2006 in Germany

none February 2019 October 2022 2006 yes Events in the year 2006 in Germany. Incumbents Federal level German order of precedence President: Horst Köhler Chancellor: Angela Merkel State level Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg: Günther Oettinger Minister-President of Bavaria: Edmund Stoiber Governing mayor of Berlin: Klaus Wowereit First mayor of Bremen: Jens Böhrnsen Minister-President of Brandenburg: Matthias Platzeck First mayor of Hamburg: Ole von Beust Minister-President of Hesse: Roland Koch Minister-President of Lower Saxony: Christian Wulff Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Harald Ringstorff Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia: Jürgen Rüttgers Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate: Kurt Beck Minister-President of the Saarland: Peter Müller Minister-President of Saxony: Georg Milbradt Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt: Wolfgang Böhmer Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein: Peter Harry Carstensen Minister-President of Thuringia: Dieter Althaus Events 2 January - Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink roof collapseUSATODAY.com - Germany officials halt search at collapsed ice rink https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-02-germany-rink_x.htm 2022-10-13 usatoday30.usatoday.com 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 opened1 July 2006 Merkel opens Berlin Hauptbahnhof Railway Gazette International http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/passenger/single-view/view/merkel-opens-berlin-hauptbahnhof.html 13 October 2022 4 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131004212701/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/passenger/single-view/view/merkel-opens-berlin-hauptbahnhof.html dead June 9 to July 9 – The 2006 FIFA World Cup takes place in Germany; Italy defeats France in the final.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5056630.stm Football World Cup 2006 for World Cup June 9, 2006 BBC Sport 2017-02-05 November 17, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201117233821/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5056630.stm livehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991652.stm Zidane off as Italy win World Cup July 9, 2006 BBC News 2017-02-05 September 6, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170906192236/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991652.stm live 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)2000-01-09 Zentralrat der Juden: Paul Spiegel tritt Bubis-Nachfolge an de Der Spiegel https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/zentralrat-der-juden-paul-spiegel-tritt-bubis-nachfolge-an-a-59179.html 2022-10-13 2195-1349 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)WELT.de 2006-07-27 Todesfall: Elisabeth Volkmann einsam gestorben de DIE WELT https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article232295/Elisabeth-Volkmann-einsam-gestorben.html 2022-10-13 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 2006 Category:Years of the 21st century in Germany Germany