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Other events of 2001
History of Germany • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 2001 in Germany.

Incumbents

President – Johannes Rau
Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder

Events

7–18 February - 51st Berlin International Film Festival
2 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001
25 March - Baden-Württemberg state election, 2001
25 March -Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 2001
13 August - Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen is opened.
23 September - Hamburg state election, 2001
21 October -Berlin state election, 2001
Date unknown: German company ZF Sachs was sold to ZF Friedrichshafen AG, and renamed to ZF Sachs AG.

Deaths

14 January - Burkhard Heim, German theoretical physicist (born 1925)
31 January - Heinz Starke, German politician (born 1911)
28 March - Günther Treptow, German opera singer (born 1907)
26 April - Ruth Hellberg, German actress (born 1906)
25 June - Kurt Hoffmann, German film director (born 1910)
5 July - Hannelore Kohl, German first wife of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (born 1933)
8 July - Ernst Baier, German figure skater (born 1905)
31 July - Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (born 1910)
20 September - Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler, German journalist (born 1918)
23 November - Gerhard Stoltenberg, German politician (born 1928)

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References

v t e Years in Germany (1871–present)
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21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 2001 in Europe
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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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