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Events in the year 2005 in Germany.
Incumbents
- President: Horst Köhler
 - Chancellor:
- Gerhard Schröder (until 22 November 2005)
 - Angela Merkel (from 22 November 2005)
 
 
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
 - 12 April - Ennepetal hostage taking
 - 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
Sport
Deaths
- 14 January - Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (born 1940)
 - 3 February - Ernst Mayr, German biologist (born 1904)
 - 21 February - Horst Drinda, German actor (born 1927)
 - 24 February - Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, German politician (born 1922)
 - 6 March - Hans Bethe, German nuclear physicist (born 1906)
 - 7 March - Walter Arendt, German politician (born 1925)
 - 15 March - Konrad Hesse, German judge (born 1919)
 - 1 April - Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (born 1929)
 - 16 April - Volker Vogeler, German film director (born 1930)
 - 2 May — Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentenarian (born 1893)
 - 19 May - Paul Schneider-Esleben, German architect (born 1915)
 - 7 June - Ulrich Briefs, German politician (born 1939)
 - 8 July Peter Boenisch, German journalist (born 1927)
 - 14 July - Tilly Fleischer, German athlete (born 1911)
 - 28 August - Hans Clarin, German actor (born 1929)
 - 4 September - Carl-August Fleischhauer, judge (born 1930)
 - 12 September Helmut Baierl, German playwright (born 1926)
 - 20 October - Rudi Felgenheier, motorcycle race (born 1930)
 - 1 December - Karin Himboldt, German actress (born 1920)
 
See also
References
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