The icebreakers of Germany include one large icebreaker, used for International polar research and dozens of smaller icebreakers that clear navigation channels of ice in Germany's territorial waters.
| name | IMO / ENI number | launched | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polarstern | IMO 8013132 | 1982 | a German research icebreaker of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven. |
| Mellum | IMO 8301981 | 1983 | Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities |
| Neuwerk | IMO 9143984 | 1997 | Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities |
| Arkona | 2004 | Multi-purpose vessel with icebreaking capabilities | |
| Görmitz | IMO 9339363 | 2004 | in 2010 she assisted in the northern Peenestrom, in the fairway to Hiddensee and Ost- and Landtief |
| Schwedt | ENI 05041960 | 2010 | Breaks ice on the River Oder |
| Stettin | 1933 | Steamship, now a museum ship | |
| Eisbrecher I | 1871 | One of the first European icebreakers | |
| Eisbrecher II | 1877 | ||
| Eisbrecher III | 1892 | ||
| Eisvogel | 1960 | a 500-ton naval icebreaker, since 2010 Italian tugboat | |
| Eisbär | 1961 | a 500-ton naval icebreaker, scrapped in late 1990s | |
| Kienitz | ENI 05027290 | 1958 | Breaks ice on the River Oder |
| Hanse | 1965 | Built in Finland, paid off in 1998 and lost after major fire | |
| Stephan Jantzen | 1967 | Dobrynya Nikitich-class icebreaker built in Russia for East Germany, replaced by the Arkona in 2004 | |
| Max Waldeck | 1967 | subjected to an experimental conversion in 1983 | |
| Hindenburg | 1915 | sunk by a mine 1918. | |
| Kietz | ENI 05041970 | 2010 | Breaks ice on the River Oder |
| Keiler | 2011 | Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt | |
| Frankfurt | ENI 05039960 | 2002 | constructed by Hitzler Werft for icebreaking duties on the Elbe River, Oder River, and canals in the former East Germany, operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt |
| Steinbock | 1935 | Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt | |
| Widder | 1949 | Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt | |
| Stier | 1951 | Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt | |
| Freiburg | ENI 05042180 | 2012 | Operated by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt on the Rhine River; working vessel. |
| Eisvogel | 1942 | Operated by the Kriegsmarine and later Soviet Navy. Decommissioned in 1972. | |
| Eisbär | 1942 | Operated by the Kriegsmarine and later Soviet Navy. Decommissioned in 1979. | |
| Castor | 1941 | Operated by the Kriegsmarine. Sunk in 1945 but later raised by the Soviet Union. | |
| Pollux | 1943 | Operated by the Kriegsmarine. Sunk in 1945. |