1 January 2024 |website=Associated Press }}

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• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 6 January – Epiphany
• 8 March – International Women's Day
• 28 March – Maundy Thursday
• 29 March – Good Friday
• 31 March – Easter Sunday
• 1 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – International Workers' Day
• 9 May – Ascension Day
• 19 May – Whit Sunday
• 20 May – Whit Monday
• 30 May – Corpus Christi
• 15 August – Assumption Day
• 20 September – Children's Day
• 3 October – German Unity Day
• 31 October – Reformation Day
• 1 November – All Saints' Day
• 20 November – Repentance Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day

• List of German films of 2024
• List of 2024 box office number-one films in Germany
• List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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• 1 January – Hartmut Ritzerfeld, 73, painter{{Cite web |last=Berghe |first=Pascal van den |date=2024-01-01 |title=Büsbach: Stolberger Künstler Hartmut "Hacky" Ritzerfeld nach Verkehrsunfall im Krankenhaus verstorben |url=https://www.meinstolberg.de/stolberger-kuenstler-hartmut-hacki-ritzerfeld-nach-verkehrsunfall-im-dezember-verstorben/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Mein Stolberg |language=de-DE}}
• 2 January – Chris Karrer, 76, guitarist and composer{{Cite web |title=Chris Karrer, RIP |url=https://strawberrybricks.com/guide/blogs/chris-karrer-rip |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=strawberrybricks.com |language=en}}
• 3 January – Günther Fielmann, 84, eyewear retailer, founder of Fielmann{{Cite web |last=MarketScreener |date=2024-01-05 |title=Günther Fielmann mit 84 Jahren gestorben -Am 05. Januar 2024 um 08:27 Uhr {{!}} MarketScreener |url=https://de.marketscreener.com/kurs/aktie/FIELMANN-GROUP-AG-436069/news/Gunther-Fielmann-mit-84-Jahren-gestorben-45679342/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=de.marketscreener.com |language=de}}
• 4 January – Christian Oliver, 51, actor known for Cobra 11 television series{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/christian-oliver-daughters-killed-caribbean-plane-crash-speed-racer-1235695821/ |title='Speed Racer' Actor Christian Oliver & 2 Daughters Killed In Caribbean Plane Crash|first= Denise |last= Petski |date=5 January 2024|access-date=6 January 2024|website= Deadline |language=en}}
• 5 January
• Herbert Linge, 95, racing and rally driver{{Cite web |title=Rennfahrer, Stuntman und Porsche-Urgestein: Herbert Linge ist gestorben |url=https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.rennfahrer-stuntman-und-porsche-urgestein-herbert-linge-ist-gestorben.bd1bf2e7-7530-4a99-8936-6290b310fb8b.html |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=stuttgarter-nachrichten.de |language=de}}
• Nicholas Rescher, 95, German-American philosopher, founder of American Philosophical Quarterly, History of Philosophy Quarterly and Public Affairs Quarterly{{Cite web |title=Nicholas Rescher |url=https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/distinguished-university-professor-of-philosophy-professor-nick-rescher/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu}}
• Robert Rosenthal, 90, German-born American psychologist{{Cite web |title=Psychology research 'giant' Robert Rosenthal has died |url=https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/01/10/psychology-research-giant-robert-rosenthal-has-died |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=News |language=en}}
• 6 January – Erwin Schild, 103, German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author{{Cite web |date=2024-01-06 |title=Rabbi Erwin Schild of Toronto's Adath Israel Synagogue personally experienced nearly 104 years of Jewish history (March 9, 1920-Jan. 6, 2024) |url=https://thecjn.ca/news/erwin-schild-profile/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=The Canadian Jewish News |language=en-US}}
• 7 January – Franz Beckenbauer, 78, footballer (Bayern Munich, national team){{cite web|title=Franz Beckenbauer ist tot|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/beckenbauer-gestorben-100.html|website=tagesschau.de|language=de|date=2024-01-08|access-date=2024-01-08}}
• 11 January – Sigi Schwab, 83, guitarist{{Cite web |date=2020-08-05 |title=Sigi Schwab: Der Meister der Gitarre ist tot. |url=https://crescendo.de/gitarrist-sigi-schwab-geburtstag/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Crescendo|language=de-DE}}
• 13 January – Sigi Rothemund, 79, film director
• 16 January – Kay Bernstein, 43, entrepreneur, president of Hertha BSC (2022–2024){{Cite web |title=Der "Berliner Weg" bleibt sein Vermächtnis |url=https://www.kicker.de/der-berliner-weg-bleibt-sein-vermaechtnis-990386/artikel |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=kicker |language=de-DE}}
• 17 January – Ulrich Voß, 85, actor and writer{{Cite web |last=Seidler |first=Ulrich |date=2024-01-17 |title=Volksbühnenschauspieler Ulrich Voß ist gestorben |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/theater/volksbuehnenschauspieler-ulrich-voss-ist-gestorben-li.2177649 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=Berliner Zeitung |language=de}}
• 19 January – Klaus Wunder, 73, footballer (MSV Duisburg, Bayern Munich, 1972 Olympics){{Cite web |date=2024-01-19 |title="Cäsar" Wunder ist tot: FC Bayern trauert um seinen früheren Rekord-Transfer |url=https://www.sport1.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/2024/01/fc-bayern-trauert-um-casar-klaus-wunder |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=SPORT1 |language=de}}
• 22 January – Elke Erb, 85, author{{Cite news |last1=Crispin |first1=Melina |last2=dpa |date=2024-01-23 |title=Georg-Büchner-Preisträgerin: Schriftstellerin Elke Erb gestorben |url=https://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2024-01/schriftstellerin-elke-erb-gestorben |access-date=2024-01-23 |work=Die Zeit |language=de-DE |issn=0044-2070}}
• 23 January – Frank Farian, 82, singer and record producer (Boney M, Milli Vanilli){{Cite web |date=2024-01-23 |title=Frank Farian ist tot – Erfolgsproduzent von "Milli Vanilli" |url=https://www.t-online.de/-/100327650 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=www.t-online.de |language=de}}
• 26 January – Hartmut Bagger, 85, general{{Cite web |last=Kornelius |first=Stefan |date=2024-01-29 |title=Hartmut Bagger: Zum Tod des elften Generalinspekteurs |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bundeswehr-generalinspekteur-hartmut-bagger-nachruf-1.6340702 |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Süddeutsche.de |language=de}}
• 30 January
• Achim Benning, 89, actor and theater director{{Cite web |date=2024-01-30 |title=Schauspieler Achim Benning ist tot - ZIB 9:00 vom 30.01.2024 vom 30.01.2024 um 09:00 Uhr |url=https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/ZIB-900/71256/ZIB-900-vom-30-01-2024/14211482/Schauspieler-Achim-Benning-ist-tot/15564018 |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=ORF-TVthek |language=de}}
• Helmut Peuser, 83, German politician.

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• 2 February – Oskar Negt, 90, philosopher and social theorist
• 5 February
• Helga Paris, 85, photographer
• Peter Kulka, 86, architect
• 10 February – Johanna von Koczian, 90, actress
• 14 February – Wolfgang Weider, 91, Roman Catholic prelate
• 19 February
• Jan Assmann, 85, Egyptologist
• Naumann, 98, actor
• Rabeya Müller, 67, Islamic scholar
• 20 February – Andreas Brehme, 63, footballer and coach
• 24 February – Bernard Broermann, 80, businessman and entrepreneur
• 25 February
• Horst Schmidbauer, 79, politician
• Fabian Schulze, 39, pole vaulter
• 26 February
• Alois Glück, 84, politician
• Pollesch, 62, author and dramatist
• Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, 92, artist

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• 1 March – Klaus-Peter Jörns, 84, Christian theologian and author
• 6 March – Dietrich Rusche, 87, politician (CDU)
• 13 March
• Aribert Reimann, 88, composer
• Notker Hammerstein, 93, historian
• Matthias Schießleder, 87, judoka
• 15 March
• Hans Blum, 95, composer
• Paul Josef Cordes, 89, Roman Catholic cardinal
• 18 March – Peter Kunter, 72, footballer
• 25 March – Fritz Wepper, 82, actor

• 2 April
• Gerhard Lohfink, 89, Roman Catholic priest and theologian
• Notker Wolf, 83, Benedictine monk, priest, musician and author
• 3 April – Vera Tschechowa, 79, actress, screenwriter, director and film producer
• 5 April – Peter Sodann, 87, actor
• 7 April – Michael Boder, 65, conductor
• 9 April
• Eckart Dux, 97, actor and voice artist
• Dieter Rexroth, 83, musicologist, dramaturge and cultural manager
• 11 April
• Peter Fulde, 88, physicist
• Peter Förtig, 90, composer and music theorist
• 13 April – Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller, 94, musicologist
• 14 April – Steffen Heitmann, 79, politician
• 15 April – Bernd Hölzenbein, 78, footballer
• 16 April – Wichart von Roëll, 86, actor
• 19 April – Siegfried Kirschen, 80, football referee
• 22 April – Michael Verhoeven, 85, film director
• 26 April – Volker Mosblech, 69, politician
• 28 April – Walter Kolbow, 80, politician

• 10 May – Gerhard Müller, 95, Lutheran theologian and bishop
• 20 May – Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, 95, football player
• 22 May – Rolf-Ernst Breuer, 86, banker and businessman

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• 1 June – Ruth Maria Kubitschek, 92, actress
• 5 June – Reiner Uthoff, 86, writer and stage director
• 7 June – Gerhard Rödding, 91, politician
• 8 June – Klaus Toepfer, 85, politician
• 11 June
• Walter Schmitt Glaeser, 90, politician
• Gerhard Merz, 71, politician
• 15 June
• Manfred Ach, 83, politician
• Barbara Schäfer, 79, politician
• 21 June
• Gerhard Hund, 92, computer scientist and mathematician
• Heinz Lanfermann, 74, politician
• 22 June – Beatrix Nobis, 74, art historian
• 23 June – Michael Krause, 77, field hockey player
• 26 June
• Willi Waike, 86, politician
• Karl-Hans Laermann, 94, politician

• 1 July – Renate Hoy, 93, actress and beauty pageant holder
• 4 July – Reiner Pommerin, 81, historian
• 10 July – Thomas Hoepker, 88, photographer
• 11 July
• Heinrich Fürst zu Fürstenberg, 73, landowner and businessman
• Willi Koslowski, 87, footballer
• Tomas Seyler, 49, darts player
• 12 July – Jens Odewald, 83, business executive
• 13 July
• Ruth Hesse, 87, opera singer
• Erwin Junker, 94, manufacturer
• 27 July – Wolfgang Rihm, 72, composer
• 30 July – Hans Lenk, 89, rower, Olympic champion

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• 1 August – Peter Kraus, 83, field hockey player
• 6 August – Christof Nel, 80, theatre manager
• 9 August
• Kasper König, 80, museum curator and director
• Barbara Konneker, 89, scholar of German studies
• 11 August – Richard Rogler, 79, cabarettist and comedian
• 12 August – Wilfried Lemke, 77, football manager
• 13 August –
• Franz Quarthal, 80, historian
• Christian von Ferber, 98, sociologist and author
• Reinhard Meyer zu Bentrup, 85, farmer and politician (CDU)
• 14 August – Hermann Haken, 97, physician
• 15 August – Joachim Seelig, 82, chemist
• 17 August
• Peter Bernholz, 95, economist
• Hans J. Schäfer, 87, chemist
• 18 August
• Meinolf Dierkes, 83, sociologist and author
• Ulrike Hoffmann-Richter, 66, psychiatrist and author
• Ronny Borchers, 67, football player
• 20 August– Werner Bokelberg, 87, photographer and film actor
• 21 August
• Karl Schlecht, 91, entrepreneur
• Hans Weiner, 73, football player
• 24 August
• Christoph Daum, 70, football manager{{cite web|title=Christoph Daums Leben in Bildern: Titel, Scheine, Scherben|url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/christoph-daum-ist-tot-sein-leben-in-bildern-a-791d2ebf-25db-4f07-a647-879227e3ecf8|website=Der Spiegel|language=de|date=2024-08-25|access-date=2024-08-25}}
• Siegfried Lorenz, 78, baritone and musician
• Dieter Schinzel, 81, politician (SPD)
• 25 August – Claus Jönsson, 94, physicist
• 27 August – Charlotte Kretschmann, 114, supercentenarian

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• 5 September – Werner Nachtigall, 90, biologist and zoologist
• 9 September – Friedrich Schorlemmer, 80, Protestant theologian
• 13 September – Wolfgang Gerhardt, 80, politician

• 4 October – Willi Giesemann, 86, footballer
• 7 October – Georg Krücken, 62,sociologist
• 9 October – Dieter Burdenski, 74, footballer
• 12 October – Rainer Prachtl, 74, politician
• 13 October – Brunhilde Hanke, 94, politician
• 16 October – Christian Martin Schmidt, 81, musicologist and music theorist
• 20 October – Willi A. Kalender, 75, physicist
• 22 October – Annelie Ehrhardt, 74, hurdler
• 27 October – Edzard Reuter, 96, manager and businessman
• 28 October – Franz Kamphaus, 92, Roman-Catholic prelate and bishop

• 12 November – Michael Hübner, 65, track cyclist
• 22 November – Jürgen Thormann, 96, actor
• 26 November – Karin Baal, 84, actress

• 1 December
• Helmut Münch, 85, politician
• Ilke Wyludda, 55, discus thrower
• 5 December – Christel Bodenstein, 96, actress
• 9 December
• Friedhelm Farthmann, 94, politician
• Gerd Heidemann, 93, journalist
• 12 December – Wolfgang Becker, 70, film director
• 18 December
• Klaus Wolfermann, 78, javelin thrower
• Sigrid Kehl, 95, soprano
• 21 December – Hannelore Hoger, 82, actress
• 22 December – Herbert Rusche, 72, politician
• 23 December – Helmut Schlesinger, 100, economist
• 29 December – Oscar Schneider, 97, politician

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