1997 in Germany

Events in the year 1997 in Germany.

Incumbents

President – Roman Herzog
Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson performed on July 4 and 6, 1997, as a part of the HIStory World Tour. He also performed in 1992 as a part of the Dangerous World Tour

Births

7 January – Sophie Scheder, artistic gymnast
2 February – Fabian Griewel, politician
14 March – Aaron Valent, politician
23 May – Alina Reh, long-distance runner
7 April – Richard Heinze, celebrity star and beauty pageant model
22 October – Jan Köstering, politician
29 October – Jasper Balke, politician

Deaths

February 1 – Heiner Carow, film director and screenwriter
March 1 – Hans Robert Jauss, academic
May 22 – Klaus von Bismarck, journalist
May 26 – Manfred von Ardenne, research and applied physicist and inventor.
26 June – Adolf Weidmann, athlete and sports official
8 September – Jorrit Bosch, politician
27 September – Walter Trampler, German violist
29 October 29 – Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten, German Junker, soldier, and author