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. 30 July - 2000 German Grand Prix at Hockenheimring 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 Sport 2000 Betty Barclay Cup 2000 Faber Grand Prix 2000 FIRA Women's European Championship 2000 Sparkassen Cup (tennis) 2000 WTA German Open 2000 German F1 Grand Prix

Births 3 January – Juri Knorr, handball player 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) 8 January - Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian (born 1918) 11 March - Alfred Schwarzmann, German gymnast (born 1912) 17 March - Harry Blum, German politician (born 1944) 10 April — Walter Stöhrer, German painter (born 1937) 21 May - Erich Mielke, German politician (born 1907) 22 May - Ernst-Dieter Lueg, journalist (born 1930) 21 August - Gustav Scholz, German boxer (born 1930) 2 September - Heinz Harmel, German SS officer (born 1906) 6 September - Fritz Ruchay, German football player and manager (born 1909) 29 September – Walter Dieminger, German space scientist (born 1907) 2 October - Harald Wust, German general (born 1921) 20 October - Klaus Winter, German judge (born 1936) 15 October – Konrad Emil Bloch, biochemist (born 1912) 21 November Harald Leipnitz, German actor (born 1926) 12 December - Götz Friedrich, German opera and theatre director. (born 1930) 13 December -Erhard Krack, German politician (born 1931) 27 December - Mark Brandis (Nikolai von Michalewsky), journalist and science fiction author (born 1931)

See also 2000 in German television

References