2005 in Germany

Incumbents

• President – Horst Köhler
• Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder, Angela Merkel

  Events

• January 20 - German Visa Affair 2005
• February 7 - Honor killing of Hatun Sürücü
• February 10–20 - 55th Berlin International Film Festival
• February 12 -Bundesvision Song Contest 2005
• March 12 - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
• April 12 - Ennepetal hostage taking
• May 30 - Allianz Arena in Munich is opened.
• September 2 - SAP Arena in Mannheim is opened.
• August 16–21 - World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne
• November 22 - The First Merkel cabinet led by Angela Merkel was sworn in.
• Date unknown: German company HypoVereinsbank was acquired by Italian company UniCredit Bank AG.

  Elections

• German federal election, 2005
• North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2005
• Schleswig-Holstein state election, 2005

  Sport

• Bundesliga scandal
• 2004–05 Bundesliga
• 2004–05 2. Bundesliga
• 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
• 2004–05 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season
• 2005 German Grand Prix
• 2005 European Grand Prix
• 2005 German motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2005 BMW Open

  Deaths

• January 14 - Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer
• February 3 - Ernst Mayr, German biologist
• February 21 - Horst Drinda, German actor
• February 24 - Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, German politician
• March 6 - Hans Bethe, German nuclear physicist
• March 7 - Walter Arendt, German politician
• March 15 - Konrad Hesse, German judge
• April 1 - Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian
• April 16 - Volker Vogeler, German film director
• May 2 — Hermann Dörnemann, German supercentenarian
• May 19 - Paul Schneider-Esleben, German architect
• July 8 Peter Boenisch, German journalist
• July 14 - Tilly Fleischer, German athlete
• August 28 - Hans Clarin, German actor
• September 4 - Carl-August Fleischhauer, judge
• September 12 Helmut Baierl, German playwright
• October 20 - Rudi Felgenheier, motorcycle race
• December 1 - Karin Himboldt, German actress