# 1991 in Germany

Events in the year 1991 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President - Richard von Weizsäcker
* Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

## Events

* January 18 - The Fourth Kohl cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in.
* Februara 15-26 - 41st Berlin International Film Festival
* March 21: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991
* June 17: The Treaty of Good Neighbourship is signed by Germany and Poland
* June 20: The capital decision is made over which city will be the German capital city.
* August: Launch of the MK3 Volkswagen Golf, which replaces the MK2 model which was in production for eight years. A saloon version to replace the Jetta is due early next year.
* September 17 - 23: Hoyerswerda riots
* December: The Volkswagen Golf is voted European Car of the Year, the first Volkswagen to receive this accolade.
* German company Krupp bought Hoesch AG.

### Elections

* Rhineland-Palatinate state election

## Sport

* 1990–91 Bundesliga
* 1990–91 2. Bundesliga
* 1990–91 ice hockey Bundesliga season
* 1991 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
* 1991 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
* 1991 ATP German Open
* 1991 BMW Open
* 1991 German Grand Prix
* 1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix
* 1991 DTM season

## Births

* 4 January - Pascal Bodmer, German ski jumper
* 19 January - Corinna Harrer, German runner
* 27 January - Christian Bickel, German footballer
* 28 January - Kai Kazmirek, German athlete
* 5 February - Henriette Confurius, German actress
* 9 February - Almuth Schult, German footballer
* 21 February - Philip Heintz, German swimmer
* 26 April – Hubert Trzybinski, German rower
* 1 May - Levina, German singer
* 10 May - Giorgos Machlelis, Greek international footballer
* 15 May - Jennifer Hof, German fashion model
* 23 May - Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter
* 26 May - Marie-Sophie Hindermann, German artistic gymnast
* 24 June - Robin Erewa, German athlete
* 25 June - Anna Zaja, German tennis player
* 14 July - Cihan Özkara, German-Turkish-Azerbaijani footballer
* 20 September - Thomas Röhler, German athlete
* 28 September - Pamela Dutkiewicz, German athlete
* 5 December - Carolin Schäfer, German athlete
* 16 December - Andreas Hofmann, German athlete
* 21 December - Peter Baumgartner, ice hockey player
* 27 December - Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht, German actor

## Deaths

* 14 January - Heli Finkenzeller, German actress (born 1911)
* 13 February - Arno Breker, German architect and sculptor (born 1900)
* 13 March - Josef Manger, German heavy weight lifter (born 1913)
* 16 March - Trude Herr, singer (born 1927)
* 1 April - Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, German politician (born 1932)
* 8 April - Tilo von Berlepsch, German actor (born 1913)
* 22 April - Karl Klasen, German banker (born 1909)
* 7 May - Wolfgang Reichmann, German actress (born 1932)
* 8 June - Heidi Brühl, German actress (born 1942)
* 21 June - Klaus Schwarzkopf, German actor (born 1922)
* 21 June - Karl Krolow, German poet (born 1915)
* 23 June — Michael Pfleghar, German film director and screenwriter (born 1933)
* 24 June - Franz Hengsbach, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church (born 1910)
* 28 June - Hans Nüsslein, German tennis player (born 1910)
* 1 July - Joachim Kroll, serial killer (born 1933)
* 9 August - Richard Löwenthal, German author and journalist (born 1908)
* 16 August - Johannes Wiese, German pilot during World War II, a fighter ace (born 1915)
* 21 August - Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German writer (born 1916)
* 3 September - Falk Harnack, German film director and screenwriter (born 1913)
* 27 September - Karl-Heinz Köpcke, German news speaker (born 1922)
* 4 October - Heinrich Hellwege, German politician (born 1908)
* 9 October - Roy Black, German actor and singer (born 1943)
* 23 November - Klaus Kinski, German actor (born 1926)
* 12 December - Gustav Schäfer, German rower (born 1906)
* 23 December - Heinrich Wöhlk, German optometrist (born 1913)
* 24 December - Alfons Goppel, German politician (born 1905)
* 25 December - Curt Bois, actor (born 1901)