2015 in Germany

none February 2019 October 2022 2015 The following lists events that happened in 2015 in Germany. Incumbents President: Joachim Gauck Chancellor: Angela Merkel 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.Germany: Parliament Passes Law on Minimum Wage https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2014-08-08/germany-parliament-passes-law-on-minimum-wage/ 2024-05-05 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA 11 January - An arson attack on the newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost, which published Charlie Hebdo cartoons, leads to two arrests. https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/charlie-hebdo-cartoons-arson-attack-at-german-paper-reprinted-235141-2015-01-11 India Today 11 January 2015 11 January 2015 21 January - Lutz Bachmann resigns as chairman of the anti-Islamic Pegida movement. As of 9 April, the position is still vacant.Connolly Kate 2015-01-21 Germany's Pegida leader steps down over Adolf Hitler photo https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/21/germany-pegida-adolf-hitler-lutz-bachmann 2024-05-05 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 February 5–15 February - 140th Berlin International Film Festival 15 February: Hamburg state election, 2015 in Hamburg March March - German company Dr Oetker buys German company Coppenrath & Wiesehttps://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m7598_20150617_20310_4313367_EN.pdf European Commission Case M.7598 — Dr. Oetker/Coppenrath & Wiese M.7598 17 June 2015 EUR-Lex: 32015M7598 REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE, Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION 12 May 2015 6 Sep 2024 5 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 24 March - The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 leads to widespread media coverage and public attention in Germany. 72 Germans die aboard the German machine that was intentionally crashed by its German co-pilot.No survivors from German airliner crash in French Alps https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/3/25/no-survivors-from-german-airliner-crash-in-french-alps 2024-05-05 Al Jazeera en March – CeBIT in Hanover March – ITB Berlin in Berlin March – Leipzig Book Fair in Leipzig April April – Hanover Messe in Hanover April – Deutscher Filmpreis in Berlin May 10 May - Bremen state election, 2015 in Bremen June 7–8 June – 41st G7 summit was held in Schloss Elmau, Bavaria.https://news.yahoo.com/germany-hold-2015-g8-summit-alpine-spa-122936229--finance.html Germany to hold 2015 G8 summit at Alpine spa 23 January 2014 AP June – Kiel Week in Kiel 29 June – A robot grabbed a man at a Volkswagen production plant in Baunatal and crushed him to death against a metal plate. Prosecutors considered bringing charges after the incident.Robot kills worker at Volkswagen plant in Germany https://web.archive.org/web/20180407103701/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/02/robot-kills-worker-at-volkswagen-plant-in-germany 7 April 2018 The Guardian, 2015-07-01. August August – Hanse Sail in Rostock August- September – Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin in Berlin August 31 - Chancellor Angela Merkel makes her we can do this statement during the 2015 European migrant crisis. September September – ILA Berlin Air Show in Berlin September – Gamescom in Cologne September – Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt 30 September – Alex Springer Media Group is ordered to pay €635,000 compensation for damages for pain and suffering to journalist and weather presenter Jörg Kachelmann following their reporting of a case in which he was falsely accused of rape. The award was a record sum for such as case, though later reduced to €395,000 on appeal.https://www.dw.com/en/bild-publisher-ordered-to-pay-record-sum-to-kachelmann/a-18750847 'Bild' publisher ordered to pay 'record sum' to Kachelmann | DW | 30.09.2015 Deutsche Welle September - October – Oktoberfest in Munich October October – Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt November November - German company Merck Group buys American company Sigma-AldrichKroll David Merck KGaA (German Merck) Buys Sigma-Aldrich For $17B https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2014/09/22/merck-kgaa-buys-sigma-aldrich-for-17b/ 2024-05-05 Forbes en November - Japanese company Hitachi Koki buys German company Metabo2015-11-17 Hitachi Buys German Power Tool Maker Metabo For Reported $180 Million https://www.inddist.com/mergers-acquisitions/news/13770415/hitachi-buys-german-power-tool-maker-metabo-for-reported-180-million 2024-05-05 Industrial Distribution en-us December 31 December – New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany Mein Kampf copyright runs out Deaths October 2022 thumb|110px|right|Richard von Weizsäcker 1 January: Ulrich Beck (70), German sociologist (born 1944) 7 January: Diether Kressel (89), German painter (born 1925)April 2020 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) thumb|right|110px|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)April 2020 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) 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) thumb|right|110px|Helmut Schmidt 10 November: Helmut Schmidt (96), German chancellor (born 1918) 5 December: Wolfgang Sandner (66), German physicist (born 1949) 15 December: Stella Doufexis (47), German mezzo-soprano opera singer (born 1968) 19 December: Kurt Masur (88), German conductor (born 1927) See also 2015 in German television References 2015 Category:2010s in Germany Category:Years of the 21st century in Germany Germany Germany