2025 in Germany
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Events in the year 2025 in Germany.
Incumbents
[edit]- President – Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- President of the Bundestag – Bärbel Bas
- Chancellor – Olaf Scholz
- President of the German Bundesrat – Anke Rehlinger[a]
- President of the Federal Constitutional Court – Stephan Harbarth
Events
[edit]- January 7: Two people are killed in a shooting inside a company office in Bad Friedrichshall.[1]
- January 10: The first case of foot-and-mouth disease in Germany since 1988 is discovered in a herd of water buffalo in Hönow, Brandenburg.[2]
- January 11: A bus overturns near Prenzlau, killing two people.[3]
- January 12: The Alternative for Germany (AfD) leadership votes to formally replace the Young Alternative for Germany (JA) as its youth organisation.[4]
Scheduled
[edit]- February 23: 2025 federal election.[5]
- March 2: 2025 Hamburg state election.[6]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[7]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 6 January - Epiphany
- 8 March - International Women's Day
- 28 March - Maundy Thursday
- 29 March - Good Friday
- 31 March - Easter Sunday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 1 May - International Workers' Day
- 9 May - Ascension Day
- 19 May - Whit Sunday
- 20 May - Whit Monday
- 30 May - Corpus Christi
- 15 August - Assumption Day
- 20 September - Children's Day
- 3 October - German Unity Day
- 31 October - Reformation Day
- 1 November - All Saints' Day
- 20 November - Repentance Day
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day
Art and entertainment
[edit]- List of German films of 2025
- List of 2025 box office number-one films in Germany
- List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- 8 January – Rudolf Dreßler, 84, politician (SPD)
- 14 January – Hans Reichelt, 99, politician
- 15 January – Stephanie Aeffner, 48, politician (Alliance 90/The Greens), member of the Bundestag (since 2021)[8]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The President of the Bundesrat, the speaker of the Bundesrat, a federal legislative chamber, in which the governments of the sixteen German states are represented. The president of the Bundesrat is ex officio also deputy to the President of Germany (Basic Law, Article 57), thus becomes first in the order, while acting on behalf of the President or while acting as head of state during a vacancy of the presidency.
References
[edit]- ^ "2 killed and 1 critically injured in shooting at a company's premises in Germany". Associated Press. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Animal transports banned in German region after foot-and-mouth disease detected". Associated Press. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "A bus accident on a highway in northeastern Germany leaves 2 dead". Associated Press. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Germany's far-right AfD replaces 'Young Alternative' group". Deutsche Welle. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Germany's president dissolves parliament, sets national election for Feb. 23". Associated Press. 27 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Startseite". Radio Hamburg. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Germany Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "»Grünenpolitikerin Stephanie Aeffner plötzlich verstorben«". spiegel.de (in German). 15 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
External links
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