# 2006 in Germany

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Events in the year '''2006 in [Germany](/source/Germany)'''.

==Incumbents==

===Federal level===
*[President](/source/President_of_Germany): [Horst Köhler](/source/Horst_K%C3%B6hler)
*[Chancellor](/source/Chancellor_of_Germany_(Federal_Republic)): [Angela Merkel](/source/Angela_Merkel)

===State level===
*Minister-President of [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg): [Günther Oettinger](/source/G%C3%BCnther_Oettinger)
*[Minister-President of Bavaria](/source/List_of_Ministers-President_of_Bavaria): [Edmund Stoiber](/source/Edmund_Stoiber)
*[Governing mayor of Berlin](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Berlin): [Klaus Wowereit](/source/Klaus_Wowereit)
*[First mayor of Bremen](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Bremen): [Jens Böhrnsen](/source/Jens_B%C3%B6hrnsen)
*[Minister-President of Brandenburg](/source/Rulers_of_Brandenburg): [Matthias Platzeck](/source/Matthias_Platzeck)
*[First mayor of Hamburg](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Hamburg): [Ole von Beust](/source/Ole_von_Beust)
*Minister-President of [Hesse](/source/Hesse): [Roland Koch](/source/Roland_Koch)
*Minister-President of [Lower Saxony](/source/Lower_Saxony): [Christian Wulff](/source/Christian_Wulff)
*Minister-President of [Mecklenburg-Vorpommern](/source/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern): [Harald Ringstorff](/source/Harald_Ringstorff)
*Minister-President of [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia): [Jürgen Rüttgers](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_R%C3%BCttgers)
*Minister-President of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate): [Kurt Beck](/source/Kurt_Beck)
*Minister-President of the [Saarland](/source/Saarland): [Peter Müller](/source/Peter_M%C3%BCller_(German_politician))
*Minister-President of [Saxony](/source/Saxony): [Georg Milbradt](/source/Georg_Milbradt)
*Minister-President of [Saxony-Anhalt](/source/Saxony-Anhalt): [Wolfgang Böhmer](/source/Wolfgang_B%C3%B6hmer)
*Minister-President of [Schleswig-Holstein](/source/Schleswig-Holstein): [Peter Harry Carstensen](/source/Peter_Harry_Carstensen)
*Minister-President of [Thuringia](/source/Thuringia): [Dieter Althaus](/source/Dieter_Althaus)

==Events==
* 2 January - [Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink roof collapse](/source/Bad_Reichenhall_Ice_Rink_roof_collapse)<ref>{{Cite web |title=USATODAY.com - Germany officials halt search at collapsed ice rink |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-02-germany-rink_x.htm |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=usatoday30.usatoday.com}}</ref>
* 9 February - [Bundesvision Song Contest 2006](/source/Bundesvision_Song_Contest_2006)
* 9–19 February - [56th Berlin International Film Festival](/source/56th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival)
* February - April - [2006 European floods](/source/2006_European_floods)
* 9 March - [Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006](/source/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2006)
* 26 May - [Berlin Hauptbahnhof](/source/Berlin_Hauptbahnhof) opened<ref name="rgi20060701">{{cite news |date=1 July 2006 |title=Merkel opens Berlin Hauptbahnhof |publisher=[Railway Gazette International](/source/Railway_Gazette_International) |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/passenger/single-view/view/merkel-opens-berlin-hauptbahnhof.html |access-date=13 October 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004212701/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/passenger/single-view/view/merkel-opens-berlin-hauptbahnhof.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 9 June - [2006 FIFA World Cup](/source/2006_FIFA_World_Cup) in Germany was opened.
* 26 June - [Murder of Frauke Liebs](/source/Murder_of_Frauke_Liebs)
* 31 July - [2006 German train bombing plot](/source/2006_German_train_bombing_plot)
* 22 September - [Lathen train collision](/source/Lathen_train_collision)
* 26 September - [2006 ''Idomeneo'' controversy](/source/2006_Idomeneo_controversy) at [Deutsche Oper Berlin](/source/Deutsche_Oper_Berlin)
* 26 September – 1 October – [photokina](/source/photokina) in [Cologne](/source/Cologne)
* 20 November - [Emsdetten school shooting](/source/Emsdetten_school_shooting)
* October - [2006 German troops controversy](/source/2006_German_troops_controversy)

==Sport==

* [2006 FIFA World Cup](/source/2006_FIFA_World_Cup)
* [Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics](/source/Germany_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics)
* [2005–06 Bundesliga](/source/2005%E2%80%9306_Bundesliga)
* [2005–06 2. Bundesliga](/source/2005%E2%80%9306_2._Bundesliga)
* [2005–06 DEL season](/source/2005%E2%80%9306_DEL_season)
* [2006 German Grand Prix](/source/2006_German_Grand_Prix)
* [2006 European Grand Prix](/source/2006_European_Grand_Prix)
* [2006 German motorcycle Grand Prix](/source/2006_German_motorcycle_Grand_Prix)

==Elections==

* [Baden-Württemberg state election](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg_state_election%2C_2006)
* [Berlin state election](/source/Berlin_state_election%2C_2006)
* [Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election](/source/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern_state_election%2C_2006)
* [Rhineland-Palatinate state election](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate_state_election%2C_2006)
* [Saxony-Anhalt state election](/source/Saxony-Anhalt_state_election%2C_2006)

==Deaths==
* 27 January - [Johannes Rau](/source/Johannes_Rau), politician (born [1931](/source/1931_in_Germany))
* 3 February - [Reinhart Koselleck](/source/Reinhart_Koselleck), German historian (born [1923](/source/1923_in_Germany))
* 30 April - [Paul Spiegel](/source/Paul_Spiegel), President of Central Council of Jews in Germany (born [1937](/source/1937_in_Germany))<ref>{{Cite news |date=2000-01-09 |title=Zentralrat der Juden: Paul Spiegel tritt Bubis-Nachfolge an |language=de |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/zentralrat-der-juden-paul-spiegel-tritt-bubis-nachfolge-an-a-59179.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |issn=2195-1349}}</ref>
* 4 May - [Fritz Schenk](/source/Fritz_Schenk), broadcast journalist (born [1930](/source/1930_in_Germany))
* 9 June - [Drafi Deutscher](/source/Drafi_Deutscher), German singer (born [1946](/source/1946_in_Germany))
* 10 June - [Wulff-Dieter Heintz](/source/Wulff-Dieter_Heintz), German astronomer (born [1930](/source/1930_in_Germany))
* 27 July - [Elisabeth Volkmann](/source/Elisabeth_Volkmann), German actress (born [1936](/source/1936_in_Germany))<ref>{{Cite news |last=WELT.de |date=2006-07-27 |title=Todesfall: Elisabeth Volkmann einsam gestorben |language=de |work=DIE WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article232295/Elisabeth-Volkmann-einsam-gestorben.html |access-date=2022-10-13}}</ref>
* 2 August - [Holger Börner](/source/Holger_B%C3%B6rner), politician (born [1931](/source/1931_in_Germany))
* 26 August - [Rainer Barzel](/source/Rainer_Barzel), politician (born [1924](/source/1924_in_Germany))
* 26 August - [Ulrich de Maizière](/source/Ulrich_de_Maizi%C3%A8re), general (born [1912](/source/1912_in_Germany))
* 7 September - [Andreas Meyer-Hanno](/source/Andreas_Meyer-Hanno), German theater and opera director (born [1932](/source/1932_in_Germany))
* 18 September -[Heinrich Trettner](/source/Heinrich_Trettner), general (born [1907](/source/1907_in_Germany))
* 1 October - [Frank Beyer](/source/Frank_Beyer), German film director (born [1932](/source/1932_in_Germany))
* 5 October - [Friedrich Karl Flick](/source/Friedrich_Karl_Flick), German industrialist and billionaire (born [1927](/source/1927_in_Germany))
* 6 October - [Heinz Sielmann](/source/Heinz_Sielmann), German zoologist, biologist and filmmaker (born [1917](/source/1917_in_Germany))
* 20 October - [Maxi Herber](/source/Maxi_Herber), German figure skater (born [1920](/source/1920_in_Germany))
* 9 November -[Ingrid Hartmann](/source/Ingrid_Hartmann), German sprint canoer (born [1930](/source/1930_in_Germany))
* 10 May- [Robert Alvarez Lee ii](/source/Robert_Alvarez_Lee_ii), WW ii Veteran (born [1926](/source/1926_in_USA))

==See also==
*[2006 in German television](/source/2006_in_German_television)

==References==
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