1993 in Germany
Events in the year 1993 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
- January 18: Focus publishes its first issue.
- February 11: A man hijacks Lufthansa Flight 592.
- April 23: The 1993 World Horticultural Exposition begins in Stuttgart.
- May 28: Solingen arson attack of 1993.
- June 25–27: The first annual Düsseldorfer Jazz-Rally is held.
Elections
Film
Music
Births
- 20 March - Fabian Fahl, politician
- 13 June - Cansin Köktürk, politician
- 22 June - Loris Karius, footballer
- 17 August - Cinta Laura, Indonesian-German actress and singer
- 22 August - Laura Dahlmeier, biathlete
- 9 December - Cem Ince, politician
Deaths
- January 15 – Annemarie von Gabain, German linguist
- January 21 – Leo Löwenthal, German sociologist
- January 26 – Baron Axel von dem Bussche, German military officer, member of the anti-Hitler Resistance
- February 5 – Hans Jonas, German philosopher
- March 20 – Polykarp Kusch, German-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 2 – Ernst von Bodelschwingh, German politician
- June 7 – Dražen Petrović, Croatian professional basketball player
- June 12 – Wilhelm Gliese, astronomer
- September 20 – Erich Hartmann, German World War II fighter pilot, highest-scoring fighter ace in world history
- October 1 – Karl Bach, German Olympic fencer
- October 30 – Maria Matray, German screenwriter and actress
- November 18 – Fritz Feld, German actor
- December 7 – Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate