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List of events
The following lists events that happened in 2015 in
Germany .
Incumbents
Events
January
1 January - The 'Mindestlohngesetz' (German Minimum Wage Law ) comes into effect: Most jobs now have to receive €8.50 per hour as a minimum wage.
11 January - An arson attack on the newspaper
Hamburger Morgenpost , which published
Charlie Hebdo cartoons, leads to two arrests.
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21 January -
Lutz Bachmann resigns as chairman of the anti-Islamic
Pegida movement. As of 9 April, the position is still vacant.
February
March
April
May
June
August
September
October
November
December
Deaths
Richard von Weizsäcker
1 January:
Ulrich Beck (70), German sociologist (born
1944 )
7 January:
Diether Kressel (89), German painter (born
1925 )[
citation needed ]
8 January:
Hubert Markl (77), German biologist (born
1938 )
20 January:
Edgar Froese (71), German artist and electronic music pioneer (born
1944 )
25 January -
Ernst Träger , German judge (born
1926 )
31 January:
Udo Lattek (79), German football player, coach, and TV pundit (born
1935 )
31 January:
Richard von Weizsäcker (94), German politician (born
1920 )
18 February:
Hans F. Zacher , German jurist (born
1928 )
26 February:
Heinrich Windelen (93), German politician (born
1921 )
26 February:
Fritz J. Raddatz (83), German feuilletonist, essayist, biographer and romancier (born
1931 )
1 March:
Chris Welp (51), German professional basketball player (born
1964 )
1 March:
Wolfram Wuttke (53), German footballer (born
1961 )
5 March:
Karina Kraushaar , German actress (born
1971 )
9 March:
Frei Otto (90), German architect (born
1925 )
26 March:
Friedrich L. Bauer , German computer scientist (born
1924 )
30 March:
Helmut Dietl (70), German film director and author (born
1944 )
31 March:
Klaus Tschira (74), German entrepreneur (born
1940 )
Günter Grass
13 April:
Günter Grass (87), German novelist and author (born
1927 )
14 April:
Klaus Bednarz (72), German journalist (born
1942 )
9 May:
Odo Marquard (86), German philosoph (born
1928 )
19 May:
Gerald Götting (91), German politician (born
1923 )
20 May:
Manfred Müller , German bishop or Roman Catholic Church (born
1926 )
27 May:
Elisabeth Wiedemann (88), German actress (born
1926 )
3 June:
Horst Brandstätter (81), German businessman (born
1933 )
4 June:
Hermann Zapf (96), German typeface designer and calligrapher (born
1918 )
4 June:
Edith Hancke (86), German film actress (born
1928 )
9 June:
James Last (86), German composer and big band leader (born
1929 )
15 June:
Harry Rowohlt (70), German writer and translator (born
1945 )
21 Jun:
Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski (83), German politician (born
1932 )
22 June:
Gabriele Wohmann (83), German novelist (born
1932 )
13 July:
Philipp Mißfelder (35), German politician (born
1979 )
14 July:
Wolf Gremm (73), German film director and screenwriter (born
1942 )
3 August:
Johanna Quandt (89), German entrepreneur (born
1926 )
11 August:
Utta Danella (95), German author (born
1920 )
15 August:
Max Greger (89), German jazz musician (born
1926 )[
citation needed ]
17 August:
Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder (82), Vice President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) (born
1933 )
20 August:
Egon Bahr (93), German politician (born
1922 )
20 August:
Armin, Prince of Lippe , German nobleman (born
1924 )
4 September:
Max Kruse (93), German author (born
1921 )
4 September:
Rainer Kirsch , German writer and journalist (born
1934 )
24 September:
Ellis Kaut (94), German author of children's literature, best known for her creation of Pumuckl (born
1920 )
29 September:
Hellmuth Karasek (81), German journalist, literary critic and novelist (born
1934 )
1 November:
Günter Schabowski (86), German official of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) (born
1922 )
5 November:
Hans Mommsen (85), German historian (born
1930 )
Helmut Schmidt
See also
References
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