2011 in Germany

none 2011 February 2019 thumb|upright|A Church and Rathaus (town hall) backdrop the German flag and construction in Nußloch, Baden-Württemberg. (2011) The following is a list of events from the year 2011 in Germany. In 2011, Germany was recognized for having the most positive influence in the world. http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/views_on_countriesregions_bt/680.php?nid=&id=&pnt=680&lb=#ger Views of US Continue to Improve in 2011 BBC Country Rating Poll Worldpublicopinion.org 7 March 2011 28 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110427045321/http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/views_on_countriesregions_bt/680.php?nid=&id=&pnt=680&lb=#ger 27 April 2011 dead dmy-all It was also the largest contributor to the budget of the European Union (providing 20%)http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/2011/2011_en.cfm The EU budget 2011 in figures European Commission 6 May 2011 11 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110511154943/http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/2011/2011_en.cfm live and the third largest contributor to the UN (providing 8%).https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=ST/ADM/SER.B/824 United Nations regular budget for the year 2011 UN Committee on Contributions 6 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110623054849/http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=ST%2FADM%2FSER.B%2F824 23 June 2011 Germany hosted the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and Eurovision Song Contest and ended conscription in the Bundeswehr.https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=255989/match=300144437/summary.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110718121005/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=255989/match=300144437/summary.html dead 18 July 2011 Japan edge USA for maiden title 2011-07-17 FIFA 2011-07-17 In education, Germany achieved a third best result in university rankings.http://www.topuniversities.com/germany/german-universities-2010-qs-world-university-rankings%C2%AE German universities in the 2010 QS World University Rankings® - Topuniversities 2012-01-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120120160444/http://www.topuniversities.com/germany/german-universities-2010-qs-world-university-rankings%C2%AE 2012-01-20 Aerospace thumb|right|Fuzzy image of ROSAT, in its last days A German X-ray observatory in Space called ROSAT, last active in 1999, re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 23 October 2011.http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10424 ROSAT – latest news DLR Portal 25 October 2011 25 October 2011 15 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190515232737/https://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10424/ live It had been launched in 1990.http://www.mpe.mpg.de/xray/wave/rosat/mission/rosat/launch.php Archived copy 9 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006030341/http://www.mpe.mpg.de/xray/wave/rosat/mission/rosat/launch.php 6 October 2011 dead The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) provided the framing cameras for the Dawn spacecraft, which arrived at asteroid 4 Vesta in mid-2011.Rayman Marc Thomas C. Fraschetti Carol A. Raymond Christopher T. Russell Dawn: A mission in development for exploration of main belt asteroids Vesta and Ceres Acta Astronautica 58 605–616 http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/Dawn_overview.pdf 14 April 2011 10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.01.014 11 2006AcAau..58..605R 5 April 2006 30 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110930183613/http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/Dawn_overview.pdf livehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14160135 17 July 2011 Dawn probe orbits asteroid Vesta Jonathan Amos BBC News 20 June 2018 22 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180422021451/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14160135 live The DLR, which is Germany's space agency took on Hansjörg Dittus as an executive Board member for space research and development in June. http://www.dlr.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-1/86_read-31208/ DLR Portal – Professor Hansjörg Dittus – new DLR Executive Board Member for Space 2011-06-27 2011-06-15 DLR Portal German Aerospace Center June 2023 InternetArchiveBot yes Another space project Germany was involved with was the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD), which was funded by the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters and the DLR. RAD was developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the extraterrestrial physics group at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany. RAD was the first of ten MSL instruments to be turned on, on the route to Mars. It will characterize the broad spectrum of radiation environment found inside the spacecraft.http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~hassler/rad/ SwRI Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) Homepage Southwest Research Institute 2011-01-19 22 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220422062833/https://www.boulder.swri.edu/~hassler/rad/ live Bundeswehr In May 2011 the German Bundeswehr had 188,000 professional soldiers and 31,000 18‑ to 25‑year‑old conscripts who served for at least six months.http://www.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/bwde/!ut/p/c4/DcmxDYAwDATAWVgg7unYAugc8kSWI4OMIesTXXm002D8SeWQy7jRStshc-4p94L0hENCnXEGUvXXSuMKG8FwBd26TD9uIZiT/ Die Stärke der Streitkräfte 5 June 2011 Bundeswehr de https://web.archive.org/web/20160822234553/https://www.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/bwde/!ut/p/c4/DcmxDYAwDATAWVgg7unYAugc8kSWI4OMIesTXXm002D8SeWQy7jRStshc-4p94L0hENCnXEGUvXXSuMKG8FwBd26TD9uIZiT// 22 August 2016 dead The German government announced plans to reduce the number of soldiers to 170,000 professionals and up to 15,000 short-time volunteers (voluntary military service).http://www.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/bwde/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP3I5EyrpHK9pPKUVL3ikqLUzJLsosTUtJJUvbzU0vTU4pLEnJLSvHRUuYKcxDygoH5BtqMiAMTJdF8!/ Ausblick: Die Bundeswehr der Zukunft 5 June 2011 Bundeswehr de 4 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604001134/http://www.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/bwde/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP3I5EyrpHK9pPKUVL3ikqLUzJLsosTUtJJUvbzU0vTU4pLEnJLSvHRUuYKcxDygoH5BtqMiAMTJdF8!/ live Reservists are available to the Armed Forces and participate in defence exercises and deployments abroad, a new reserve concept of their future strength and functions was announced 2011. 2011 4, the German military had about 6,900 troops stationed in foreign countries as part of international peacekeeping forces, including about 4,900 Bundeswehr troops in the NATO-led ISAF force in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, 1,150 German soldiers in Kosovo, and 300 troops with UNIFIL in Lebanon.http://www.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/bwde/einsaetze/einsatzzahlen?yw_contentURL=/C1256EF4002AED30/W264VFT2439INFODE/content.jsp Einsatzzahlen – Die Stärke der deutschen Einsatzkontingente 14 April 2011 Bundeswehr de https://web.archive.org/web/20110429090345/http://www.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/bwde/einsaetze/einsatzzahlen?yw_contentURL=%2FC1256EF4002AED30%2FW264VFT2439INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp 29 April 2011 live Until 2011, military service was compulsory for men at age 18, and conscripts served six-month tours of duty; conscientious objectors could instead opt for an equal length of Zivildienst (civilian service), or a six-year commitment to (voluntary) emergency services like a fire department or the Red Cross. On 1 July 2011 conscription was officially suspended and replaced with a voluntary service. Germany to abolish compulsory military service Connolly, Kate https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/22/germany-abolish-compulsory-military-service The Guardian UK 22 November 2010 7 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110514235841/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/22/germany-abolish-compulsory-military-service 14 May 2011 live Marching orders for conscription in Germany, but what will take its place? Pidd, Helen https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/16/conscription-germany-army The Guardian UK 16 March 2011 7 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110514235831/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/16/conscription-germany-army 14 May 2011 live Churches thumb|right|Newly constructed in 2011, Angélique Arnauld Church The Pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, made his first official visit to Germany in 2011.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15016554 BBC – Last Pope Benedict making first official visit to Germany (September 2011) 20 June 2018 2 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181202162105/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15016554 live In 2011, there were 25 million Catholics in Germany, which is about one third of the population.(BBC, 2011) Pope Benedict XVI was welcomed by the Chancellor and the President of Germany, and then made visits across the country, such as with leaders of the Lutheran Church. Chancellor The Chancellor of Germany was named the fourth most powerful person in the world by Forbes in 2011.https://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/list/ The World's Most Powerful People Forbes 23 August 2017 25 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225092237/https://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/list/ live (this source has since changed) A poll in August 2011 found the Chancellor's coalition with 36% support.http://www.zimbio.com/Chancellor+Angela+Merkel/articles/tvb0mRYv0RF/German+opposition+hits+11+year+high+polls German opposition hits 11-year high in polls France24 2011-08-05 2011-08-23 11 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111011051049/http://www.zimbio.com/Chancellor%2BAngela%2BMerkel/articles/tvb0mRYv0RF/German%2Bopposition%2Bhits%2B11%2Byear%2Bhigh%2Bpolls live Elections There were a number of elections in Germany in 2011 including: Baden-Württemberg state election, 2011 Berlin state election, 2011 Bremen state election, 2011Rot-Grün – das ist die neue große Koalition https://www.welt.de/politik/wahl/bremen-wahl/article13387736/Rot-Gruen-das-ist-Bremens-neue-grosse-Koalition.html 22 May 2011 Die Welt 22 May 2011 23 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110523204633/http://www.welt.de/politik/wahl/bremen-wahl/article13387736/Rot-Gruen-das-ist-Bremens-neue-grosse-Koalition.html live Hamburg state election, 2011 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2011 Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011 Sporting events Some examples of sporting events hosted in Germany. 2011 German Masters 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 German Figure Skating Championships Renewable energy thumb|upright|Flowers bloom in spring at Schlosspark Herrenhausen, Hannover, Germany. (2011) By January 2011, around 17% of electricity, 8% of heat and 6% of fuel used in Germany was generated from renewable sources, reducing Germany's energy imports (DENA, 2011).German Renewable Energies Agency (Deutsche Erneuerbare Energien Agentur, DENA), January 2011, DENA https://web.archive.org/web/20120321171210/http://www.unendlich-viel-energie.de/de/politik/10-jahre-eeg.html 21 March 2012 By early 2011, the renewable energy industry employed more than 350,000 people in Germany, up from 30,000 people in 1998. Germany hosted businesses like Enercon, Nordex and REpower Systems in the wind industry and Q-Cells, Schott Solar and SolarWorld in the solar industry. Germany was one of the world's three major renewable energy economies (Renewable Energy Network 21, 2011).Renewable Energy Network for the 21st century, February 2011, .pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120416031610/http://www.ren21.net/Portals/97/documents/GSR/REN21_GSR_2010_full_revised%20Sept2010.pdf 2012-04-16 In 2011, Germany's federal government worked on a plan for increasing renewable energy commercialization,http://www.erneuerbare-energien.de/inhalt/46959/3860/ 100% renewable electricity supply by 2050 Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 26 January 2011 4 June 2011 9 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110509143651/http://www.erneuerbare-energien.de/inhalt/46959/3860/ dead with a particular focus on offshore wind farms.http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,752791,00.html Will Nuke Phase-Out Make Offshore Farms Attractive? Stefan Schultz 23 March 2011 Spiegel Online 26 March 2011 10 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120210090055/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,752791,00.html live Among many ongoing developments in wind power, the Baltic 1 wind farm was commissioned on 2 May 2011. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15043017,00.html Offshore wind park powers German hopes for non-nuclear future Richard Connor Darren Mara 2 May 2011 Deutsche Welle 2011-05-02 3 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110903135551/http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15043017,00.html live Eight nuclear power reactors in Germany were declared shutdown on 6 August 2011: Biblis A and B, Brunsbuettel, Isar 1, Kruemmel, Neckarwestheim 1, Philippsburg 1 and Unterweser.http://www.iaea.org/programmes/a2/ Power Reactor Information System IAEA 2011 Highlights 9 January 2012 11 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120211095840/http://www.iaea.org/programmes/a2/ live Solar power in Germany Wind power in Germany Incumbents Federal level thumb|120px|right|Christian Wulff thumb|120px|right|Angela Merkel President – Christian Wulff Chancellor – Angela Merkel State level Minister-President of Baden-Wuerttemberg – Stefan Mappus (until 12 May), Winfried Kretschmann Minister-President of Bavaria – Horst Seehofer Mayor of Berlin – Klaus Wowereit Minister-President of Brandenburg – Matthias Platzeck Mayor of Bremen – Jens Boehrnsen Mayor of Hamburg – Christoph Ahlhaus (until 7 March), Olaf Scholz Minister-President of Hesse – Volker Bouffier Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Erwin Sellering Minister-President of Niedersachsen – David McAllister Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia – Hannelore Kraft Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate – Kurt Beck Minister-President of Saarland – Peter Mueller (until 10 August), Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Minister-President of Saxony – Stanislaw Tillich Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt – Wolfgang Boehmer (until 19 April), Reiner Haseloff Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein – Peter Harry Carstensen Minister-President of Thuringia – Christine Lieberknecht Events 1 January - The German People's Union (DVU) merges with the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD). 7 January A major food scandal erupts. Due to thawing weather conditions, several rivers burst their banks. 20 February – Hamburg state election, 2011. German party SPD wins a majority. 1 March – Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigns as German defence minister. 2 March – Two U.S. soldiers are killed and two wounded in the 2011 Frankfurt Airport shooting. thumb|Nuclear power plants in Germany (Date: 2010) 15 March – German chancellor Angela Merkel shuts down the seven oldest German nuclear power plants. 20 March – Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011 24 March – Krailling double homicide in Krailing, Bavaria. 27 March – Baden-Württemberg state election, 2011 and Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 2011 3 April – Guido Westerwelle announced his resignation as party leader of German liberal Free Democratic Party after ten years in these position. 12 May Rainer Brüderle lost his Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology to politician Philipp Rösler. Daniel Bahr becomes next German Federal Minister of Health. Winfried Kretschmann becomes Minister-President of Baden-Wuerttemberg. As the first Green Party Minister-President in Germany, he leads a Green/SPD coalition. 14 May – Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf 22 May – Bremen state election, 2011 in Bremen 30 May – German government announces plans to abandon nuclear power entirely by 2022. 31 May – Journalist and weather presenter Jörg Kachelmann is acquitted of rape after being falsely accused of the crime by his ex-girlfriend Claudia Dinkel. Kachelmann had been imprisoned for over four months while under investigation and suffered significant damage to his career as a result of the false rape accusations.https://www.badische-zeitung.de/panorama/joerg-kachelmann-ist-gerichtlich-rehabilitiert--127869304.html Jörg Kachelmann ist gerichtlich rehabilitiert - Panorama - Badische Zeitung 14 April 2020 27 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201127082726/https://www.badische-zeitung.de/panorama/joerg-kachelmann-ist-gerichtlich-rehabilitiert--127869304.html live May – 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak in northern Germany 26 June – 17 July – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, won by Japan. 30 June – Tennis: Germany's Sabine Lisicki is knocked out in the semi-finals of the women's singles at Wimbledon, having made it further in the tournament than previously expected. 1 July – Conscription ends in Germany. 7 July – German Bundestag allows Preimplantation genetic diagnosis 24 July – The 2011 German Grand Prix is held at the Nürburgring in Nürburg. 2 September – Germany secures qualification for Euro 2012, with a 6–2 win over Austria. 4 September – Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2011 7 September – The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany rules that Germany can continue to contribute to Eurozone bailouts. 18 September – Berlin state election, 2011 – Klaus Wowereit of the SPD is re-elected as Mayor. The FDP is voted out of the Berlin parliament, while the Pirate Party is voted in. 11 October – Germany keeps its 100% record in Euro 2012 qualifying, defeating Belgium 3–1. 4 November – Bosphorus serial murders: Far-right extremists Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Boehnhardt die in a fire in Zwickau while Beate Zschaepe hands herself in to the police. Together, they are found to be responsible for a series of racially motivated murders and the murder of policewoman Michele Kiesewetter in Heilbronn in 2007. 8 November – The Nord Stream 1 pipeline is officially inaugurated by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French Prime Minister François Fillon at the ceremony held in Lubmin. 2 December – For Euro 2012, Germany is drawn into a group with the Netherlands, Denmark and Portugal. 5 December – An International Conference on Afghanistan is held in Bonn. 23 December – Christian Wulff and Angela Merkel attend the funeral of Václav Havel in Prague. Deaths October 2022 thumb|150px|right|Bernd Eichinger thumb|150px|right|Otto von Habsburg thumb|150px|right|Loriot thumb|120px|right|Rudolf Mössbauer thumb|140px|right|Christa Wolf thumb|140px|right|Johannes Heesters January 1 January – Gerd Michael Henneberg, 88, actor (b. 1922) 3 January – Eva Strittmatter, 80, author (b. 1930) 6 January – Gad Granach, 95, memoirist (b. 1915) 13 January Hellmut Lange, 87, actor (b. 1923) Egon Drews, 84, canoeist (b. 1926) 24 January – Bernd Eichinger, 61, film producer and director (b. 1949) February 10 February – Claus Helmut Drese, 88, theatre and opera administrator (b. 1922) 11 February – Josef Pirrung, 61, footballer (b. 1949) 12 February – Adolf Spies von Büllesheim, 81, politician (b. 1929) 16 February – Hans Joachim Alpers, 67, writer and editor (b. 1943) 19 February – Dietrich Stobbe, 72, politician, former Mayor of Berlin (b. 1938) 20 February – Helmut Ringelmann, 84, film and television producer (b. 1926) 23 February – Gustav Just, 89, journalist and politician (b. 1921) March 19 March – Knut, 4, polar bear (b. 2006) April 3 April – Ulli Beier, 89, editor, writer and scholar (b. 1922) 4 April – Witta Pohl, 73, actress (b. 1937) 6 April – Hans Tiedge, 73, spy (b. 1937) May 7 May – Gunter Sachs, 78, German-Swiss photographer and art collector (b. 1932) 8 May – Hans-Georg Borck, 89, military officer (b. 1921) 30 May – Tillmann Uhrmacher, 44, DJ, musician and radio host (b. 1967) 31 May – Hans Keilson, 101, German-Dutch author, doctor and psychoanalyst (b. 1909) June 4 June – Curth Flatow, 91, screenwriter and dramatist (b. 1920) 14 June – Peter Schamoni, 77, director and producer (b. 1934) 18 June – Ulrich Biesinger, 77, footballer (b. 1933) 30 June – Georg Sterzinsky, 75, cardinal (b. 1936) July 4 July Otto von Habsburg, 98, Austro-Hungarian nobleman and politician, died in Bavaria (b. 1912) Gerhard Unger, 94, opera singer (b. 1916) 13 July – Heinz Reincke, 86, actor (b. 1925) 14 July – Leo Kirch, 84, media entrepreneur (b. 1926) 17 July – Aba Dunner, 73, German-born Jewish activist (b. 1937) 20 July – Lucian Freud, 88, German-born British painter (b. 1922) 28 July – Bernd Clüver, 63, Schlager singer (b. 1948) August 3 August – Rudolf Brazda, 98, concentration camp prisoner (b. 1913) 4 August – Conrad Schnitzler, 74, musician (b. 1937) 14 August – Friedrich Schoenfelder, 94, actor (b. 1916) 22 August – Vicco von Bülow (Loriot), 87, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer (b. 1923) 31 August – Rosel Zech, 71, actress (b. 1940) September 6 September – Hans Apel, 79, politician (b. 1932) 7 September – Robert Dietrich, 25, ice hockey player (b. 1986) 14 September – Rudolf Mössbauer, 82, Nobel Prize-winning physicist (b. 1929) 17 September – Kurt Sanderling, 98, conductor (b. 1912) 28 September – Heidi, 3, opossum (b. 2008) October 2 October – Peter Przygodda, 69, film director (b. 1941) 12 October – Heinz Bennent, 90, actor (b. 1921) 17 October – Manfred Gerlach, 83, politician (b. 1928) 18 October – Friedrich Kittler, 68, literary scholar and media theorist (b. 1943) 28 October – Jiri Grusa, 72, Czech diplomat and author, died in Hanover (b. 1938) 29 October – Walter Norris, 79, American musician and pianist, died in Berlin (b. 1931) 30 October – Mickey Scott, 64, German-born American baseball player (b. 1947) November 3 November – H. 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Francis (Hans Gerhard Franciskowsky), 75, author of popular fiction (b. 1936) 12 November – Eva Monley, 88, German-born Kenyan film location scout (b. 1923) 14 November – Franz Josef Degenhardt, 79, singer, poet, novelist and satirist (b. 1931) 22 November Kristian Schultze, 66, musician (b. 1945) Hans Reichel, 62, guitarist (b. 1949) December 1 December – Christa Wolf, 82, writer and poet (b. 1929) 3 December – Heinrich Sonne, 94, Waffen-SS member (b. 1917) 6 December – Barbara Orbison, 61, German-born American record producer and widow of Roy Orbison (b. 1950) 11 December – Hans Heinz Holz, 84, Marxist philosopher (b. 1927) 13 December – Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, 69, footballer (b. 1942) 15 December – Walter Giller, 84, actor (b. 1927) 21 December – Werner Otto, 102, businessman and entrepreneur (b. 1909) 24 December Johannes Heesters, 108, actor and singer (b. 1903)http://open.salon.com/blog/lost_in_berlin/2011/12/24/a_legend_leaves_the_stage_johannes_heesters_1903-2011 A legend leaves the stage: Johannes Heesters, 1903-2011 - Alan Nothnagle - Open Salon 2014-09-22 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130423230607/http://open.salon.com/blog/lost_in_berlin/2011/12/24/a_legend_leaves_the_stage_johannes_heesters_1903-2011 2013-04-23 Walter Söhne, 98, agronomist (b. 1913) https://web.archive.org/web/20120426075327/http://sz-ms.vrsmedia-trauerportal.de/MEDIASERVER/content/LH31/obi/7003749305-1_thumb-80816ebc5d324d5380a63f79ef73f377.jpg 26 April 2012 (German) 25 December – Hans-Heinrich Isenbart, 88, sports commentator (b. 1923)http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2011/12/27/hans-heinrich-isenbart-passed-away Eurodressage | Home 31 December 2011 1 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120201125051/http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2011/12/27/hans-heinrich-isenbart-passed-away live See also History of Germany References External links WikiNews Category:Germany 2011 Germany Germany Category:2010s in Germany Category:Years of the 21st century in Germany