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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. * 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 Popular culture Sport Births * 26 September - Akim Camara, violinist child prodigy * 1 December - Sophia Flörsch, racing driver Deaths * 4 January - Diether Krebs, German actor and comedian (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from STS-97; The 2000 Summer Olympics are held in Sydney; A U.S. Air Force MH-53 flies over the 2000 Mozambique flood; An Air France Concorde similar to the one that crashed after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport; The USS Cole is bombed by Al-Qaeda; Times Square after the ball drop that heralded the New Millennium., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Bush v. Gore rect 200 0 400 200 Millennium Summit rect 400 0 600 200 Expedition 1 rect 0 200 300 400 Millennium celebrations rect 300 200 600 400 2000 Summer Olympics rect 0 400 200 600 USS Cole bombing rect 200 400 400 600 Air France Flight 4590 rect 400 400 600 600 2000 Mozambique flood 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Flörsch
Sophia Flörsch (born 1 December 2000) is a German racing driver, currently competing in the European Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing. She has previously raced in the DTM, the FIA World Endurance Championship and FIA Formula 3, and is a podium finisher in ADAC Formula 4 and the ELMS, as well as the youngest race winner of the Ginetta Junior Championship. Personal life Flörsch was born in Grünwald, Bavaria, and has spent most of her life around Munich: she attended Oberhaching Grammar School and is now based in Pullach. Her interests include karting, skiing and wind surfing. In February 2020 she won the award for World Comeback of the Year at the 2020 Laureus World Sports Awards. Controversy Flörsch is an outspoken critic of the W Series women's Formula 3 championship; labelling it a "step back on a sporting level" and "not the way to help women in motorsport" upon launch in 2019, and "gender bashing" in 2022. She further criticised the existence of a serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Mielke
Erich Fritz Emil Mielke (; 28 December 1907 – 21 May 2000) was a German communist official who served as head of the East German Ministry for State Security (''Ministerium für Staatsicherheit'' – MfS), better known as the Stasi, from 1957 until shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. A native of Berlin and a second-generation member of the Communist Party of Germany, Mielke was one of two triggermen in the 1931 murders of Berlin Police captains Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck. After learning that a witness had survived, Mielke escaped arrest by fleeing to the Soviet Union, where the NKVD recruited him. He was one of the key figures in the decimation of Moscow's German Communists during the Great PurgeJohn O. Koehler, ''The Stasi; The Untold Story of the East German Secret Police'', page 51. as well as in the Stalinist witch-hunt for ideological dissent within the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. Following the end of World War II in 1945, Miel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 In Germany
Events in the year 1937 in Germany. Incumbents National level Head of State and Chancellor * Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party) Events * 10 March — The Encyclical ''Mit brennender Sorge'' of Pope Pius XI is published in Nazi Germany. * 6 May — ''Hindenburg'' disaster: In the United States, the German airship ''Hindenburg'' bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirteen passengers, 22 crew and one member of the ground crew were killed. * 7 May — Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion Fighter Group, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces. * 28 May — Volkswagen, state-owned carmaker, is formed to produce the new people's car. * 8 June — Carl Orff's ''Carmina Burana'' premieres in Frankfurt, Germany. * 18 July - Haus der Kunst in Munich opened * 20 July — The Geibeltbad Pirna is opened in Dresden, Germany. * 6-13 September — The 9th Nazi Party Congress is held and titled t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Stöhrer
Walter Stöhrer (1937–2000) was a German painter born in Stuttgart. Between 1952 and 1954 he studied as a commercial graphical artist (''Werbegraphiker''), receiving a journeyman's certificate. In 1955 he began to study painting at the Academy of Arts (''Akademie der Bildenden Künste'') in Karlsruhe and in 1957 became a member of the class of HAP Grieshaber, where he remained until 1959. In 1959 he left Karlsruhe for Berlin, to operate and live as free artist. In 1984 Stöhrer became a member of the Academy of the Arts in Berlin. Between 1981 and 1982 he was visiting professor at the ''Hochschule'' (now ''Universität'') ''der Künste'', the Berlin University of the Arts. In 1986 he obtained a chair at that same institution. Awards * 1962 Stuttgart, German Youth Art Prize * 1964 Berlin, Critics' Prize of the City of Berlin * 1971 Berlin, Will Grohmann Prize of the Academy of Art * 1976 Berlin, Berlin Art Prize of the Academy of Art * 1977 Villa Romana Prize * 1978 Esslinge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 In Germany
Events in the year 1944 in Germany. Incumbent National level Head of State and Chancellor * Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party) Events * 4 January — World War II: The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. * 20 January — World War II: The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin. * 27 January — World War II: The 3-year Siege of Leningrad is lifted. * 29 January — World War II: The Battle of Cisterna takes place. * 15 February — World War II – Battle of Monte Cassino: A monastery atop Monte Cassino is destroyed by Allied bombing. * 20 February — World War II: The "Big Week" begins with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers. * 26 February — Holocaust: Shooting begins on the Nazi propaganda film, '' The Fuehrer Gives a Village to the Jews'' in Theresienstadt. * 15 March — World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Allied aircraft bomb German-held monastery and stage an assault. * 17 March — World War II: The Nazis execute almo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Blum
Harry Blum (18. October 1944 in Lennestadt- Elspe, Sauerland; died 17. March 2000 in Cologne) was a German politician and member of the CDU. On 1. October 1999 he became the first directly elected mayor of Cologne, but he only held that office for six months when he died suddenly in March 2000. Background and earlier life Harry Blum was born ''Johannes Jacob Blum'' into an Old Colognian family, but the family was evacuated during the war. He received his Abitur at Dreikönigsgymnasium and studied law at the University of Cologne. Blum joined the Christian Democratic Union in 1964 and was a member of the city council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ... since 1984. Mayor of Cologne Shortly before his election as mayor he adopted his long-time nickname as off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 In Germany
Events in the year 1912 in Germany. Incumbents National level * Kaiser – Wilhelm II * Chancellor – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg State level Kingdoms * King of Bavaria – Otto of Bavaria * King of Prussia – Kaiser Wilhelm II * King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus III of Saxony * King of Württemberg – William II of Württemberg Grand Duchies * Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick II * Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis * Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis IV * Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolphus Frederick V * Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II * Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – William Ernest Principalities * Schaumburg-Lippe – Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe * Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg * Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg * Principality of Lippe – Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe * Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXIV, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Schwarzmann
Alfred Schwarzmann (22 March 1912 – 11 March 2000) was a German Olympic gymnast. He won three gold and two bronze medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and another silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. During World War II, Schwarzmann served in the Wehrmacht and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Career Alfred Schwarzmann joined the 13th Company of the Nuremberg Infantry Regiment on 1 April 1935 after signing up for a twelve-year period of service. He was promoted to Unteroffizier on 1 May 1935 and was a member of the Gymnastics team preparing for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he won three gold and two bronze medals. On 10 May 1940 Schwarzmann and his company parachuted into the Netherlands and took a key bridge at Moerdijk. In the first hour of the fighting Schwarzmann was badly wounded when a bullet pierced a lung. He was treated for his wounds in Dordrecht after the Dutch capitulation. Aged 40, Schwarzmann competed at the 1952 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 In Germany
Events in the year 1918 in Germany. Incumbents National level Head of State * Kaiser – Wilhelm II, abdicated 9 November * Republican (from 9 November) – vacant Head of Government * Chancellor (Imperial) - Georg von Hertling to 30 September, then from 3 October Prince Maximilian of Baden to 9 November * Republican – from 9 November Friedrich Ebert, ''"Head of Government"'' State level Kingdoms * King of Bavaria – Ludwig III of Bavaria abdicated 7 November * King of Prussia – Kaiser Wilhelm II, abdicated 9 November * King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, abdicated 13 November * King of Württemberg – William II of Württemberg, abdicated 30 November Grand Duchies * Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick II, abdicated 22 November * Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis, abdicated 9 November * Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Frederick Francis IV, abdicated 14 November * Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Adolphus Frederick VI, died 23 N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Thiedemann
Fritz Thiedemann (; 3 March 1918 – 8 January 2000) was a German equestrian, considered to be one of the greatest show jumpers of his time. Biography Thiedemann was born as the son of a farmer. His riding talents became clear at a young age, but he could not display them internationally until after World War II. During the war, Theidemann commanded a cavalry unit and was captured and interred at a Russian prison camp by war's end. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Thiedemann won medals in two equestrian disciplines, a feat since unequalled. He placed third in the dressage team event, and won another bronze medal in the individual jumping contest with his favourite horse ''Meteor'', with which he would win all major prizes in his career. The following year, Thiedemann won a jumping silver at the World Championships in Paris. Winning another medal (bronze) in that event in 1956 in Aachen. That same year, he won a gold medal with the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 In Germany
Events in the year 1940 in Germany. Incumbents National level Head of State and Chancellor * Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party) Events January * 4 January — World War II: (Axis powers): Luftwaffe General Hermann Göring assumes control of most war industries in Germany. * 10 January — World War II: Mechelen Incident: A German plane carrying secret plans for the invasion of western Europe makes a forced landing in Belgium, leading to mobilization of defense forces in the Low Countries. February * 16 February — World War II: Altmark Incident: The British destroyer pursues the German tanker ''Altmark'' into Jøssingfjord in southwestern Norway. March * 18 March — World War II: Axis powers: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom. * 31 March — World War II: Commerce raiding ''hilfskreuzer Atlantis'', leaves the Wadden Sea for what will become the longest warshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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