2025 in Germany
Incumbents
{{Further|German order of precedence}}
- President – Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- President of the Bundestag – Bärbel Bas (until 25 March); Julia Klöckner (since 25 March)
- Chancellor – Olaf Scholz (until 6 May); Friedrich Merz (since 6 May)
- President of the German Bundesrat – Anke Rehlinger{{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.}}
- President of the Federal Constitutional Court – Stephan Harbarth
Events
= January =
- January 7 – Two people are killed in a shooting inside a company office in Bad Friedrichshall.{{Cite web |title=2 killed and 1 critically injured in shooting at a company's premises in Germany |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-shooting-bad-friedrichshall-company-e47efe590bfe15e42e518caa67bb7a3d |access-date=8 January 2025|website=Associated Press|date=7 January 2025 }}
- January 9 – Elon Musk does a live broadcast with Alice Weidel from the AfD on X Spaces, during which Musk doubles down on his endorsement of the AfD.{{Cite news |date= 9 January 2025 |first1= Sarah |last1= Marsh |first2= Thomas |last2= Escritt |title=Elon Musk doubles down on endorsement of far-right German party in conversation on X |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/01/09/elon-musk-german-far-right-party-hitler/77584508007/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=USA Today |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |first= David |last= Gilbert |title=Elon Musk and Far-Right German Leader Agree 'Hitler Was a Communist' |url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-far-right-german-leader-weidel-hitler-communist/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |magazine=Wired |date= 9 January 2025 |language=en}}
- January 10 – The first case of foot-and-mouth disease in Germany since 1988 is discovered in a herd of water buffalo in Hönow, Brandenburg.{{Cite web |title=Animal transports banned in German region after foot-and-mouth disease detected |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-foot-mouth-disease-outbreak-0a0e72a149e2ca5e32f66b005ca7c396 |access-date=11 January 2025|website=Associated Press|date=11 January 2025 }}
- January 11 – A bus overturns near Prenzlau, killing two people.{{Cite web |title=A bus accident on a highway in northeastern Germany leaves 2 dead |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-highway-bus-accident-6d3db455abcf5050ce183b97bc83ce21 |access-date=12 January 2025|website=Associated Press|date=11 January 2025 }}
- January 12 – The Alternative for Germany (AfD) leadership votes to formally replace the Young Alternative for Germany (JA) as its youth organisation.{{cite web |title=Germany's far-right AfD replaces 'Young Alternative' group |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-far-right-afd-replaces-young-alternative-group/a-71278353 |website=Deutsche Welle |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=12 January 2025}}
- January 15 – The Karlsruhe branch of the AfD initiates a campaign by distributing flyers resembling flight tickets labeled Abschiebetickets (deportation tickets) in mailboxes, prompting a police investigation.{{Cite web |title=German police investigate AfD mock plane ticket campaign |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-investigate-afd-mock-plane-ticket-campaign/a-71302261 |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=DW}}
- January 20 – Six people are injured after coming into contact with pepper spray at a concert by JPEGMafia in Berlin.{{Cite web |title=Several people are injured at a Berlin concert by US rapper JPEGMafia because of pepper spray |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-rap-concert-jpegmafia-pepper-spray-injuries-b2afa60486f8d9fdae2aa37491171c07 |access-date=21 January 2025|website=Associated Press|date=21 January 2025 }}
- January 22 – 2025 Aschaffenburg stabbing attack: Two people, including a child, are killed in a knife attack in Aschaffenburg. A suspect is arrested.{{Cite web |title=2 people were killed in a knife attack in Germany and a suspect has been detained, police say |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-stabbing-attack-bavaria-3803c0126616a9c93c143891d727ea8a |access-date=22 January 2025|website=Associated Press|date=22 January 2025 }}
- January 29 – A non-binding resolution calling for tighter immigration policies passes in the Bundestag with support of opposition parties including the CDU and the AfD.{{Cite web |title=German parliament backs election front-runner's call for tough border rules with far-right support |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-merz-scholz-election-migration-far-right-da12c67a1eaa66301d38be03e49f4136 |access-date=30 January 2025|website=Associated Press|date=29 January 2025 }} The next day, Angela Merkel criticises CDU leader Friedrich Merz for introducing the resolution.{{cite news |date=30 January 2025 |title=Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support |publisher=AP News |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-merkel-merz-migration-far-right-afd-66af2fc359ecb2d82cdaeca9e27e2fb0 |access-date=30 January 2025}}
- January 31 – A bill filed by the CDU/CSU restricting immigration to Germany is voted down in the Bundestag.{{cite news |date=31 January 2025 |title=German lawmakers reject contentious immigration law |publisher=DW News |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-lawmakers-reject-contentious-immigration-law/live-71465034 |access-date=1 February 2025}}
= February =
- February 12 – The government extends controls on Germany's borders until 15 September.{{Cite web |title=Germany extends border controls by 6 months as election rivals focus on migration ahead of poll |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-border-controls-extended-migration-election-316a0b1de7d57acb0826a12a7a9cece0 |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=Associated Press|date=12 February 2025 }}
- February 13 – 2025 Munich car attack: Two people are killed while at least 37 others are injured after a car rams through a street demonstration in Munich. The suspect, an Afghan with a valid residence and work permit, is arrested.{{Cite web |title=Afghan held after suspected ramming attack injures 28 in Germany |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250213-afghan-held-after-suspected-ramming-attack-injures-28-in-germany |access-date=13 February 2025 |website=France 24|date=13 February 2025 }}{{Cite web |title=Mother and child die from injuries after Munich car attack |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrl51mz7k8o |access-date=15 February 2025 |website=BBC|date=15 February 2025 }}
- February 20 – The Federal Court of Justice rejects a petition by Birkenstock to recognise its footwear products as copyright-protected artwork.{{Cite web |title=Can sandals be art? Birkenstock says yes, but a German court says no |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-birkenstock-sandals-verdict-art-e3985066da164cffd2a0248e0c9b6675 |access-date=20 February 2025 |website=Associated Press|date=20 February 2025 }}
- February 21 – One person is injured in a knife attack near the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin.{{Cite web |title=Man seriously injured in stabbing at Berlin Holocaust memorial |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr72nrzjj5no |access-date=22 February 2025 |website=BBC|date=22 February 2025 }}
- February 23
- 2025 German federal election: The CDU/CSU wins a plurality in the Bundestag with about 28.6% of the vote, followed by the AfD with 20.8% and the SPD with 16.4%.{{Cite web |title=Germany's conservatives celebrate, but far right enjoy record result |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgenlw94n3o |access-date=24 February 2025 |website=BBC |date=24 February 2025 }}
- The AfD becomes the strongest party in the East, securing all five former East German states.{{cite news |title=Far-right AfD wins eastern Germany by huge margin as divisions remain |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/world/2025/02/501_392846.html |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=The Korea Times |date=24 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250224213858/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/world/2025/02/501_392846.html |archive-date=24 February 2025 }}
- Christian Lindner resigns as leader of the FDP and announces his retirement from active politics after the party fails to win a seat in the Bundestag following the federal election.{{Cite web |date=23 February 2025 |title=Liberal Leader Who Sparked German Govt's Downfall Resigns |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/liberal-leader-who-sparked-german-govt-s-downfall-resigns-1761d06e |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Barron's}}
- February 25 – Maximilian Krah and Matthias Helferich are readmitted back into the AfD parliamentary group after a party meeting.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/25/afd-readmits-two-politicians-excluded-over-nazi-related-remarks | title=AfD readmits two politicians excluded over Nazi-related remarks | work=The Guardian | last1=Connolly | first1=Kate | date=25 February 2025 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.ft.com/content/81b967f0-997a-416d-aabc-a17e85c521d0 | title=Germany's AfD brings 'friendly face of National Socialism' into fold | work=Financial Times | last1=Pitel | first1=Laura | date=25 February 2025 }}
- February 26 – Four people are injured in a shooting near a courthouse in Bielefeld.{{Cite web |title=4 people hurt as shots are fired near a courthouse in western Germany |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-bielefeld-shooting-court-e0c5addf04d702f4df4e3680d4fca582 |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=AP News |date=27 February 2025 }}
- February 27
- A court in Jena sentences two Afghan residents to up to five years imprisonment for plotting to attack the Swedish Riksdag and assassinate lawmakers in response to the burning of copies of the Koran.{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-sweden-parliament-attack-jena-afghans-quran-c10150a627b38ebd8fb0f49725dec1e4 |title=A German court sentences 2 Afghans to prison for plotting to attack the Swedish parliament |website=AP News |date=27 February 2025 |access-date=27 February 2025}}
- A two-day strike is launched at Munich Airport, resulting in disruptions to 80% of flights.{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-munich-hamburg-airport-strikes-b57096c864c023d04088f9793d4a725f |title=A two-day strike at Munich Airport results in most flights being canceled |website=AP News |date=27 February 2025 |access-date=27 February 2025}}
=March=
- March 2 – 2025 Hamburg state election.{{Cite web |title=Startseite |url=https://www.radiohamburg.de/aktuelles/hamburg/Rot-Gr%C3%BCn-einigt-sich-auf-Koalitionsvertrag-id412898.html |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Radio Hamburg}}
- March 3 – 2025 Mannheim car attack: Two people are killed and ten others injured when a car crashes into a crowd in Mannheim.{{Cite web |title=Two killed, 11 injured after car rams crowd in German city of Mannheim |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/03/europe/mannheim-germany-car-ramming-intl |access-date=4 March 2025 |website=CNN|date=3 March 2025 }}
- March 10 – A strike is held in 13 airports nationwide, causing a total of 3,500 flight cancellations affecting 560,000 passengers.{{Cite web |date=March 12, 2025 |title=A one-day strike at 13 German airports, including the main hubs, brings most flights to a halt |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-airports-strike-frankfurt-munich-berlin-7b78de205ec7762f0c73536355b87fb7 |website=AP News}}
- March 11
- The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) officially files a complaint with the Federal Constitutional Court seeking to legally challenge the results of the federal election.{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2025 |title=German leftist BSW party challenges national election result |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-leftist-bsw-party-challenges-national-election-result-2025-03-11/ |website=Reuters}}
- A truck carrying heating oil collides with a tram at a crossing in Ubstadt-Weiher, causing both vehicles to catch fire and leaving three people dead.{{Cite web |date=March 12, 2025 |title=A tanker and a tram collided at a crossing in Germany, killing 3 people |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-tanker-tram-collision-924bb492bb06917452b55cd1beabe507 |website=AP News}}
- March 18 – The Bundestag votes 512-206 in favor of the proposed Debt brake agreement amendment, sending it to the Bundesrat, where it would have to pass by two-thirds in order to become law.{{Cite web |title=Bundestag billigt Grundgesetzänderung für Finanzpaket |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/bundestag-finanzpaket-100.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Tagesschau|language=de}} The measure passes with the support of the SPD, CDU/CSU, Alliance 90/The Greens and the SSW also supported the reform, while the FDP, AfD, The Left and the BSW vote against.{{Cite web |title=Germany's Bundestag votes in favor of reforming 'debt brake' |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-bundestag-votes-in-favor-of-reforming-debt-brake/live-71956815 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=dw.com |language=en}}
- March 21 – The Bundesrat votes in favor of the debt brake agreement amendment 53-16, passing the two-thirds threshold to become law. The states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Rhineland-Palatinate all abstain from voting, which is counted as voting in opposition. The Free Voters of Bavaria, which initially voiced objections to the amendment, ultimately votes in favor as a bloc.{{Cite web |title=Germany: Upper house signs off on landmark debt reform plan |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-upper-house-signs-off-on-landmark-debt-reform-plan/a-71992709 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=DW |language=en}}
- March 25 – The CDU's Julia Klöckner is elected as president of the Bundestag.{{Cite web |date=March 25, 2025 |title=German parliament elects an ex-minister as speaker as it opens a potentially confrontational term |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-new-parliament-bundestag-speaker-scholz-caretaker-1a566865b03870569ceec6d569912cf0 |website=AP News}}
- March 26 – Police conduct nationwide raids on locations associated with the Eritrean anti-government group Brigade Nhamedu.{{Cite web |date=March 26, 2025 |title=German authorities raid a group that allegedly aims to overthrow the Eritrean government |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-eritea-raids-exiles-network-8af2320fc1caaafc404fa9904f02ad9b |website=AP News}}
= April =
- April 1 – Rabea Rogge becomes the first female German astronaut in space with human spaceflight mission Fram2.{{Cite web |title=Falcon 9 Block 5: Fram2 |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7615 |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=nextspaceflight.com |language=en}}
- April 6 – A family of three is killed in a shooting in Weitefeld. Rhineland-Palatinate Police launch a state-wide manhunt for the armed suspect.{{Cite web|date=2025-04-22 |title=Getötete Familie im Westerwald: Verdächtiger weiter auf Flucht |url=https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/koblenz/getoetete-familie-weitefeld-fahndung-tatverdaechtiger-100.html |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=SWR Aktuell |language=de}}
- April 9
- The CDU announces a coalition agreement with the SPD at the federal level.{{Cite web |title=Germany's Merz seals government deal bringing end to months of stalemate|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2xxd4v6dzo |access-date=9 April 2025 |website=BBC |date=9 April 2025 |language=en}}
- The AfD finishes as the leading party for the first time in opinion polling.{{cite web | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germanys-far-right-afd-tops-poll-first-time-blow-chancellor-in-waiting-merz-2025-04-09/ | title=Germany's far-right AfD tops poll for first time in blow to chancellor-in-waiting Merz | work=Reuters | date=9 April 2025 }}
- April 19 – Two people are killed in a shooting in Bad Nauheim.{{Cite web |title=Police in central Germany hunt for a suspect on the run after 2 people were shot dead |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-shooting-bad-nauheim-police-frankfurt-hesse-be8631491e6b17f5a3d16da81d6950b4 |access-date=20 April 2025 |website=AP News |date=20 April 2025 |language=en}} A suspect is arrested after five days.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-24 |title=Nach Todesschüssen in Bad Nauheim: Mutmaßlicher Schütze festgenommen – Polizei nennt Motiv |url=https://www.wetterauer-zeitung.de/wetterau/theorie-todesschuetze-von-bad-nauheim-laeuft-wohl-frei-herum-absage-an-kursierende-opfer-zr-93696025.html |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Wetterauer-Zeitung |language=de}}
= May =
- May 2 – The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution designates the AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation.{{Cite web |title=AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy6zk9wkrdo |access-date=2 May 2025 |website=BBC |date=2 May 2025 |language=en}}
- May 5 – The AfD sues the Federal Office for the Protection of Constitution, accusing it of violating the German constitution by trying to prosecute the party for saying ideas which are considered freedom of speech and legitimate criticism of German immigration policies.{{Cite web |date=May 5, 2025 |title=German AfD party sues after spy agency's 'right-wing extremist' label |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250505-germany-s-afd-party-sues-after-spy-agency-labels-it-as-right-wing-extremist |website=France 24}}{{Cite web |last=Mattuseek |first=Karin |date=May 5, 2025 |title=Germany's AfD Party Challenges Agency's 'Extremist' Label |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-05/german-afd-party-challenges-security-service-s-extremist-label |website=Bloomberg}}
- May 7 – Friedrich Merz is elected as Chancellor by the Bundestag following two rounds of voting.{{Cite web |title=Germany's Merz becomes chancellor after surviving historic vote failure |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgp22zlrgko |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=BBC |date=6 May 2025 |language=en}}
- May 8 – The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution suspends its designation of the AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation.{{Cite web |title=German spy agency suspends 'extremist' designation of far-right AfD party |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-afd-designation-agency-postponed-92d74a6aa09863bbaae86e047c163cb4 |access-date=8 May 2025 |website=AP News |date=8 May 2025 |language=en}}
- May 13 – Peter Fitzek, a leader of the Reichsbürger movement and self-proclaimed "king" of Germany, is arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow the state.{{Cite web |title=Germany arrests self-declared 'king' and bans his extremist group |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5v27zn248o|access-date=13 May 2025 |website=BBC |date=13 May 2025 |language=en}}
- May 17 – Germany's Abor & Tynna finish at 15th place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Baller".{{Cite web |date=2025-05-18 |title=Eurovision 2025: Austria's JJ wins with 'Wasted Love' |url=https://www.dw.com/en/eurovision-2025-austrias-jj-wins-with-wasted-love/a-72577222 |access-date=2025-05-18 |work=DW}}
- May 18 – Five people are injured in a knife attack in Bielefeld.{{Cite web |title=German police search for man who attacked and injured several people outside a bar |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-attack-injuries-manhunt-bielefeld-5b795c04eb7345c6d2fe5fa52251f382 |access-date=18 May 2025 |website=AP News |date=18 May 2025 |language=en}}
- May 21 – Five teenagers are arrested nationwide on suspicion of plotting attacks on migrants and political opponents on behalf of the far-right group Last Defense Wave.{{Cite web |title=Germany says it broke up a far-right group that planned attacks. 5 teens have been arrested |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-far-right-group-attacks-arrests-d79b06a9074b05fe78ce3d00371ef9e2 |access-date=21 May 2025 |website=AP News |date=21 May 2025 |language=en}}
- May 22 – A Yemeni national is arrested in Dachau on suspicion of membership in the Houthi movement.{{Cite web |title=A Yemeni man accused of joining the Houthi rebels has been arrested in Germany |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-yemen-houthis-arrest-077672769f50b4feff2dd0006248b5bd |access-date=22 May 2025 |website=AP News |date=22 May 2025 |language=en}}
- May 23 – Eighteen people are injured in a knife attack at the Hamburg Hauptbahnhof. A female suspect is arrested.{{Cite web |title=Eighteen injured in Hamburg knife attack as woman arrested |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm26v7n5y4eo |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=BBC |date=24 May 2025 |language=en}}
- May 24 – 2025 DFB-Pokal final: VfB Stuttgart win the 2024–25 DFB-Pokal after defeating Arminia Bielefeld 4–2.{{Cite web |title=Stuttgart survive late Bielefeld scare to win German Cup |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250524-stuttgart-survive-late-bielefeld-scare-to-win-german-cup-1 |access-date=25 May 2025 |website=France 24 |date=24 May 2025 |language=en}}
- May 26 – A court in Braunschweig convicts four Volkswagen executives of fraud over the Volkswagen emissions scandal and sentences them to up to 4.5 years' imprisonment.{{Cite web |title=German court convicts 4 ex-Volkswagen managers of fraud in emissions scandal |url=https://apnews.com/article/volkswagen-germany-diesel-emissions-court-fraud-3878fcf6c06c9574bf5bff8d31029f90 |access-date=27 May 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}
- May 27 – A Syrian national is arrested in Pirmasens on suspicion of involvement in human rights abuses at a prison in Damascus during the Arab Spring in Syria.{{Cite web |title=Germany arrests Syrian accused of crimes under Assad |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250527-germany-arrests-syrian-accused-of-crimes-under-assad |access-date=28 May 2025 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
- May 31 –
- A light aircraft crashes into a residential building in Korschenbroich, killing two people.{{Cite web |title=A small plane crashes into the terrace of a house in Germany. 2 people are dead |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-plane-crash-house-korschenbroich-70a780476c65f5556a6855a78895cdb8 |access-date=31 May 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}
- An Iranian resident is shot dead after opening fire at Federal Police officers during a traffic stop between Schirnding and Münchenreuth.{{Cite web |title=A man opens fire on German police near the Czech border and is shot dead |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-czech-border-police-shooting-5acc46f6e7abb5d23cdd55a8ee591b99 |access-date=2 June 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}
= June =
- 1 June – Three people are killed in a fire at a hospital in Hamburg.{{Cite web |title=3 patients are killed in a fire that broke out at a hospital in the German city of Hamburg |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-hamburg-hospital-fire-patients-killed-2e7cef97031023382e7fd9e6bedc1aac |access-date=1 June 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}
- 2 June –
- Former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock is elected as president of the United Nations General Assembly.{{Cite web |title=UN assembly elects Germany's ex-foreign minister as next president after Russia demands secret vote |url=https://apnews.com/article/un-general-assembly-president-election-germany-russia-273a4e9b81064642e1a8142ca4af1d0e |access-date=3 June 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}
- The Berlin Administrative Court rules against the German government's practice of rejecting asylum-seekers at border controls unless carried out under the Dublin Regulation.{{Cite web |title=German court rules turning away asylum-seekers unlawful |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-court-rules-turning-away-asylum-seekers-unlawful/a-72763293 |access-date=3 June 2025 |website=DW |language=en}}
- 4 June –
- In the largest evacuation in Cologne since 1945, more than 20,000 residents are ordered evacuated as part of efforts to defuse three unexploded bombs dropped during World War II.{{Cite web |title=Cologne starts its biggest evacuation since 1945 to defuse WWII bombs |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-cologne-wartime-bombs-evacuation-wwii-cd56b12a40a85296d5b7bc37580567eb |access-date=4 June 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}
- A Ryanair aircraft flying from Berlin to Milan makes an emergency landing at Memmingen Airport after encountering turbulence that injures nine people on board.{{Cite web |title=Violent turbulence hits a Ryanair flight in Germany, forcing an emergency landing and injuring 9 |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-weather-turbulence-ryanair-berlin-milan-memmingen-3ac5ddaef654f36dbfca66587a4125ba |access-date=5 June 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}
- 8 June – A spectator dies at the Allianz Arena in Munich while attending the 2025 UEFA Nations League Finals between Portugal and Spain.{{cite news|title=Soccer fan dies after fall during Nations League final between Spain and Portugal |url=https://apnews.com/article/fan-death-nations-league-01e054e5c7c94d6f976db97fcaf6f05a |work=AP News |date=9 June 2025}}
- 16 June – An Oberlandesgericht in Frankfurt convicts Syrian resident Alaa Mousa for crimes against humanity committed on behalf of the Assad regime during the Syrian Civil War.{{cite news|title=German court convicts Syrian doctor of crimes against humanity |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/16/german-court-convicts-syrian-doctor-of-crimes-against-humanity |work=Al Jazeera |date=16 June 2025}}
Holidays
{{Further|Public holidays in Germany}}
{{small|Source}}:{{Cite web|url=https://publicholidays.de/2025-dates/ |title= Germany Public Holidays 2025|access-date=4 June 2024 |website=Public Holidays Global}}
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 6 January – Epiphany
- 8 March – International Women's Day
- 17 April – Maundy Thursday
- 18 April – Good Friday
- 20 April – Easter Sunday
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 9 May – Ascension Day
- 9 June – Whit Sunday
- 10 June – Whit Monday
- 19 June – 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
- 19 November – Repentance Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day
Art and entertainment
Deaths
= January =
- 8 January – Rudolf Dreßler, 84, politician (SPD) (b. 1940)
- 14 January
- Hans Reichelt, 99, politician (b. 1925)
- Irmgard Furchner, 99, war criminal (b. 1925){{Cite news |date=2025-04-07 |title=Irmgard Furchner: Ehemalige KZ-Sekretärin ist tot |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/irmgard-furchner-ehemalige-kz-sekretaerin-ist-tot-a-98271830-f21d-4aaf-87ab-5d899efd34bc |access-date=2025-04-07 |work=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349}}
- 15 January – Stephanie Aeffner, 48, politician (Alliance 90/The Greens), member of the Bundestag (since 2021) (b. 1976){{cite news |title="Grünenpolitikerin Stephanie Aeffner plötzlich verstorben" |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/stephanie-aeffner-gruene-trauern-um-bundestagsabgeordnete-fuer-pforzheim-a-56be8106-1d5d-480d-8520-7dc4e831d6eb |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=spiegel.de |date=15 January 2025 |language=de}}
- 16 January – Wolfgang Wesemann, 75, cyclist (b. 1949)
- 17 January – Christine Wischer, 80, politician (SPD) (b. 1944)
- 28 January – Horst Janson, 89, actor (b. 1935)
- 29 January – Klaus Willbrand, 83, antiquarian bookseller and literary critic (b. 1941)
= February =
- 1 February
- Horst Köhler, 81, President of Germany (2004–2010), president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1998–2000) and managing director of the International Monetary Fund (2000–2004) (b. 1943){{cite news |title=Former German President Horst Köhler dies at 81 |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-kohler-former-president-obituary-f7863ea64ca2420f8566b6b18254dbdc |access-date=1 February 2025 |work=AP News |date=1 February 2025 |language=en}}
- Friedrich Kronenberg, 91, politician (CDU), member of the Bundestag (1983–1990) (b. 1933){{cite news |date=4 February 2025|title="Herausragende Persönlichkeit des Laienkatholizismus"|url=https://www.zdk.de/presse/presse-nach-tags/2025/herausragende-persoenlichkeit-des-laienkatholizismus|trans-title= |work=Central Committee of German Catholics|language=German|location= |publisher= |access-date=7 February 2025}}
- Manfred Meinsen, 86, politician (The Greens) (b. 1938)
- Sigi Renz, 86, racing cyclist (b. 1938)
- 2 February
- Peter Enders, 62, chess player (b. 1963)
- Gerd Wirth, 73, politician (SPD) (b. 1951)
- 3 February
- Erwin Rüddel, 69, politician (CDU), member of the Bundestag (since 2009) (b. 1955){{cite news |title=CDU-Bundestagsabgeordneter Erwin Rüddel aus dem Kreis Neuwied ist tot |url=https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/koblenz/erwin-rueddel-mitglied-bundestag-aus-kreis-neuwied-ist-tot-100.html |access-date=4 February 2025 |work=SWR |date=4 February 2025 |language=de}}
- Jürgen Schmude, 88, politician (SPD), federal minister of the interior (1982), member of the Bundestag (1969–1990) (b. 1936)
- 5 February
- Thea Bock, 86, politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag (1991–1994) (b. 1938)
- Ernst-Joachim Küppers, 82, swimmer (b. 1942)
- Hans-Peter Lehmann, 90, opera and artistic director, and intendant (b. 1934)
- 7 February
- Akbar Behkalam, 80, Iranian-German painter and sculptor (b. 1944)
- Robert Maus, 91, politician (CDU) (b. 1933)
- 9 February – Elena Grölz, 64, handball player (b. 1960)
- 10 February
- Otto Mayr, 94, mechanical engineer and technology historian (b. 1930)
- Horst Weidenmüller, 60, music executive producer and entrepreneur (b. 1964)
- 11 February – Sigrid Metz-Göckel, 84, sociologist and political scientist (b. 1940)
- 12 February – Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg, 95, sociologist, ethnologist and sexologist (b. 1929)
- 15 February – Gerhart Baum, 92, lawyer and politician (FDP), federal minister of the interior (1978–1982), member of the Bundestag (1972–1994) (b. 1932)[https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/frueherer-innenminister-gerhart-baum-im-alter-von-92-jahren-gestorben-110299217.html Gerhart Baum ist tot]. faz.net, 15 February 2025 (in German). Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- 16 February – Walter Althammer, 96, politician (CSU) (b. 1928)
- 18 February – Claus Roxin, 93, jurist, scholar of criminal law (b. 1931)
- 20 February
- Erhard Hofeditz, 71, footballer (KSV Baunatal, TSV 1860 Munich, 1. FC Kaiserslautern) (b. 1953)
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Junge, 86, actor (SAS 181 Does Not Reply, Love's Confusion) (b. 1938)
- 21 February – Herbert Mertin, 66, jurist and politician (FDP) (b. 1958)
- 25 February – Wolfgang Hamberger, 94, politician and author, mayor of Fulda (1970–1998) (b. 1930){{Cite web |date=2025-02-26 |title=Fulda trauert: Ex-Oberbürgermeister Hamberger stirbt mit 94 Jahren |url=https://www.osthessen-zeitung.de/einzelansicht/news/2025/februar/nachruf-ex-oberbuergermeister-hamberger-stirbt-mit-94-jahren.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Osthessen Zeitung|language=de}}
- 26 February – Monika Lundi, 82, film and television actress (Crazy – Completely Mad) (b. 1942)
= March =
- 1 March – Tim Kruger, 44, film actor, producer, and director (b. 1981)
- March – Klaus Richtzenhain, 90, East German middle-distance runner (b. 1934)
- 2 March – Bernhard Vogel, 92, politician, Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate (1976–1988) and Minister President of Thuringia (1992–2003) (b. 1932){{Cite web |title=Bernhard Vogel: Ex-Ministerpräsident stirbt mit 92 Jahren |url=https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article255590512/Bernhard-Vogel-Ex-Ministerpraesident-stirbt-mit-92-Jahren.html |access-date=3 March 2025 |website=DIE WELT |language=de}}
- 4 March – Antje-Katrin Kühnemann, 80, television presenter and physician (b. 1945)
- 9 March – Hans-Peter Korff, 82, actor (b. 1942)
- 15 March - Doris Fitschen, 56, footballer (b. 1968)
- 16 March – AnNa R., 55, singer and main vocalist of Rosenstolz (b. 1969)
- 22 March – Rolf Schimpf, 100, actor (b. 1924)
- 29 March – Gerd Poppe, 84, politician and dissident (b. 1941)
= April =
- 3 April – Andreas Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, 82, head of the former ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (since 1998) (b. 1943)
- 5 April – Georg Gölter, 86, politician (b. 1938)
- 8 April – Manfred Schüler, 93, economist and politician (b. 1932)
- 14 April – Peter Seiffert, 71, opera singer (b. 1954)
- 15 April – Werner Thissen, 86, Roman-Catholic bishop (b. 1938)
- 21 April – Walter Frankenstein, 100, engineer and Holocaust survivor (b. 1924){{Cite news |date=21 April 2025 |title=Walter Frankenstein, who survived the Holocaust by hiding in Berlin, dies at 100 |work=Greenwich Time |url=https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/world/article/walter-frankenstein-who-survived-the-holocaust-20288151.php}}
- 29 April – Christfried Schmidt, 92, composer and arranger (b. 1932){{cite web |title=Zum Tod des Komponisten Christfried Schmidt |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/musik-und-buehne/zum-tod-des-komponisten-christfried-schmidt-110446044.html |website=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |access-date=4 May 2025 |language=de |date=29 April 2025}}
= May =
- 7 May – Günther Nonnenmacher, 76, journalist and publisher (b. 1948)
- 9 May
- Margot Friedländer, 103, Holocaust survivor and public speaker (b. 1921){{cite news |last=Janjevic |first=Darko |date=9 May 2025 |title=Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer dies at 103 |url=https://p.dw.com/p/4uBcS |access-date=10 May 2025 |work=Deutsche Welle}}
- Nadja Abd el Farrag, 60, television personality and singer (b. 1965)
= June =
- 8 June – Carlo von Tiedemann, 82, journalist and television presenter (b. 1943)
- 10 June – Günther Uecker, 95, painter and sculptor (b. 1930){{cite news |title=World-famous German “nail artist” Günther Uecker dies at 95 |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-obituary-guenther-uecker-artist-nails-duesseldorf-f8e64cd25a057260ae05eda47ee17aed |access-date=11 June 2025 |work=AP News |date=11 June 2025 |language=en}}
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