2006 in Germany

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Events in the year 2006 in Germany.

Incumbents

Events

• 2 January - Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink roof collapse
• 9 February - Bundesvision Song Contest 2006
• 9–19 February - 56th Berlin International Film Festival
• February - April - 2006 European floods
• 9 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
• 26 May - Berlin Hauptbahnhof opened
• June 9 to July 9 – The 2006 FIFA World Cup takes place in Germany; Italy defeats France in the final.
• 26 June - Murder of Frauke Liebs
• 31 July - 2006 German train bombing plot
• 22 September - Lathen train collision
• 26 September - 2006 Idomeneo controversy at Deutsche Oper Berlin
• 26 September – 1 October – photokina in Cologne
• 20 November - Emsdetten school shooting
• October - 2006 German troops controversy

Sport

• 2006 FIFA World Cup
• Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics
• 2005–06 Bundesliga
• 2005–06 2. Bundesliga
• 2005–06 DEL season
• 2006 German Grand Prix
• 2006 European Grand Prix
• 2006 German motorcycle Grand Prix

Elections

• Baden-Württemberg state election
• Berlin state election
• Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
• Rhineland-Palatinate state election
• Saxony-Anhalt state election

Deaths

• 27 January - Johannes Rau, politician (born 1931)
• 3 February - Reinhart Koselleck, German historian (born 1923)
• 30 April - Paul Spiegel, President of Central Council of Jews in Germany (born 1937)
• 4 May - Fritz Schenk, broadcast journalist (born 1930)
• 9 June - Drafi Deutscher, German singer (born 1946)
• 10 June - Wulff-Dieter Heintz, German astronomer (born 1930)
• 27 July - Elisabeth Volkmann, German actress (born 1936)
• 2 August - Holger Börner, politician (born 1931)
• 26 August - Rainer Barzel, politician (born 1924)
• 26 August - Ulrich de Maizière, general (born 1912)
• 7 September - Andreas Meyer-Hanno, German theater and opera director (born 1932)
• 18 September -Heinrich Trettner, general (born 1907)
• 1 October - Frank Beyer, German film director (born 1932)
• 5 October - Friedrich Karl Flick, German industrialist and billionaire (born 1927)
• 6 October - Heinz Sielmann, German zoologist, biologist and filmmaker (born 1917)
• 20 October - Maxi Herber, German figure skater (born 1920)
• 9 November -Ingrid Hartmann, German sprint canoer (born 1930)
• 10 May- Robert Alvarez Lee ii, WW ii Veteran (born 1926)

See also

• 2006 in German television

References