1985 in Germany

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Events in the year 1985 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President - Richard von Weizsäcker
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

• 15–26 February - 35th Berlin International Film Festival
• 21 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
• 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal
• 8 May - Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker delivers his speech to the Bundestag on the 40th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, describing 8 May 1945 as a day of liberation. It is widely regarded as the starting point of Germany's post-war memory culture.
• The Union for Aromanian Language and Culture, an Aromanian cultural organization, is founded by the Aromanian professor Vasile Barba [bg] at Freiburg im Breisgau.

Births

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• January 7 - Tiger Kirchharz, German dancer
• March 23 - Felix Övermann, German rower
• March 25 - Luise Heyer, German actress
• April 8 - Patrick Schliwa, German rugby player
• April 9 - Tim Bendzko, German singer-songwriter
• April 28 - Lucas Jakubczyk, German athlete
• May 6 - Theresa Underberg, German actress
• June 1 - Prince Christian of Hanover
• June 4 - Lukas Podolski, German football player
• June 20
  • Kai Hesse, footballer
  • Halil Savran, footballer
  • Katharina Schulze, politician
• June 27 - Nico Rosberg, Formula One racing driver
• July 10 - Mario Gómez, German football player
• August 27 - Daniel Küblböck, German singer (died 2018)
• September 4 - Marinus Schöberl, German murder victim (died 2002)
• September 12 - Sascha Klein, German swimmer
• November 9 - Denise Schindler, German Paralympic cyclist
• November 15 - Claas Relotius, German journalist who admitted numerous instances of journalistic fraud
• November 18 - Melanie Behringer, German footballer
• November 21 - Nadine Müller, German athlete
• December 24 - Christina Schwanitz, German shot putter

Deaths

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• February 10 - Werner Hinz, German actor (born 1903)
• April 10 - Klaus Scholder, ecclesiastical historian (born 1930)
• March 29 - Gerhard Stöck, German athlete (born 1911)
• April 6 - Mark Lothar, German composer (born 1902)
• April 7 - Carl Schmitt. German jurist and political theorist (born 1888)
• May 8 - Karl Marx, German composer (born 1897)
• May 21 - Kurt Waitzmann, German actor (born 1905)
• May 25 – Herta Hammerbacher, landscape architect (born 1900)
• May 30 - Gustav Jaenecke, German ice hockey player (born 1908)
• June 29 - Walter Rudi Wand, German judge (born 1928)
• July 16 - Heinrich Böll, German writer (born 1917)
• August 2 - Karl Heinz Stroux, German actor, theatre and film director (born 1908)
• August 6 – Karl Diebitsch, German Nazi uniform designer (born 1899)
• September 22 - Axel Springer, German journalist (born 1912)
• October 2 - Alex Möller, German politician (born 1903)
• November 12 - Willi Dehnkamp, German politician (born 1903)
• December 2 - Heinz Hoffmann, German politician (born 1910)
• December 26 - Margarete Schön, German actress (born 1895)

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