2000 in Germany

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Germany.

Incumbents

Federal level

President – Johannes Rau
Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder

Events

9–20 February - 50th Berlin International Film Festival
18 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
27 February - Schleswig-Holstein state election, 2000
14 May - North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2000
25 July – Air France Flight 4590 crashes near Paris, France shortly after taking off, killing 109 people mostly Germans, and 4 on the ground.
30 July - 2000 German Grand Prix at Hockenheimring
2 October - German company ProSiebenSat.1 Media was founded.
Date unknown: German company Mannesmann is taken over by British company Vodafone.
Date unknown: Fusion of German company VEBA and German company to German company E.ON

Sport

Births

1 December - Sophia Flörsch, racing driver

Deaths

4 January - Diether Krebs, German actor and comedian
7 January - Klaus Wennemann, German actor
8 January - Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian
11 March - Alfred Schwarzmann, German gymnast
17 March - Harry Blum, German politician
10 April — Walter Stöhrer, German painter
21 May - Erich Mielke, German politician
22 May - Ernst-Dieter Lueg, journalist
21 August - Gustav Scholz, German boxer
2 September - Heinz Harmel, German SS officer
6 September - Fritz Ruchay, German football player and manager
29 September – Walter Dieminger, German space scientist
2 October - Harald Wust, German general
20 October - Klaus Winter, German judge
15 October – Konrad Emil Bloch, biochemist
21 November Harald Leipnitz, German actor
12 December - Götz Friedrich, German opera and theatre director.
13 December -Erhard Krack, German politician
27 December - Mark Brandis, journalist and science fiction author