2010 in Germany

none May 2020 October 2022 2010 The following is a list of events from the year 2010 in Germany. yes center 3 Incumbents Federal level President: Horst Köhler (until 31 May 2010) Jens Böhrnsen (Acting; 31 May – 30 June 2010) Christian Wulff (from 30 June 2010) Chancellor: Angela Merkel Events thumb|right|150px|Germany's Lena wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 16 January – The German government asks its citizens to stop using Microsoft's web browser Internet Explorer to protect their own security.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8463516.stm Germany issues Explorer warning 16 January 2010 BBC News 22 January – A Nuremberg court issues an arrest warrant for former Argentine leader Jorge Rafael Videla, on suspicion of killing a German man.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8476321.stm Germany seeks Argentina's Videla 22 January 2010 BBC Newshttps://www.dw.com/en/germany-seeks-arrest-of-former-argentine-dictator/a-5161476 Germany seeks arrest of former Argentine dictator Deutsche Welle 22 January 2010 11–21 February – 60th Berlin International Film Festival 13 February – More than 10,000 anti-fascist protesters successfully block a planned neo-Nazi march in Dresden.Becker Leon Dische Dresden's 'Civil Courage': A City Mobilizes Against Neo-Nazis https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/dresden-s-civil-courage-a-city-mobilizes-against-neo-nazis-a-678069.html 2019-11-18 Spiegel Online 15 February 2010 4 April – Three car bombs hit the Egyptian, German and Iranian embassies in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in quick succession, killing at least 30 people.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8602478.stm Iraqi capital rocked by bombs leaving 41 dead BBC News 2010-04-04 2019-07-03 29 May – With the song "Satellite", Germany's Lena wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, the first German victory since 1982.Fulker Rick S!sters to enter the fray as Germany's Eurovision candidate in Tel Aviv https://www.dw.com/en/ssters-to-enter-the-fray-as-germanys-eurovision-candidate-in-tel-aviv/a-47644877 12 November 2019 Deutsche Welle 22 February 2019 25 June – Germany's TanDEM-X satellite, whose aim it is to create the most precise 3D map of Earth's surface, obtains its first images.https://www.bbc.com/news/10422511 3D mission returns first pictures Jonathan Amos 26 June 2010 BBC News 30 June — Christian Wulff is elected President of Germany.Connolly Kate Christian Wulff elected German president https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/30/christian-wulff-elected-german-president 2019-11-18 The Guardian 30 June 2010 4 July – In a referendum, voters in the German state of Bavaria vote to ban smoking at all pubs and restaurants.https://www.smh.com.au/world/munich-beer-fest-votes-to-ban-smoking-20100705-zw3b.html Munich beer fest votes to ban smoking 4 July 2010 The Sydney Morning Herald 7 July – Spain defeats Germany 1–0 to win its semi-final and for its first time, along with Netherlands make the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final.McCarra Kevin Germany 0-1 Spain World Cup 2010 semi-final match report https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jul/07/germany-spain-world-cup-match-report 12 November 2019 The Guardian 7 July 2010 10 July – 2010 FIFA World Cup: Germany defeats Uruguay 3–2 to finish third.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_63/default.stm David Ornstein Uruguay 2-3 Germany BBC News 12 July – At least eight people are injured after a tornado strikes the German island of Duene in the North Sea.https://www.bbc.com/news/10606081 Eight injured in German tornado 12 July 2010 BBC News 24 July – A massive stampede at the 2010 Love Parade in Duisburg kills 20 people and injures dozens more people. 8 August – Dutch rider Ellen van Dijk wins the 2010 Sparkassen Giro.Wielerzege voor Van Dijk in Duitsland https://www.nu.nl/wielrennen/2308380/wielerzege-van-dijk-in-duitsland.html 2019-11-18 NU.nl 8 August 2010 nl 26 August – German HIV-positive pop singer Nadja Benaissa is found guilty of grievous bodily harm after transmitting HIV to a man who had unprotected sex with her without her telling him of her condition.Connolly Kate German singer Nadja Benaissa sentenced for infecting lover with HIV https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/26/nadja-benaissa-hiv-sentence-germany 2019-11-18 The Guardian 26 August 2010 21–26 September – photokina in Cologne 3 October Germany celebrates 20 years of unification.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-11461199 Germany marks 20 years of unity 3 October 2010 BBC News The German government pays its last World War I reparations.Crossland David Germany to Settle WWI Debt After 92 Years https://abcnews.go.com/International/germany-makes-final-reparation-payments-world-war/story?id=11755920 12 November 2019 ABC News 29 September 2010 21 October – Freck Langsam, German no-budget Gangster Comedy film is released."Freck Langsam: Internet Kult aus Trier.", Trierischer Volksfreund, 31 July 2010 26 October – The number of unemployed in Germany drops first time since 1991 below three million.https://www.dw.com/en/number-of-german-jobless-hits-18-year-low/a-6158584 Number of German jobless hits 18-year low 27 October 2010 Deutsche Welle 1 November – German identity cards are issued in the ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 format and contain RFID chips with personally identifiable information including a biometric Photo and, if desired, two fingerprints. thumb|200px|Anti-Atomkraft-Demonstration in Wendland (2010) thumb|180px|right|Freya von MoltkePhoto: Dorothea von Haeften thumb|180px|right|Hanna-Renate Laurien thumb|180px|right|Werner Schroeter thumb|180px|right|Heidi Kabel thumb|180px|right|Sepp Daxenberger thumb|180px|right|Loki Schmidt 9 November – Demonstrations in Wendland near Gorleben against CASTOR-transport.Wendland: Zehntausende protestieren gegen Castor-Transport https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article10770590/Zehntausende-protestieren-gegen-Castor-Transport.html 2019-11-18 Welt 6 November 2010 29 November – Break of coalition in Hamburg between the Green and CDU parties.https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/hamburg-gal-beendet-schwarz-gruene-koalition-a-731577.html Hamburg: GAL beendet schwarz-grüne Koalition 28 November 2010 Spiegel Online de December – The German Meteorological Service, de Deutsche Wetterdienst, says December was the coldest December month since 1969 in Germany.State of the Climate: Global Climate Report for December 2010 https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201012 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 2019-11-18 January 2011 Deaths January 1 January Marlene Neubauer-Woerner, 91, German sculptor (b. 1918)https://www.pnp.de/archiv/cho/728501_Floetenspieler-Schoepferin-gestorben.html Flötenspieler-Schöpferin gestorben 5 January 2010 Passauer Neue Presse 2019-11-10 de Freya von Moltke, 98, German World War II resistance fighter (b. 1911)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/6937604/Freya-von-Moltke.html Freya von Moltke 5 January 2010 The Daily Telegraph 2019-11-10 4 January – Ludwig Wilding, 82, German artist (b. 1927)http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/Home/Lokales/Neuburg/Lokalnachrichten/Artikel,-Ludwig-Wilding-ist-tot-_arid,2040891_regid,2_puid,2_pageid,4502.html Nachrichten Neuburg Augsburger Allgemeine de 2019-07-03 August 2026 InternetArchiveBot 9 January Franz-Hermann Brüner, 64, German head of OLAF (b. 1945)https://www.politico.eu/article/head-of-olaf-dies/ Head of OLAF dies European Voice 11 January 2010 POLITICO Diether Posser, 87, German politician (b. 1922)https://www.derwesten.de/incoming/ehemaliger-spd-finanzminister-diether-posser-gestorben-id2374313.html Ehemaliger SPD-Finanzminister Diether Posser gestorben Matthias Korfmann 11 January 2010 Der Westen Former SPD finance minister Diether Posser dies de 3 July 2019 13 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181213122224/https://www.derwesten.de/incoming/ehemaliger-spd-finanzminister-diether-posser-gestorben-id2374313.html dead 14 January Katharina Rutschky, 68, German educationalist and author (b. 1941)Dirk Knipphals http://www.taz.de/1/leben/koepfe/artikel/1/die-urbane-intellektuelle/ Nachruf Katharina Rutschky: Ironisch, intellektuell und lebensfroh taz.de 2011-04-08 2019-07-03 Petra Schürmann, 74, German television presenter, Miss World 1956 (b. 1933)https://www.merkur.de/boulevard/tv-moderatorin-petra-schuermann-591118.html TV-Moderatorin Petra Schürmann ist tot: Sie wollte ihre Tochter im Himmel wiedersehen 14 January 2010 Münchner Merkur 22 November 2020 3 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20201122064327/https://www.merkur.de/boulevard/tv-moderatorin-petra-schuermann-591118.html dead 15 January – Detlev Lauscher, 57, German footballer (b. 1952)https://www.bazonline.ch/ Basler Zeitung - Aktuelle Nachrichten aus Basel www.bazonline.ch 18 January – Günter Mielke, 67, German Olympic athlete (b. 1942)http://www.germanroadraces.de/24-0-14215-guenter-mielke-ist-tot.html Günter Mielke ist tot 2 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110719032157/http://www.germanroadraces.de/24-0-14215-guenter-mielke-ist-tot.html 19 July 2011 dead German Road Races de Günter Mielke is dead 30 January – Ruth Cohn, 97, German psychotherapist (b. 1912)https://www1.wdr.de/radio/index.html?datum=2010-1-31&tag=31&monat=1&jahr=2010&seite=4&block=2 WDR Radio hören - Alle Sender des Westdeutschen Rundfunks im Livestream - Radio - WDR 17 June 2019 www1.wdr.de 31 January – Erna Baumbauer, 91, German casting agent (b. 1919)Roxborough Scott Casting agent Erna Baumbauer dies https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/casting-agent-erna-baumbauer-dies-20200 The Hollywood Reporter 10 November 2019 2 February 2010 February 10 February – Michael Palme, 66, German sportswriter and host (b. 1943)https://www.faz.net/ Aktuelle Nachrichten online Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH FAZ.NET 12 February – Werner Krämer, 70, German footballer (b. 1940)https://www.kicker.de/werner-eia-kraemer-ist-tot-520935/artikel Werner "Eia" Krämer ist tot | Bundesliga kicker 14 February – Rosa Rein, 112, German-born Swiss supercentenarian (b. 1897)https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/oldest-swiss-dies-at-112/8299820 Oldest Swiss dies at 112 S. W. I. swissinfo.ch a branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SWI swissinfo.ch 16 February – Ino Kolbe, 95, German Esperanto expert (b. 1914)http://www.esperanto-nb.de/informiloj/2010/verda_informilo2010_05.html Verda Informilo 5/2010 www.esperanto-nb.de 17 February – Ines Paulke, 51, German rock and roll singer and songwriter, suicide (b. 1958)http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-kurier/berlin/ines_paulke_selbstmord_nach_liebesaus/156363.php Ines Paulke – Selbstmord nach Liebes-Aus de Berliner Kurier 19 February 2010 2 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100609153740/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-kurier/berlin/ines_paulke_selbstmord_nach_liebesaus/156363.php 9 June 2010 dead 18 February – Erwin Bachmann, 88, German Waffen-SS officer (b. 1921)http://ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Waffen-SS/B/Bachmann-Erwin.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110104224455/http://ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Waffen-SS/B/Bachmann-Erwin.htm dead 2011-01-04 Ritterkreuzträger Erwin Bachmann SS 2019-07-03 21 February – Casimir Johannes Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, 93, German politician (b. 1917)1st parliamentary term Casimir J. Prinz zu SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-BERLEBURG MEPs European Parliament https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/707/CASIMIR+J.+PRINZ+ZU_SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-BERLEBURG/history/1 2023-01-05 www.europarl.europa.eu en 23 February Gerhardt Neef, 63, German footballer (Rangers), (b. 1946)http://www.thebluenose.co.uk/news/assembly-news/gerry-dies-after-brave-fight-20100224361/ https://web.archive.org/web/20151224024724/http://www.thebluenose.co.uk/news/assembly-news/gerry-dies-after-brave-fight-20100224361/ dead 2015-12-24 thebluenose.co.uk 2019-07-03 Henri Salmide, 90, German World War II naval officer, saved Bordeaux port from destruction (b. 1919)https://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2010/02/27/henri_salmide_his_defiance_saved_port_of_bordeaux_from_nazis/ Henri Salmide; his defiance saved port of Bordeaux from Nazis 27 February 2010 The Boston Globe 27 February – David Bankier, 63, German-born Israeli Holocaust scholar (b. 1947)https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/world/middleeast/01bankier.html David Bankier, Scholar of Holocaust, Dies at 63 Ethan Bronner 28 February 2010 The New York Times March 5 March – Wolfgang Schenck, 97, German airman, Luftwaffe flying ace (b. 1913)https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=blogger&hl=en-US&passive=true&continue=https://www.blogger.com/blogin.g?blogspotURL%3Dhttp://saladeguerra.blogspot.com/2010/03/nota-de-falecimento-wolfgang-schenck.html%26zx%3D1cdaq5duxbuz7 Blogger accounts.google.com 12 March – Hanna-Renate Laurien, 81, German politician (b. 1928)https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/trauer-in-berlin-cdu-politikerin-laurien-ist-tot-a-683346.html Trauer in Berlin: CDU-Politikerin Laurien ist tot 12 March 2010 Spiegel Online 14 March – Konrad Ruhland, 78, German musicologist (b. 1932)http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=2.1/LNG=DU/LRSET=1/SET=1/SID=12bc83c0-2/TTL=1/PPN?PPN=124848923 Katalog des Deutschen Musikarchivs - results/titledata 2 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20160130144829/http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=2.1/LNG=DU/LRSET=1/SET=1/SID=12bc83c0-2/TTL=1/PPN?PPN=124848923 30 January 2016 dead 20 March – Erwin Lehn, 90, German musician and conductor (b. 1919)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0499783/ Erwin Lehn IMDb 21 March – Wolfgang Wagner, 90, German director (Bayreuth Festival) (b. 1919)https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/arts/music/23wagner.html Wolfgang Wagner, Who Ran Bayreuth, Is Dead at 90 Margalit Fox 23 March 2010 The New York Times 22 March – Emil Schulz, 71, German boxer (b. 1938)http://archiv.rhein-zeitung.de/on/10/03/23/rlp/t/rzo689135.html Rheinland-Pfalz: Box-Olympiazweiter Emil Schulz... archiv.rhein-zeitung.de 3 July 2019 11 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191211011209/http://archiv.rhein-zeitung.de/on/10/03/23/rlp/t/rzo689135.html dead 25 March – Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, 93, German political scientist (b. 1916)https://www.t-online.de/-/41145952 Allensbach-Gründerin Noelle-Neumann tot www.t-online.deJune 2023 InternetArchiveBot yes 27 March – Peter Herbolzheimer, 74, German jazz musician (b. 1935)http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100329/ap_en_mu/eu_obit_peter_herbolzheimer https://web.archive.org/web/20100401235125/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100329/ap_en_mu/eu_obit_peter_herbolzheimer 2010-04-01 German jazz player Peter Herbolzheimer dies at 74 1 April 2010 Yahoo! News 30 March Alfred Ambs, 87, German World War II flying ace (b. 1923)https://www.military-art.com/mall/profiles.php?SigID=1554 Leutnant Alfred Ambs (deceased) - Art prints and originals signed by Leutnant Alfred Ambs (deceased) www.military-art.com Josef Homeyer, 80, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hildesheim (1983–2004) (b. 1983)http://www.bistum-hildesheim.de/bho/dcms/sites/bistum//nachrichten.html?f_action=show&f_newsitem_id=11071 https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202716/http://www.bistum-hildesheim.de/bho/dcms/sites/bistum//nachrichten.html?f_action=show&f_newsitem_id=11071 dead 2011-07-18 Bistum Hildesheim - Nachrichten 2019-07-03 Martin Sandberger, 98, German Nazi leader and Holocaust perpetrator (b. 1911)https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/mort-d-un-nazi_882739.html Mort d'un nazi 7 April 2010 LExpress.fr 31 March – Ludwig Martin, German lawyer (b. 1909) April 3 April – Ferdinand Simoneit, 84, German journalist, author and World War II veteran (b. 1925)http://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/93/508241/text/ Zum Tod von Ferdinand Simoneit – Spiel Golf! Süddeutsche Zeitung 9 April 2010 Hans-Jürgen Jakobs 2 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100412012938/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/93/508241/text/ 12 April 2010 dead mdy-all 4 April Friedrich Wilhelm Schäfke, 87, German mathematician and academic (b. 1922)https://traueranzeigen.suedkurier.de/ Traueranzeigen traueranzeigen.suedkurier.de Erich Zenger, 70, German Roman Catholic theologian and bible scholar (b. 1939)https://www.domradio.de/suche?keywords=artikel_62930 Suchen www.domradio.de 5 April Günther C. Kirchberger, 81, German academic and painter (b. 1928)https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/region/ludwigsburg https://archive.today/20130212040919/http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/region/ludwigsburg 12 February 2013 Ludwigsburg Aktuelle Nachrichten aus dem Landkreis Stuttgarter Zeitung 3 July 2019 live Gisela Trowe, 86, German actress (b. 1922)https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article107677324/Hamburger-Schauspielerin-Gisela-Trowe-gestorben.html Hamburger Schauspielerin Gisela Trowe gestorben Hamburger Abendblatt- Hamburg 10 April 2010 www.abendblatt.de 6 April – Hans Schröder, 79, German sculptor and painter (b. 1931)http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aufmacher/lokalnews/ticker-Hans-Schroeder-tot-gestorben-Bildhauer-Nachruf;art27857,3255892 Sabine Graf Bildhauer Hans Schröder gestorben Sculptor Hans Schröder dies Saarbrücker Zeitung 9 April 2010 2 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110719082421/http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aufmacher/lokalnews/ticker-Hans-Schroeder-tot-gestorben-Bildhauer-Nachruf;art27857,3255892 19 July 2011 dead mdy-all de 8 April – Andreas Kunze, 57, German actor (b. 1952)http://www.jutta-schafmeister.de/andreas-kunze/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100419043621/http://www.jutta-schafmeister.de/andreas-kunze/ dead 2010-04-19 Jutta Schafmeister 2019-07-03 9 April – Gisela Karau, 78, German author, editor and columnist (b. 1932)https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/168831.talent-zur-ermutigung.html Talent zur Ermutigung (neues deutschland) Irmtraud Gutschke www.neues-deutschland.de 10 April Martin Ostwald, 88, German-born American classics scholar (b. 1922)https://pennpress.typepad.com/pennpresslog/2010/04/martin-ostwald-19222010.html Martin Ostwald (1922-2010) Penn Press Log Manfred Reichert, 69, German footballer (b. 1940)https://www.wz.de/nrw/wuppertal/ Nachrichten Wuppertal - Westdeutsche Zeitung - WZ.de www.wz.de 11 April Gerhard Geise, 80, German mathematician (b. 1930)https://tu-dresden.de/mn/math/startseite/?set_language=en Startpage TU Dresden Hans-Joachim Göring, 86, German footballer and coach (b. 1923)https://www.zcontent.de/ zcontent.de | id-zemke.de | Web und Softwareentwicklung www.zcontent.de Gert Haller, 65, German business manager, lobbyist and politician (b. 1944)https://www.welt.de/welt_print/wirtschaft/article7159031/Staatssekretaer-Gert-Haller-gestorben.html Staatssekretär Gert Haller gestorben Norbert Schwaldt 13 April 2010 www.welt.de Theodor Homann, 61, German footballer (b. 1948)https://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/lokalsport-werne-herbern/sportszene-geschockt-theo-homann-ist-tot-857661.html Sportszene geschockt: Theo Homann ist tot Von Heinz Overmann RN 3 July 2019 22 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201122125022/https://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/lokalsport-werne-herbern/sportszene-geschockt-theo-homann-ist-tot-857661.html dead Egon Hugenschmidt, 84, German jurist and politician (b. 1925)https://www.suedkurier.de/archiv/region/hochrhein/loerrach/art1360054,4246328 Trauer um Egon Hugenschmidt 12 April 2010 Südkurier 12 April Ambrosius Eßer, 76, German Dominican clergy and church historian (b. 1933)http://www.liborius.de/nachrichten/ansicht/artikel/dominikanerp.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110719054924/http://www.liborius.de/nachrichten/ansicht/artikel/dominikanerp.html 2011-07-19 Dominikanerpater Ambrosius Eßer gestorben Liborius 14 April 2010 de Wolfgang Graßl, 40, German skier and coach (b. 1970)https://www.merkur.de/sport/mehr-sport/ski-star-hilde-gerg-trauert-ihren-mann-mm-712729.html Ski-Star Hilde Gerg trauert um ihren Mann 13 April 2010 Münchner Merkur Werner Schroeter, 65, German film director (b. 1945)https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/arts/artsspecial/21schroeter.html Werner Schroeter, German Film and Stage Director, Dies at 65 Dave Kehr 20 April 2010 The New York Times 14 April – Stefan Schmitt, 46, German jurist and politician (b. 1963)http://www.spd-fraktion-hamburg.de/no_cache/wir-ueber-uns/abgeordnete/hamburg/g/123.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100417080016/http://www.spd-fraktion-hamburg.de/no_cache/wir-ueber-uns/abgeordnete/hamburg/g/123.html dead 2010-04-17 SPD-Fraktion Hamburg: Hamburg 2019-07-03 15 April – Wilhelm Huxhorn, 54, German footballer (b. 1955)http://www.echo-online.de/sport/svdarmstadt98/Wilhelm-Huxhorn-gestorben-Unvergessen-Ziiieh-Willem-ziiiiiieh;art1168,813508 https://archive.today/20130105184120/http://www.echo-online.de/sport/svdarmstadt98/Wilhelm-Huxhorn-gestorben-Unvergessen-Ziiieh-Willem-ziiiiiieh;art1168,813508 5 January 2013 Wilhelm Huxhorn gestorben - Unvergessen: Ziiieh, Willem, ziiiiiieh Echo Online 3 July 2019 dead 17 April – Josef W. Janker, 87, German author, journalist and World War II veteran (b. 1922)https://www.24vest.de/oer-erkenschwick/ Lokale Nachrichten aus Oer-Erkenschwick | 24vest.de www.24vest.de 21 April – Manfred Kallenbach, 68, German footballer, heart failure (b. 1942)http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/aktuell/news-ansicht/archiv/2010/april/artikel/sg-dynamo-dresden-trauert-um-manfred-kallenbach/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100426105455/http://www.dynamo-dresden.de/aktuell/news-ansicht/archiv/2010/april/artikel/sg-dynamo-dresden-trauert-um-manfred-kallenbach/ 2010-04-26 SG Dynamo Dresden trauert um Manfred Kallenbach de SG Dynamo Dresden 2019-07-03 24 April Leo Löwenstein, 43, German racing driver (b. 1966)https://www.motorsport-total.com/vln-langstreckenmeisterschaft/news/toedlicher-unfall-auf-der-nordschleife-10042409 Tödlicher Unfall auf der Nordschleife Motorsport-Total.com Paul Schäfer, 88, German religious sect founder and former Nazi army corporal (b. 1921)https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8641882.stm Chile cult leader Schaefer dies 24 April 2010 BBC News 30 April – Paul Mayer, 98, German Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal (b. 1911)May 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes May 3 May Stefan Doernberg, 85, German writer and teacher (b. 1924)https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/143836.erfülltes-leben.html Erfülltes Leben 4 May 2010 junge Welt Guenter Wendt, 85, German-born American spacecraft engineer (NASA) (b. 1923)http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-050310a.html Guenter Wendt, 86, 'Pad Leader' for NASA's moon missions, dies | collectSPACE collectSPACE.com 4 May – Freddy Kottulinsky, 77, German-born Swedish racing driver (b. 1932)https://fourtitude.com/news/publish/Motorsport_News/article_5924.shtml Audi Mourns Rally Driver Freddy Kottulinsky fourtitude.com 5 May – Alfons Kontarsky, 77, German pianist (b. 1931)June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes 8 May – Peer Schmidt, 84, German actor (b. 1926)https://www.bild.de/news/telegramm/news-ticker-2752182.bild.html News-Ticker - News - Bild.de www.bild.de 9 May – Karl-Heinz Schnibbe, 86, German partisan, World War II resistance fighter (b. 1924)http://ostholstein.mediaquell.com/2010/05/11/hamburger-widerstandskaempfer-karl-heinz-schnibbe-gestorben-3243/ Hamburger Widerstandskämpfer Karl-Heinz Schnibbe gestorben Hamburger resistance fighter Karl-Heinz Schnibbe dies 11 May 2010 2 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714064756/http://ostholstein.mediaquell.com/2010/05/11/hamburger-widerstandskaempfer-karl-heinz-schnibbe-gestorben-3243/ 14 July 2011 dead mdy-all de 12 May Dieter Bock, 71, German businessman and multimillionaire (b. 1938)https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-bock-idUSTRE64Q3RZ20100527 German tycoon Bock chokes to death at luxury hotel 27 May 2010 www.reuters.com Edith Keller-Herrmann, 88, German chess Grandmaster (b. 1921)http://www.zeitschriftschach.de/aktuell/aktuell.htm Schach aktuell https://web.archive.org/web/20020428220612/http://www.zeitschriftschach.de/aktuell/aktuell.htm 28 April 2002 13 May Walter Klimmek, 91, German footballer (b. 1919)http://www.schalke04.de/aktuell/news/einzelansicht/artikel/knappen-trauern-um-walter-klimmek.html Knappen trauern um Walter Klimmek 1 June 2010 FC Schalke 04 de 2 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100602064200/http://www.schalke04.de/aktuell/news/einzelansicht/artikel/knappen-trauern-um-walter-klimmek.html 2 June 2010 dead mdy-all Klaus Kotter, 75, German bobsleigh official (b. 1934)https://www.focus.de/sport/wintersport/bob-langjaehriger-bob-praesident-kotter-gestorben_aid_508047.html Langjähriger Bob-Präsident Kotter gestorben FOCUS Online FOCUS Online 15 May – Christian Habicht, 57, German actor (b. 1952)http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/dresdner-theater-trauert-um-christian-habicht--/de/News/21306398 https://web.archive.org/web/20100725123234/http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/dresdner-theater-trauert-um-christian-habicht--/de/News/21306398 2010-07-25 DRESDNER THEATER TRAUERT UM CHRISTIAN HABICHT :: AD HOC NEWS 25 July 2010 17 May Ludwig von Friedeburg, 85, German politician and sociologist, Hesse Minister for Education (1969–1974) (b. 1924)https://www.bild.de/regional/frankfurt/exkultusminister-von-friedeburg-tot-12612104.bild.html Ex-Kultusminister von Friedeburg tot bild.de Fritz Sennheiser, 98, German electrical engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Sennheiser (b. 1912)https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/fritz_sennheiser/ Fader pushers mourn Fritz Sennheiser www.theregister.co.uk 23 May – Eva Ostwalt, 108, German-born American Holocaust survivor (b. 1902)http://hinesrinaldi.tributes.com/our_obituaries/Eva-D.-Ostwalt-88656239 Eva Ostwalt Obituary - Bethesda, Maryland - Hines-Rinaldi Funeral Home hinesrinaldi.tributes.com 24 May – Anneliese Rothenberger, 83, German opera singer (b. 1919)https://www.bbc.com/news/10161907 German soprano Rothenberger dies 26 May 2010 BBC 29 May – Paul Müller, 69, German biologist (b. 1940)http://www.saarjaeger.de/news.php?id=83 https://web.archive.org/web/20110719081334/http://www.saarjaeger.de/news.php?id=83 dead 2011-07-19 Vereinigung der Jäger des Saarlandes 2019-07-03 June 10 June – Sigmar Polke, 69, German painter and photographer (b. 1941)https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/arts/design/12polke.html Sigmar Polke, Whose Sly Works Shaped Contemporary Painting, Dies at 69 Roberta Smith 11 June 2010 The New York Times 12 June – Daisy D'ora, 97, German actress and socialite (b. 1913)https://www.mittelbayerische.de/region/kelheim-nachrichten/die-miss-germany-von-1931-ist-tot-21029-art560183.html Die Miss Germany von 1931 ist tot 14 Juni 2010 16:53 Uhr Mittelbayerische Zeitung 13 June – Ernest Fleischmann, 85, German-born American impresario, executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (b. 1924)https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/arts/music/16fleischmann.html Ernest Fleischmann, Impresario of Los Angeles, Dies at 85 Bruce Weber 16 June 2010 The New York Times 15 June – Heidi Kabel, 95, German stage actress (b. 1914)https://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/trauer-um-ohnsorg-star-heidi-kabel-ist-tot-3283810.html Heidi Kabel ist tot 15 June 2010 stern.de 18 June – Hans Joachim Sewering, 94, German physician, member of the Waffen SS (1933–1945) (b. 1916)http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/330726,doctor-dies-aged-94.html Earth Times: news/330726,doctor-dies-aged-94.html www.earthtimes.org 19 June – Ursula Thiess, 86, German artist and actress (Bengal Brigade) (b. 1924)http://www.beatricedailysun.com/news/local/article_077080d4-7f37-11df-a9fa-001cc4c03286.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101004011140/http://www.beatricedailysun.com/news/local/article_077080d4-7f37-11df-a9fa-001cc4c03286.html 2010-10-04 An artist, an actress 4 October 2010 21 June – Wilfried Feldenkirchen, 62, German economic historian and project manager (Siemens) (b. 1947)https://www.badische-zeitung.de/titisee-neustadt/siemens-projektleiter-stirbt-bei-fahrt-mit-elektro-oldtimer Siemens-Projektleiter stirbt bei Fahrt mit Elektro-Oldtimer - Titisee-Neustadt - Badische Zeitung Badische Zeitung www.badische-zeitung.de 22 June Marie-Luise Jahn, 92, German activist, member of the anti-Nazi resistance movement White Rose (b. 1918)http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/dachau/vermischtes/zeitzeugin-der-weissen-rose-marie-luise-schultze-jahn-ist-tot-1.964482 https://web.archive.org/web/20100628162642/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/dachau/vermischtes/zeitzeugin-der-weissen-rose-marie-luise-schultze-jahn-ist-tot-1.964482 2010-06-28 Zeitzeugin der "Weißen Rose" - Marie-Luise Schultze-Jahn ist tot Sueddeutsche Zeitung 2019-07-03 Manfred Römbell, 68, German writer (b. 1941)https://www.volksfreund.de/region/kultur/saarlaendischer-autor-manfred-roembell-ist-tot_aid-5980422 Saarländischer Autor Manfred Römbell ist tot Volksfreund 23 June Jörg Berger, 65, German football manager (b. 1944)http://www.supersport.com/football/germany/news/100624/Former_Bundesliga_coach_Berger_dies https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054723/http://www.supersport.com/football/germany/news/100624/Former_Bundesliga_coach_Berger_dies 2011-07-21 Former Bundesliga coach Berger dies - SuperSport - Football 21 July 2011 Frank Giering, 38, German actor (Funny Games) (b. 1971)https://www.reuters.com/article/us-actor-idUSTRE65O06R20100625 German actor Frank Giering dies at 38 25 June 2010 www.reuters.com 28 June Willie Huber, 52, German-born Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings) (b. 1958)https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/former-nhler-huber-dies-suddenly-1.897019 Former NHLer Huber dies suddenly 29 June 2010 CBC Sports 2 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100703045200/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/06/29/sp-huber-obit.html 3 July 2010 live Kirsten Heisig, 48, German politician and juvenile magistrate (b. 1961)11 August 2010 Missing German judge committed suicide, official says (Roundup) - Monsters and Critics http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1568315.php/Missing-German-judge-committed-suicide-official-says-Roundup https://web.archive.org/web/20100811211555/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1568315.php/Missing-German-judge-committed-suicide-official-says-Roundup 2010-08-11 July 2 July – Carl Adam Petri, 83, German computer scientist (b. 1926)https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Pionier-der-Netzwerk-Theorie-gestorben-1033846.html Pionier der Netzwerk-Theorie gestorben heise online heise online 3 July – Herbert Erhardt, 79, German footballer, FIFA World Cup winner 1954 (b. 1930)https://www.nordbayern.de/?art=1255166&kat=31 nordbayern.de - Nürnberger Nachrichten und Nürnberger Zeitung www.nordbayern.de 12 July – Günter Behnisch, 88, German architect (b. 1922)https://www.spiegel.de/international/obituary-of-the-architect-guenter-behnisch-the-man-who-gave-post-war-germany-a-new-face-a-706359.html Obituary of the Architect Günter Behnisch: The Man Who Gave Post-War Germany A New Face Thorsten Dörting 13 July 2010 Spiegel Online 22 July – Herbert Giersch, 89, German economist (b. 1921) 24 July – Theo Albrecht, 88, German entrepreneur and billionaire (Aldi Nord, Trader Joe's) (b. 1922)https://www.msn.com/ MSN | Outlook, Office, Skype, Bing, Breaking News, and Latest Videos www.msn.com 17 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200317084909/https://www.msn.com/ 17 March 2020 dead 25 July – Erich Steidtmann, 95, German Nazi SS officer (b. 1914)https://archive.today/20130202023823/http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Erich-Steidtmann-a-former.6451086.jp Obituary: Erich Steidtmann, a former Nazi SS officer http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Erich-Steidtmann-a-former.6451086.jp 2013-02-02 30 July – Otto Joachim, 99, German-born Canadian violist and composer of electronic music (b. 1910)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes August 5 August – Jürgen Oesten, 96, German U-boat commander during World War II (b. 1913)https://www.uboat.net/men/oesten.htm Korvettenkapitän Jürgen Oesten - German U-boat Commanders of WWII - The Men of the Kriegsmarine - uboat.net www.uboat.net 7 August – Jürgen Thimme, 92, German archaeologist and U-boat commander (b. 1917)https://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/1269.html Oberleutnant zur See Jürgen Thimme - German U-boat Commanders of WWII - The Men of the Kriegsmarine - uboat.net www.uboat.net 8 August – Bernhard Philberth, 83, German physicist, engineer, philosopher and theologian (b. 1927)http://tributes.heraldsun.com.au/obituaries/heraldsun-au/obituary.aspx?n=bernhard-josef-philberth&pid=144589026 https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104630/http://tributes.heraldsun.com.au/obituaries/heraldsun-au/obituary.aspx?n=bernhard-josef-philberth&pid=144589026 2011-07-06 Father Bernhard Josef Philberth Obituary: View Bernhard Philberth's Obituary by Herald Sun 6 July 2011 11 August – Bruno Schleinstein, 78, German actor (b. 1932)https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/arts/music/15bruno.html Bruno S., 78, Actor Who Played Kaspar Hauser, Dies Douglas Martin 14 August 2010 The New York Times 12 August – Manfred Homberg, German boxer (b. 1933) 18 August Maria Wachter, 100, German communist and resistance fighter, member of VVN (b. 1910) ] Sepp Daxenberger, 48, German politician (b. 1962)https://www.br.de/error/brde-error4xx.html Seite nicht gefunden [Fehler 404]: BR.de - der Bayerische Rundfunk im Internet Bayerischer Rundfunk 3 January 2018 www.br.de 19 August – Gerhard Beil, 84, East German politician (b. 1926)September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 21 August – Christoph Schlingensief, 49, German film and theatre director (b. 1960)https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/arts/25schlingensief.html Christoph Schlingensief, Artistic Provocateur, Dies at 49 William Grimes 25 August 2010 The New York Times 26 August – Walter Wolfrum, 87, German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace (b. 1923)http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=112661 Walter Wolfrum - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum forum.12oclockhigh.net September October 2022 7 September – Eberhard von Brauchitsch, 83, German industrial manager (b. 1926) 11 September – Baerbel Bohley, 65, East German opposition figure & artist (b. 1945) 16 September – Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, 86, German nobleman (b. 1924) 18 September – Egon Klepsch, 80, German politician (b. 1930) October October 2022 14 October – Hermann Scheer, 66, German politician (b. 1944) 21 October – Loki Schmidt, 91, German environmentalist and wife of Helmut Schmidt (b. 1919) November October 2022 5 November – Hajo Herrmann, 97, German Luftwaffe pilot (b. 1913) 6 November – Ezard Haußmann, 75, German actor (b. 1935) 15 November – Andreas Kirchner, 57, German Winter sportsman (b. 1953) 20 November Walter Helmut Fritz, German author (b. 1929) Heinz Weiss, German actor (b. 1921) 26 November – Maria Hellwig, 90, German singer (b. 1920) 30 November – Peter Hofmann, 76, German singer (b. 1944) December October 2022 7 December Armin Weiss, 83, chemist and politician (b. 1927) Arnold Weiss, 86, German-born American soldier (b. 1924) 15 December – Hans-Joachim Rauschenbach, 87, German sport journalist (b. 1923) 17 December – Mikhail Umansky, 58, Russian-born German chess grandmaster (b. 1952) 20 December - Katharina Szelinski-Singer, 92, German sculptor (b. 1918) See also 2010 in German television Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics References 2010 Category:Years of the 21st century in Germany Germany