2005 in Germany
Events in the year 2005 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
- 20 January - German Visa Affair 2005
- 7 February - Honor killing of Hatun Sürücü
- 10–20 February - 55th Berlin International Film Festival
- 12 February -Bundesvision Song Contest 2005
- 12 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
- 30 May - Allianz Arena in Munich is opened.
- 2 September - SAP Arena in Mannheim is opened.
- 16–21 August - World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne
- 22 November - The First Merkel cabinet led by Angela Merkel was sworn in.
- Date unknown: German company HypoVereinsbank was acquired by Italian company UniCredit Bank AG.
Elections
- German federal election, 2005
- North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2005
- Schleswig-Holstein state election, 2005
Sport
- Bundesliga scandal (2005)
- 2004–05 Bundesliga
- 2004–05 2. Bundesliga
- 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
- 2004–05 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season
- 2005 German Grand Prix
- 2005 European Grand Prix
- 2005 German motorcycle Grand Prix
- 2005 BMW Open
Births
- 31 January – Laurin Ulrich, footballer
Deaths
- 14 January - Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer
- 3 February - Ernst Mayr, German biologist
- 21 February - Horst Drinda, German actor
- 24 February - Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, German politician
- 6 March - Hans Bethe, German nuclear physicist
- 7 March - Walter Arendt, German politician
- 15 March - Konrad Hesse, German judge
- 1 April - Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian
- 16 April - Volker Vogeler, German film director
- 2 May — Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentenarian
- 19 May - Paul Schneider-Esleben, German architect
- 23 May - Ernst Jakob Henne, German motorcycle racer and racing driver
- 7 June - Ulrich Briefs, German politician
- 8 July Peter Boenisch, German journalist
- 14 July - Tilly Fleischer, German athlete
- 28 August - Hans Clarin, German actor
- 4 September - Carl-August Fleischhauer, judge
- 12 September Helmut Baierl, German playwright
- 20 October - Rudi Felgenheier, motorcycle race
- 8 November - Carola Höhn, German actress
- 1 December - Karin Himboldt, German actress