2012 in Germany
The following is a list of events from the year 2012 in Germany .
Events
3 July – Heinz Fromm resigns as Head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , following controversies over the organisation's handling of the far-right.
early July – Success for German players in the Wimbledon tennis Singles: In the Men's section, Florian Mayer and Philipp Kohlschreiber reach the quarter-finals; in the Women's section, Sabine Lisicki reaches the quarter-finals, and Angelique Kerber reaches the semi-finals.
13 July – FIFA President Sepp Blatter alleges that there were irregularities when Germany won the right to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup .
31 July – Germany wins its first Gold Medals of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , in the Equestrian sport, taking team gold, and with Michael Jung taking individual gold.
9–12 August – Hanse Sail in Rostock
31 August – 5 September – Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin in Berlin
11–16 September – ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin
12 September – The German Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe ruled, that the new European bailout fund was inline with the German constitution .
15–19 September – Gamescom in Cologne
18–23 September – photokina in Cologne
20–27 September – Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt
21 September – JadeWeserPort opened.
22 September – 7 October – Oktoberfest in Munich
28 September – The SPD selects Peer Steinbruck as its candidate to face Angela Merkel in the German federal election, 2013 .
4 October – Michael Schumacher announces his retirement from Formula One .
5 October – Footballer Michael Ballack announces an end to his playing career.
10–14 October – Frankfurt Book Fair , with special guest New Zealand .
12 November – 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt
25 November – In Formula One , German driver Sebastian Vettel wins the Drivers' Championship for the third consecutive year.
26 November – A fire at a workshop for disabled people in Southwestern Germany kills 14 people.
6 December – German officials tried to outlaw the Nationalist National Democratic Party of Germany , with the interior ministers of all 16 states recommending a ban. The Federal Constitutional Court is yet to vote on the recommendation.
10 December – An explosive device is found, and made safe, at the main railway station in Bonn .
25 December – Joachim Gauck makes his first Christmas address as President.
Date unknown: German company Volkswagen Group acquired Italian company Ducati and German companies MAN and Porsche . Deaths
January
Vadim Glowna 1941–20122 January – Helmut Müller-Brühl , 78, conductor (b. 1933)
3 January – Willi Entenmann , 68, footballer and coach (b. 1943)
4 January – Xaver Unsinn , 82, ice hockey player (b. 1929)
8 January – Bernhard Schrader , chemist and academic (b. 1931)
10 January – Kyra T. Inachin , 43, historian (b. 1968)
13 January – Guido Dessauer , 96, paper engineer and art collector (b. 1915)
17 January – Julius Meimberg , 95, Luftwaffe flying ace (b. 1917)
18 January – Georg Lassen , 96, naval officer (b. 1915)
24 January – Vadim Glowna , 70, actor and film director (b. 1941)
25 January – Veronica Carstens , 88, former First Lady (b. 1923)
February
Gunther Plaut 1912–20121 February – Lutz Philipp , 71, Olympic athlete (b. 1940)
2 February – Paul Consbruch , 81, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1930)
8 February – Gunther Plaut , 99, German-born Canadian rabbi and author (b. 1912)
20 February – Imanuel Geiss , 81, historian (b. 1931)
25 February – Louisiana Red , 79, American blues musician (b. 1932)
27 February – Werner Guballa , 67, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1944)
April
Barbara Buchholz 1959–20125 April – Ferdinand Alexander Porsche , 76, entrepreneur and auto designer (b. 1935)
6 April – Heinz Kunert , German engineer (b. 1927)
9 April – Ivan Nagel , 80, theatre director (b. 1931)
10 April – Barbara Buchholz , 52, musician and composer (b. 1959)
12 April – Manfred Orzessek , 78, footballer (b. 1933)
18 April – Fritz Theilen , 84, resistance activist (b. 1927)
20 April – Peter Carsten , 83, actor (b. 1928)
21 April – Heinz Jentzsch , 92, racehorse trainer (b. 1920)
May
Günther Kaufmann 3 May – Felix Werder , 90, German-born Australian composer (b. 1922)
10 May
12 May
15 May
16 May – Hans Geister , 83, athlete (b. 1928)
18 May
19 May – Gerhard Hetz 69, swimmer (b. 1942)
24 May – Klaas Carel Faber , 90, Dutch-born war criminal, died in Ingolstadt (b. 1922)
27 May – Friedrich Hirzebruch , 84, mathematician (b. 1927)
30 May – Gerhard Pohl , 74, politician (b. 1937)
June
Karl-Heinz Kammerling 1930–20129 June – Audrey Arno , 70, pop singer (b. 1942)
12 June – Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen , 94, psychoanalyst (b. 1917)
14 June – Karl-Heinz Kammerling , 82, academic teacher of pianists (b. 1930)
18 June – Lina Haag , 105, anti-fascist activist during World War II. (b. 1907)
20 June – Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Kostritz , 92, nobleman (b. 1919)
24 June
Gad Beck , 88, Resistance activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1923)Franz Crass , 84, bass singer (b. 1928)Rudolf Schmid , 97, Swiss-born German Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1914)
25 June – Doris Schade , 88, television actress (b. 1924)
27 June – Ralph Warren Victor Elliott , 90, German-born Australian professor of English and runologist (b. 1921)
July
Susanne Lothar 1960–201210 July – Fritz Langanke , 92, Waffen SS Lieutenant (b. 1919)
18 July – Günther Maleuda , 81, politician, President of the People's Chamber (1989–1990) (b. 1931)
19 July – Hans Nowak , 74, footballer (b. 1937)
21 July – Susanne Lothar , 51, actress (b. 1960)
23 July – Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen , 86, head of the Royal House of Saxony (b. 1926)
27 July – Carl-Ludwig Wagner , 82, politician, former Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate (b. 1930)
29 July – Heinz Staab , 86, chemist (b. 1926)
31 July – Rudolf Kreitlein , 92, football referee (b. 1919)
August
Georg Leber 1920-20122 August – Bernd Meier , 40, footballer (b. 1972)
8 August – Kurt Maetzig , 101, film director (b. 1911)
19 August – Hellmut Geissner , 86, scholar (b. 1926)
21 August – Georg Leber , 91, politician (b. 1920)
24 August – Georg Feuerstein , 65, German-born Canadian scholar of Hinduism (b. 1947)
26 August – Krzysztof Wilmanski , 72, Polish-born German scientist (b. 1940)
28 August – Alfred Schmidt , 81, philosopher (b. 1931)
30 August – Paul Friedrichs , 72, motocross racer (b. 1940)
31 August – Norbert Walter , 67, economist (b. 1944)
October
Dirk Bach 1961-20121 October – Dirk Bach , 51, comedian, actor and television presenter (b. 1961)
4 October – Erhard Wunderlich , 55, handball player (b. 1956)
6 October – Albert, Margrave of Meissen , 77, nobleman (b. 1934)
11 October – Helmut Haller , 73, footballer (b. 1939)
12 October – Harry Valérien , 88, sports journalist and presenter (b. 1923)
17 October – Henry Friedlander , 82, German-born American Jewish historian (b. 1930)
27 October – Hans Werner Henze , 86, composer (b. 1926)
31 October – Alfons Demming , 84, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1928)
November
8 November – Pete Namlook , 51, composer and producer (b. 1960)
10 November – Wilhelm Hennis , 89, political scientist (b. 1923)
18 November – Helmut Sonnenfeldt , 96, German-born American foreign policy official (b. 1926)
29 November – Klaus Schutz , 86, former Mayor of Berlin (b. 1926) December
Peter Struck 1943-20124 December – Peter Kiesewetter , 67, composer (b. 1945)
7 December – Berthold Albrecht , 58, businessman (b. 1954)
11 December – Albert O. Hirschman , 97, German-born American economist (b. 1915)
14 December – Klaus Koste , 69, gymnast (b. 1943)
16 December – Axel Anderson , 83, German-born Puerto Rican actor (b. 1929)
19 December – Peter Struck , 69, politician (b. 1943)
25 December – Rudolf Muller , 81, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1931)
27 December – Jesco von Puttkamer , 79, German-born American aerospace engineer (b. 1933)
28 December – Emmanuel Scheffer , 88, German-born Israeli football coach (b. 1924)
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