2000 in Germany

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Germany. == Incumbents == === Federal level === President – Johannes Rau Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder == Events == 9–20 February - 50th Berlin International Film Festival 18 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 27 February - Schleswig-Holstein state election, 2000 14 May - North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2000 25 July – Air France Flight 4590 crashes near Paris, France shortly after taking off, killing 109 people mostly Germans, and 4 on the ground. 30 July - 2000 German Grand Prix at Hockenheimring 2 October - German company ProSiebenSat.1 Media was founded. Date unknown: German company Mannesmann is taken over by British company Vodafone. Date unknown: Fusion of German company VEBA and German company VIAG to German company E.ON == Sport == 2000 Betty Barclay Cup 2000 Faber Grand Prix 2000 FIRA Women's European Championship 2000 Sparkassen Cup (tennis) 2000 WTA German Open 2000 German F1 Grand Prix == Births == 3 January – Juri Knorr, handball player 1 December - Sophia Flörsch, racing driver == Deaths == 4 January - Diether Krebs, German actor and comedian (born 1947) 7 January - Klaus Wennemann, German actor (born 1940) 8 January - Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian (born 1918) 11 March - Alfred Schwarzmann, German gymnast (born 1912) 17 March - Harry Blum, German politician (born 1944) 10 April — Walter Stöhrer, German painter (born 1937) 21 May - Erich Mielke, German politician (born 1907) 22 May - Ernst-Dieter Lueg, journalist (born 1930) 21 August - Gustav Scholz, German boxer (born 1930) 2 September - Heinz Harmel, German SS officer (born 1906) 6 September - Fritz Ruchay, German football player and manager (born 1909) 29 September – Walter Dieminger, German space scientist (born 1907) 2 October - Harald Wust, German general (born 1921) 20 October - Klaus Winter, German judge (born 1936) 15 October – Konrad Emil Bloch, biochemist (born 1912) 21 November Harald Leipnitz, German actor (born 1926) 12 December - Götz Friedrich, German opera and theatre director. (born 1930) 13 December -Erhard Krack, German politician (born 1931) 27 December - Mark Brandis (Nikolai von Michalewsky), journalist and science fiction author (born 1931) == See also == 2000 in German television == References ==