The following lists events that happened during

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 S ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Incumbents

Federal level

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

– Johannes Rau * Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder

Events

* 9–20 February -

50th Berlin International Film Festival The 50th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 9 to 20, 2000. The festival opened with '' The Million Dollar Hotel'' by Wim Wenders. ''Bossa Nova'' by Bruno Barreto, screened out of competition was the closing film of t ...

* 18 February -

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 Germany was represented by Stefan Raab, with the song "Wadde hadde dudde da?", at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 13 May in Stockholm. "Wadde hadde dudde da?" was the winner of the German national final, held on 18 February ...

* 27 February - Schleswig-Holstein state election, 2000 * 14 May - North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2000 * 25 July – Air France Flight 4590 crashes near

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

, 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 Mannesmann was a German industrial conglomerate. It was originally established as a manufacturer of steel pipes in 1890 under the name "Deutsch-Österreichische Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG". (Loosely translated: "German-Austrian Mannesmann pip ...

is taken over by British company

Vodafone Vodafone Group plc () is a British multinational telecommunications company. Its registered office and global headquarters are in Newbury, Berkshire, England. It predominantly operates services in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. , Vod ...

. * Date unknown: Fusion of German company

VEBA VEBA AG (originally from ''Vereinigte Elektrizitäts und Bergwerks Aktiengesellschaft'' or "United Electricity and Mining Corporation") was a German state owned energy company. VEBA was founded in 1929 as a holding company owned by the state of ...

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 (born 1947) * 7 January - Klaus Wennemann, German actor (born

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * Januar ...

) * 8 January -

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, b ...

, German equestrian (born 1918) * 11 March - Alfred Schwarzmann, German gymnast (born 1912) * 17 March -

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 ...

, German politician (born 1944) * 10 April — Walter Stöhrer, German painter (born 1937) * 21 May -

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 u ...

, German politician (born

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco ...

) * 22 May - Ernst-Dieter Lueg, journalist (born

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...

) * 21 August -

Gustav Scholz Gustav Wilhelm Hermann "Bubi" Scholz (12 April 1930 – 21 August 2000) was a Germans, German boxer. He was popularly called Bubi. In the 1950s and early 1960s he won the German National Boxing Championship and European Boxing Championship severa ...

, German boxer (born

) * 2 October - Harald Wust, German general (born 1921) * 20 October -

Klaus Winter Klaus Winter (29 May 1936 in Essen – 10 October 2000) was a German judge. He studied legal science in Frankfurt. He was a justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. 20th-century German judges Justices of the Federal Constitut ...

, German judge (born

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

) * 15 October – Konrad Emil Bloch, biochemist (born 1912) * 21 November

Harald Leipnitz Harald Leipnitz (22 April 1926 – 21 November 2000) was a German actor, who was born in Wuppertal and died in Munich of lung cancer. Filmography *1961: '' The Big Show'' (Uncredited) *1963: ', as Wolfgang Spitz *1963: ', as Pedro *1964: ''The ...

, German actor (born

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...

) * 12 December - Götz Friedrich, German opera and theatre director. (born

) * 13 December -

Erhard Krack Erhard Krack (9 January 1931 – 13 December 2000) was a German politician and mayor of East Berlin from 1974 to 1990. Born in Danzig, he was a member of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). He was also a deputy in the Volkskammer __NOTOC__ T ...

, German politician (born

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

) * 27 December - Mark Brandis (Nikolai von Michalewsky), journalist and science fiction author (born

)

References

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