1991 in Germany

Incumbents

• President - Richard von Weizsäcker
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

  Events

• January 18 - The Fourth Kohl cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in.
• Februara 15-26 - 41st Berlin International Film Festival
• March 21: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991
• June 17: The Treaty of Good Neighbourship is signed by Germany and Poland
• June 20: The capital decision is made over which city will be the German capital city.
• August: Launch of the MK3 Volkswagen Golf, which replaces the MK2 model which was in production for eight years. A saloon version to replace the Jetta is due early next year.
• September 17 - 23: Hoyerswerda riots
• December: The Volkswagen Golf is voted European Car of the Year, the first Volkswagen to receive this accolade.
• German company Krupp bought Hoesch AG.

  Elections

• Rhineland-Palatinate state election

  Sport

• 1990–91 Bundesliga
• 1990–91 2. Bundesliga
• 1990–91 ice hockey Bundesliga season
• 1991 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
• 1991 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
• 1991 ATP German Open
• 1991 BMW Open
• 1991 German Grand Prix
• 1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix
• 1991 DTM season

  Music

Births

• 4 January - Pascal Bodmer, German ski jumper
• 19 January - Corinna Harrer, German runner
• 27 January - Christian Bickel, German footballer
• 28 January - Kai Kazmirek, German athlete
• 5 February - Henriette Confurius, German actress
• 9 February - Almuth Schult, German footballer
• 21 February - Philip Heintz, German swimmer
• 1 May - Levina, German singer
• 10 May - Giorgos Machlelis, Greek international footballer
• 15 May - Jennifer Hof, German fashion model
• 23 May - Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter
• 26 May - Marie-Sophie Hindermann, German artistic gymnast
• 24 June - Robin Erewa, German athlete
• 14 July - Cihan Özkara, German-Turkish-Azerbaijani footballer
• 20 September - Thomas Röhler, German athlete
• 28 September - Pamela Dutkiewicz, German athlete
• 5 December - Carolin Schäfer, German athlete
• 16 December - Andreas Hofmann, German athlete
• 27 December - Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht, German actor

  Deaths

• 14 January - Heli Finkenzeller, German actress
• 13 February - Arno Breker, German architect and sculptor
• 13 March - Josef Manger, German heavy weight lifter
• 16 March - Trude Herr, singer
• 1 April - Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, German politician
• 8 April - Tilo von Berlepsch, German actor
• 22 April - Karl Klasen, German banker
• 7 May - Wolfgang Reichmann, German actress
• 8 June - Heidi Brühl, German actress
• 21 June - Klaus Schwarzkopf, German actor
• 21 June - Karl Krolow, German poet
• 23 June — Michael Pfleghar, German film director and screenwriter
• 24 June - Franz Hengsbach, German cardinal of Roman-Catholic Church
• 28 June - Hans Nüsslein, German tennis player
• 1 July - Joachim Kroll, serial killer
• 9 August - Richard Löwenthal, German author and journalist
• 16 August - Johannes Wiese, German pilot during World War II, a fighter ace
• 21 August - Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German writer
• 3 September - Falk Harnack, German film director and screenwriter
• 27 September - Karl-Heinz Köpcke, German news speaker
• 4 October - Heinrich Hellwege, German politician
• 9 October - Roy Black, German actor and singer
• 23 November - Klaus Kinski, German actor
• 12 December - Gustav Schäfer, German rower
• 23 December - Heinrich Wöhlk, German optometrist
• 24 December - Alfons Goppel, German politician
• 25 December - Curt Bois, actor