Events in the year 2007 in Germany.

Incumbents

Federal level

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– Angela Merkel

State level

*Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg – Günther Oettinger * Minister-President of Bavaria – Edmund Stoiber to 30 September, Günther Beckstein *

Governing mayor of Berlin The Governing Mayor (german: Regierender Bürgermeister) of Berlin is the head of government, presiding over the Senate of Berlin, Berlin Senate. As Berlin is an independent city as well as one of the constituent States of Germany (''Bundesländer ...

– Klaus Wowereit * First mayor of Bremen –

Jens Böhrnsen Jens Böhrnsen (born 12 June 1949) is a German politician of the SPD who served as President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen from 2005 to 2015. From 1 November 2009 until 31 October 2010 he was President of the Bundesrat. As such, he was acti ...

* Minister-President of Brandenburg – Matthias Platzeck * First mayor of Hamburg – Ole von Beust *Minister-President of Hesse – Roland Koch *Minister-President of Lower Saxony – Christian Wulff *Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Harald Ringstorff *Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia – Jürgen Rüttgers *Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate –

Kurt Beck Kurt Beck (born 5 February 1949) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who served as the 7th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1994 to 2013 and as the 55th President of the Bundesrat in 2000/01. In May 2006, ...

*Minister-President of the Saarland – Peter Müller *Minister-President of Saxony – Georg Milbradt *Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt –

Wolfgang Böhmer Wolfgang Böhmer (born 27 January 1936) is a German politician ( CDU) and was the 5th Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 16 May 2002 to 19 April 2011. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2002/03. He formerly worked as a medical doc ...

*Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein – Peter Harry Carstensen *Minister-President of Thuringia –

Dieter Althaus Dieter Althaus (born 29 June 1958 in Heiligenstadt/ Eichsfeld) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the 3rd Minister President of Thuringia from 2003 to 2009. In 2003/04 he was the 58th President of the B ...

Events

* 1 January - Germany assumes presidency of the G8 for the year and presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months. * 1 January -

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is raised from 16% to 19%. * 1 January - BenQ-Siemens in Munich declares insolvency. * 5 January - Mounir El Motassadeq was sentenced in Hamburg to 15 years prison for his involvement in the

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. * 8 January - Russian oil supplies to Germany, Poland, and Ukraine are cut for three days as part of the Russia-Belarus energy dispute. * 18 January - Following in-party pressure, Edmund Stoiber announces his resignation as Minister-President of Bavaria and chairman of the

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, effective on 30 September. * 18 January - Hurricane Kyrill, the worst storm to hit Germany since 1999, kills 13 in Germany and at least 31 in the rest of Western Europe. * 2 February - The federal parliament passes a reform in

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, making insurance compulsory for all German citizens. * 8 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 * 9 March - The national

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is raised to 67. * 9 March - War in Afghanistan: The federal parliament approves the deployment of Panavia Tornados to Afghanistan. Threats against Germany by

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soon follow. * 25 March - In Berlin, 27 European ministers celebrate the 50th anniversary of the

Treaty of Rome The Treaty of Rome, or EEC Treaty (officially the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community), brought about the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC), the best known of the European Communities (EC). The treaty was sig ...

. * 11 April - In Beirut, the trial begins for one of the Lebanese perpetrators of the 2006 German train bombing plot. * 12 April - A Tornado fighter jet of the German air force ('' Luftwaffe'') collides with a rock face in the Swiss Bernese Oberland. One pilot ejects to safety, one dies. * 13 April - Günther Oettinger, Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, creates controversy with his eulogy of predecessor Hans Filbinger. Oettinger describes Filbinger as an opponent of the Nazi regime, although Filbinger was a member of the Nazi party and his true role during the war is still disputed. * 7 May - President Horst Köhler rejects a request to pardon Red Army Faction terrorist Christian Klar, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of banker Jürgen Ponto * 13 May - State election in Bremen - The SPD and CDU, who have governed Bremen since 1995 in a

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under

(SPD), both suffer losses although the SPD remains the strongest party.

The Left Party.PDS The Party of Democratic Socialism (german: Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus, PDS) was a democratic socialist political party in Germany active between 1989 and 2007. It was the legal successor to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), wh ...

enjoy their first success in a western German state with enough votes to enter the Senate of Bremen. After two months of negotiations, a red-green alliance (SPD and Greens) is established. * 14 May - The Stuttgart-based car manufacturer DaimlerChrysler sells its American daughter company

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for 5500 million euros, ending a 10-year union. After the demerger, DaimlerChrysler is renamed to Daimler AG. * 24 May - Cyclist Erik Zabel confesses to

doping Doping may refer to: * Doping, adding a dopant to something * Doping (semiconductor), intentionally introducing impurities into an extremely pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties * Aircraft dope, a lacquer that is applied to fabr ...

with EPO for at least one week during the

1996 Tour de France The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd edition of the Tour de France, starting on 29 June and ending on 21 July, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day (10 July). It was won by Danish rider Bjarne Riis. Th ...

, only to stop due to the adverse effects of the drugs on his health. At this same press conference, Rolf Aldag also confesses to long-term EPO use. * 1 June - The DAX exceeds 8000 points for the first time in eight years. * 6–8 June -

33rd G8 summit The 33rd G8 summit was held at Kempinski Grand Hotel, 6–8 June 2007. The summit took place in Heiligendamm in the Northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on the Baltic Coast. The locations of previous G8 summits to have been hosted by G ...

in Heiligendamm, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. * 16 June -

and the WASG fuse to form the Left Party. * 16 June - 23 September:

documenta 12 documenta 12 was the twelfth edition of documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition. It was held between 16 June and 23 September 2007 in Kassel, Germany. The artistic director was Roger M. Buergel in collaboration with Ruth No ...

* 1 September - The first Extra Mile Endurathon in Berlin. * 21 December - Border controls with Germany's eastern neighbours are removed as the Czech Republic, Poland and seven other countries join the Schengen border-free zone. The only remaining German border with border controls is that with Switzerland. * Date unknown: Volkswagen AG gained ownership of Swedish company Scania by first buying Volvo's stake in 2000, after the latter's aborted takeover attempt, increasing it to 36.4% in the first quarter 2007.

Popular culture

Arts & Literature

22 February Events Pre-1600 *1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. *1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand ...

Lothar-Günther Buchheim Lothar-Günther Buchheim () (February 6, 1918 – February 22, 2007) was a German author, painter, and wartime journalist under the Nazi regime. In World War II he served as a war correspondent aboard ships and U-boats. He is best known for ...

, German author, painter, and art collector (b.

1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...

Film

*8-18 February - 57th Berlin International Film Festival *25 February - The Lives of Others (''Das Leben der Anderen'') wins the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Television

Sport

* 4 February - ''Handball'' - Germany wins the

2007 World Men's Handball Championship The 2007 World Men's Handball Championship took place from 19 January to 4 February 2007 in Germany. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities. It was the 20th edition of the World Championship in team handball and was won by the hosts. Stadi ...

held in Germany, defeating Poland in the final in Cologne. * 18 February - ''Indoor field hockey'' - Germany wins the 2007 World Indoor Field Hockey Championship held in Vienna, Austria, defeating Poland in the final and defend their title. The

women's team A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardle ...

- also the previous champions - take third place. * 20 February - ''Ice hockey'' - The

Adler Mannheim The Adler Mannheim (English: ''Mannheim Eagles'', formerly Mannheimer ERC) is a professional ice hockey team of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest-level ice hockey league in Germany. The team is based in Mannheim, a city in the northern pa ...

win the

Deutscher Eishockey-Pokal The German Cup (german: Deutscher Eishockey-Pokal) is the national ice hockey cup competition in Germany. It was first contested in 2003. Champions *2003 : Adler Mannheim *2004 : Kölner Haie *2005 : ERC Ingolstadt *2006 : DEG Metro Stars *2007 : ...

. * 31 March - ''Boxing'' - Henry Maske returns to the ring after an 11-year absence to avenge his only professional defeat, beating Virgil Hill after 12 rounds by unanimous decision. Immediately after the bout, Maske announces his final retirement. * 8 April - ''Curling'' - Germany take second place at the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Edmonton, Canada, losing to the host nation in the final. * 17 April - ''Ice hockey'' - The

win the

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for the sixth time, becoming the first team to win both the league and cup titles in a single season. * 22 April - ''Handball'' - HSV Hamburg wins the

EHF Cup Winner's Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

final against

CB Ademar León Abanca Ademar León is a Spanish handball team based in León, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL. History Founded in 1956, Ademar León is the handball team of the city of León. Until 1975 it played in the provincial categories when not exist ...

. * 29 April - ''Handball'' -

THW Kiel THW Kiel is a handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 22 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, win ...

wins the all-German final of the EHF Champions League against SG Flensburg-Handewitt. SC Magdeburg wins the EHF Cup final against

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. * 5 May - ''Volleyball'' -

VfB Friedrichshafen VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball GmbH is a German professional men's volleyball club founded in 1969 and based in Friedrichshafen, southern Baden-Württemberg. Main stakeholder is VfB Friefdrichshafen e.V. The club plays in the German Bundesliga an ...

become German volleyball champions for the seventh time. * 12 May - ''Rugby'' - RG Heidelberg wins the final of the Rugby-Bundesliga. * 19 May - ''Football'' - VfB Stuttgart wins the 2006–07 season of the Bundesliga for the fifth time. * 28 May - ''Field hockey'' - Crefelder HTC wins the

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for the first time. * 2 June - ''Handball'' -

become national handball champions for a record 13th time. * 26 June - ''Basketball'' - The Brose Baskets from

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...

become German champions in the

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for the second time. * 1 July - ''American football'' - The Marburg Mercenaries are defeated by the Dodge Vikings Vienna in the Eurobowl. * 8 July - ''Field hockey'' - Der Club and der Alster in Hamburg become German field hockey champions for the fifth time. * 24 August to 2 September -

2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...

in Osaka, Japan. Germany finishes fifth on the overall medal tally. * 30 September - ''Football'' - Germany wins the

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international association football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but th ...

in Shanghai, China, defeating Brazil and not surrendering a single goal during the tournament. The German team becomes the first women's team to win two consecutive titles. * 21 October - ''Handball'' -

wins the

EHF Men's Champions Trophy The EHF Champions Trophy (named IHF Supercup between 1979 and 1983, named EHF Supercup between 1996 and 2007) was an official annual club competition of the European Handball Federation, that was contested until 2008. History Regarded as one of ...

, defeating Celje Pivovarna Laško in the final;, completing the most successful year in the club's history (EHF Champions League, national champions, EHF Champions Trohpy). Two other German teams — HSV Hamburg and SC Magdeburg — take third and fourth place. * 16 December - ''Handball'' - Germany takes third place in the

2007 World Women's Handball Championship The 2007 World Women's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). France hosted the event from 2–16 Dece ...

held in France, defeating Romania in Paris.

Births

* 26 March - Prince Moritz of Hesse

Deaths

* 16 January - Rudolf August Oetker, German entrepreneur (born

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

) * 27 January - Herbert Reinecker, German dramatist and screenwriter (born

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...

) * 9 February -

Reinhart Hummel Reinhart Hummel (26 January 1930 – 9 February 2007 ) was a German theology, theologian and long-term leader of the Evangelische Zentralstelle für Weltanschauungsfragen (EZW). The EZW (Protestant Centre for Questions on World Views) is a subdivis ...

, German theologian (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 be ...

) * 22 February -

, author, painter, and art collector (born

) * 27 February – Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, German army officer (born

) * 28 February -

Egon Monk Egon Monk (18 May 1927 – 28 February 2007) was a German actor, director and author. Biography Monk was born in Berlin, Germany and grew up in Berlin-Wedding. He served in the German Air Force in World War II (1943–1945). After the war he became ...

, German film director and writer (born

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

) * 1 April - Hans Filbinger, jurist and politician (born

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...

) * 13 April - Marion Yorck von Wartenburg, jurist and Resistance fighter (born

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

) * 22 April - Karl Holzamer, German philosopher, pedagogue and former director general of the German television station ZDF (born

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

) * 28 April - Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist (born

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

) * 19 May - Hans Wollschläger, German writer (born

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

) * 28 May —

Jörg Immendorff Jörg Immendorff (14 June 1945 – 28 May 2007) was a German painter, sculptor, stage designer and art professor. He was a member of the art movement ''Neue Wilde''. Early life and education Immendorff was born in Bleckede, Lower Saxony, ne ...

, German painter (born

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

) * 2 June - Wolfgang Hilbig, German author (born

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...

) * 19 June - Klausjürgen Wussow, actor (born

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

) * 22 June - Bernd Becher, photographer (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 ...

) * 26 June - Jupp Derwall, footballer and coach (born

) * 1 July - Gottfried von Bismarck, aristocrat and socialite (born

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

) * 4 July -

Liane Bahler Liane Bahler (22 January 1982 – 4 July 2007) was a German professional racing cyclist. Bahler was born in Gotha, and started her professional career in 2001. In that year she finished third in the sixth stage of the Tour de Bretagne. In 2002, ...

, cyclist (born

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

) * 22 July - Ulrich Mühe, actor (born

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

) * 23 July - Ernst Otto Fischer, chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born

) * 6 August (approximate date) - Heinz Barth, German war criminal (born

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

) * 11 August -

Wolf Hilbertz Wolf Hartmut Hilbertz (April 16, 1938August 11, 2007) was a German-born futurist architect, inventor, and Oceanography, marine scientist. Notable contributions to science include the discovery of artificial mineral accretetion / biorock and its us ...

, German futurist architect, inventor, and marine scientist (born

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...

) * 25 August -

Hansjörg Felmy Hansjörg Felmy (born Hans-Jörg Hellmuth Felmy; 31 January 1931 – 24 August 2007) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films and television shows between 1957 and 1995. Films like '' Der Stern von Afrika'' and '' Wir Wunderkinder'' made ...

, actor (born

) * 21 September - Jürgen Roland, German film director (born

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...

) * 5 October - Walter Kempowski, German writer (born

) * 17 October - Rüdiger von Wechmar, German diplomat (born

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

) * 28 October - Evelyn Hamann, actress and comedian (born

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

) * 28 November - Elly Beinhorn, pilot (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. ...

) * 5 December - Karlheinz Stockhausen, composer (born

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

)

References

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