page_title: 2011 in Germany
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 in Germany / Events
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kernkraftwerke in Deutschland, Stand nach dem Atomkonsens vom 30.6.2011
context_page_description: 2011 in Germany are the events and situation of the Federal Republic of Germany in the year 2011, the state of its land and people in that year. In 2011 Germany was recognized for having the most positive influence in the world. In 2011 it was the largest contributor to the budget of the European Union and the third largest contributor to the UN. Germany hosted the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and ended conscription in the Bundeswehr. In education, Germany achieved a third best result for University rankings.
context_section_description: January 7 – A major food scandal erupts.
  January 7 – Due to thawing weather conditions, several rivers burst their banks.
  February 20 – Hamburg state election, 2011. German party SPD wins a majority.
  March 1 – Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigns as German defence minister.
  March 2 – Two U.S. soldiers are killed and two wounded in the 2011 Frankfurt Airport shooting.
  March 15 –  German chancellor Angela Merkel shuts down the seven oldest German nuclear power plants.
  March 20 – Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011
  March 27 – Baden-Württemberg state election, 2011 and Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 2011
  April 3 – Guido Westerwelle announced his resignation as party leader of German liberal Free Democratic Party after ten years in these position.
  May 12 – Rainer Brüderle lost his Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology to politician Philipp Rösler. Daniel Bahr becomes next German Federal Minister of Health.
  May 12 – Winfried Kretschmann becomes Minister-President of Baden-Wuerttemberg. As the first Green Party Minister-President in Germany, he leads a Green/SPD coalition.
  May 14 – Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf
  May 22 – Bremen state election, 2011 in Bremen
  May 30 – German government announces plans to abandon nuclear power entirely by 2022.
  May 31 – Jouralist and weather presenter Jörg Kachelmann is acquitted of rape after being falsely accused of the crime by his ex girlfriend Claudia Dinkel. Kachelmann had been imprisoned for over four months while under investigation and suffered significant damage to his career as a result of the false rape accusations.
  May – 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak in northern Germany
  June 26 – July 17 – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, won by Japan.
  June 30 – Tennis: Germany's Sabine Lisicki is knocked out in the semi finals of the women's singles at Wimbledon, having made it further in the tournament than previously expected.
  July 1 – Conscription ends in Germany
  July 7 – German Bundestag allowed Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
  September 2 – Germany secures qualification for Euro 2012, with a 6–2 win over Austria.
  September 4 – Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2011
  September 7 – The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany rules that Germany can continue to contribute to Eurozone bailouts.
  September 18 – Berlin state election, 2011 – Klaus Wowereit of the SPD is re-elected as Mayor. The FDP is voted out of the Berlin parliament, while the Pirate Party is voted in.
  October 11 – Germany kept its 100% record in Euro 2012 qualifying, defeating Belgium 3-1.
  November 4 – Bosphorus serial murders: Far-right extremists Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Boehnhardt die in a fire in Zwickau while Beate Zschaepe hands herself in to the police. Together, they were found to be responsible for a series of racially motivated murders and the murder of policewoman Michele Kiesewetter in Heilbronn in 2007.
  November 8 – The Nord Stream pipeline was officially inaugurated by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French Prime Minister François Fillon at the ceremony held in Lubmin.
  December 2 – For Euro 2012, Germany is drawn into a group with the Netherlands, Denmark and Portugal.
  December 5 – An International Conference on Afghanistan is held in Bonn.
  December 23 – Christian Wulff and Angela Merkel attend the funeral of Václav Havel in Prague.
caption: Nuclear power plants in Germany (Date: 2010)
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