# 2025 in Germany

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Events in the year 2025 in Germany.

## Incumbents

* President – Frank-Walter Steinmeier
* President of the Bundestag – Bärbel Bas
* Chancellor – Olaf Scholz
* President of the German Bundesrat – Anke Rehlinger
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* January 11 – A bus overturns near Prenzlau, killing two people.
* January 12 – The Alternative for Germany (AfD) leadership votes to formally replace the Young Alternative for Germany (JA) as its youth organisation.
* 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.
* January 20 – Six people are injured after coming into contact with pepper spray at a concert by JPEGMafia in Berlin.
* January 22 – 2025 Aschaffenburg stabbing attack: Two people, including a child, are killed in a knife attack in Aschaffenburg. A suspect is arrested.
* 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. The next day, Angela Merkel criticises CDU leader Friedrich Merz for introducing the resolution.
* January 31 – A bill filed by the CDU/CSU restricting immigration to Germany is voted down in the Bundestag.

### February

* February 12 – The government extends controls on Germany's borders until 15 September.
* 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.
* February 20 – The Federal Court of Justice rejects a petition by Birkenstock to recognise its footwear products as copyright-protected artwork.
* February 21 – One person is injured in a knife attack near the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin.
* 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%.
** The AfD becomes the strongest party in the East, securing all five former East German states.
** 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.
* February 25 – Maximilian Krah and Matthias Helferich are readmitted back into the AfD parliamentary group after a party meeting.
* February 26 – Four people are injured in a shooting near a courthouse in Bielefeld.
* 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.
** A two-day strike is launched at Munich Airport, resulting in disruptions to 80% of flights.

### March

* March 2 – 2025 Hamburg state election.
* March 3 – 2025 Mannheim car incident: Two people are killed and ten others injured when a car crashes into a crowd in Mannheim.
* March 10 – A strike is held in 13 airports nationwide, causing a total of 3,500 flight cancellations affecting 560,000 passengers.
* 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.
** 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.

## Holidays

Source:
* 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

## Art and entertainment

* List of German films of 2025
* List of 2025 box office number-one films in Germany
* List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

## Deaths
### January

* 8 January – Rudolf Dreßler, 84, politician (SPD)
* 14 January – Hans Reichelt, 99, politician
* 15 January – Stephanie Aeffner, 48, politician (Alliance 90/The Greens), member of the Bundestag (since 2021)
* 16 January – Wolfgang Wesemann, 75, cyclist
* 17 January – Christine Wischer, 80, politician (SPD)
* 28 January – Horst Janson, 89, actor
* 29 January – Klaus Willbrand, 83, antiquarian bookseller and literary critic

### February

* 1 February – Horst Köhler, 84, 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)
* 1 February – Friedrich Kronenberg, 91, politician (CDU), member of the Bundestag (1983–1990)
* 1 February – Manfred Meinsen, 86, politician (The Greens)
* 1 February – Sigi Renz, 97, racing cyclist
* 2 February – Peter Enders, 62, chess player
* 2 February – Gerd Wirth, 73, politician (SPD)
* 3 February – Erwin Rüddel, 69, politician (CDU), member of the Bundestag (since 2009)
* 3 February – Jürgen Schmude, 88, politician (SPD), federal minister of the interior (1982), member of the Bundestag (1969–1990)
* 5 February – Thea Bock, 86, politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag (1991–1994)
* 5 February – Ernst-Joachim Küppers, 82, swimmer
* 5 February – Hans-Peter Lehmann, 90, opera and artistic director, and intendant
* 7 February – Akbar Behkalam, 80, Iranian-German painter and sculptor
* 7 February – Robert Maus, 91, politician (CDU)
* 9 February – Elena Grölz, 64, handball player
* 10 February – Otto Mayr, 94, mechanical engineer and technology historian
* 10 February – Horst Weidenmüller, 60, music executive producer and entrepreneur
* 11 February – Sigrid Metz-Göckel, 84, sociologist and political scientist
* 12 February – Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg, 95, sociologist, ethnologist and sexologist
* 15 February – Gerhart Baum, 92, lawyer and politician (FDP), federal minister of the interior (1978–1982), member of the Bundestag (1972–1994)
* 16 February – Walter Althammer, 96, politician (CSU)
* 18 February – Claus Roxin, 93, jurist, scholar of criminal law
* 20 February –
** Erhard Hofeditz, 71, footballer (KSV Baunatal, TSV 1860 Munich, 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
** Friedrich-Wilhelm Junge, 86, actor (SAS 181 Does Not Reply, Love's Confusion)
* 21 February – Herbert Mertin, 66, jurist and politician (FDP)
* 25 February – Wolfgang Hamberger, 94, politician and author, mayor of Fulda (1970–1998).
* 26 February – Monika Lundi, 82, film and television actress (Crazy – Completely Mad)

### March

* ≤1 March – Tim Kruger, 44, film actor, producer, and director
* March – Klaus Richtzenhain, 90, East German middle-distance runner
* 2 March – Bernhard Vogel, 92, politician, Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate (1976–1988) and Minister President of Thuringia (1992–2003)
* 4 March – Antje-Katrin Kühnemann, 80, television presenter and physician
* 9 March – Hans-Peter Korff, 82, (1942–2025), German actor
* <17 March – AnNa R., 55, German bandsinger Rosenstolz