1998 in Germany
Events in the year 1998 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
- February 11–22 - 48th Berlin International Film Festival
- February 26 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
- June 3 - Eschede train disaster
- September 1 - The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation is formed.
- October 5 - Lanxess Arena in Cologne is completed.
- October 27 - The First Schröder cabinet led by Gerhard Schröder was sworn in.
- Date unknown - German company Volkswagen Group acquired British company Bentley, and Italian companies Lamborghini and Bugatti by its subsidiary Audi AG.
Elections
- 1998 German federal election
- 1998 Bavarian state election
- 1998 Lower Saxony state election
- 1998 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
- 1998 Saxony-Anhalt state election
Births
- February 11 - Niklas Kaul, German decathlete
- February 12 - Agyemang Diawusie, German footballer
- March 18 - Jamie-Lee Kriewitz, German singer
- July 17 - Lilli Schweiger, German actress
Deaths
- February 1 - Marga Faulstich, German chemist
- February 10 - Erich Mückenberger, German politician
- February 17 - Ernst Jünger, German soldier and author
- February 26 - Otto Haxel, German nuclear physicist
- March 13 - Hans von Ohain, German physicist
- April 2 - Rob Pilatus, German model dancer
- April 3 - Wolf Vostell, German artist
- May 4 - Christine Kurzhals, politician
- May 12 — Hermann Lenz, German poet and author
- August 14 - Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, German television presenter
- October 30 - Heinz Westphal, German politician
- November 6 - Niklas Luhmann, German sociologist
- November 6 - Wolfgang Stresemann, German jurist, orchestra leader, conductor and composer
- December 9 - Walter Horten, German aircraft pilot
- December 11 - Max Streibl, German politician