1980 in Germany

Events in the year 1980 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President – Karl Carstens (West Germany)
 * Chancellor – Helmut Schmidt (West Germany)
 * General Secretary – Erich Honecker (East Germany)
 * Prime Minister – Willi Stoph (East Germany)

Events

 * 18 to 29 February - 30th Berlin International Film Festival
 * 20 March - Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, held in The Hague.
 * 26 September - Oktoberfest bombing
 * 5 October - West German federal election, 1980
 * 6 November - The Third Schmidt cabinet led by Helmut Schmidt was sworn in.
 * unknown date - First modern guided bus opens in Essen.

Births

 * February 2 - Angela Finger-Erben, German journalist
 * February 22 - Jeanette Biedermann, German singer
 * February 28 - Stefan Konarske, German actor
 * March 9 - Volker Bruch, German television actor
 * March 18 - Juliette Schoppmann, German singer
 * March 25 - Hanno Koffler, German actor
 * May 2 - Tim Borowski, German footballer
 * May 6 - Wolke Hegenbarth, German actress
 * May 9 - Carolin Kebekus, German comedian
 * May 16 - Jens Spahn, German politician
 * June 13 - Sarah Connor, German singer
 * June 16 - Sibel Kekilli, German actress
 * July 4 - Fahri Yardım, German actor
 * July 9 - Sebastian Sylvester, German boxer
 * August 6 - Roman Weidenfeller, German football player
 * August 28 - Petra Schmidt-Schaller, German actress
 * December 4 - Stefan Pfannmöller, German canoeist
 * December 29 - Yvonne Bönisch, German judoka

Deaths

 * 27 January - Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, officer in the German Army. He attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing on 21 March 1943; (born 1905)
 * February 6
 * Bernhard Eichhorn, German film composer (born 1904)
 * Franz Schafheitlin, German actor (born 1895)
 * February 21 &mdash; Alfred Andersch, German writer (born 1914)
 * March 5 &mdash; Wilhelm Hoegner, German politician (born 1887)
 * April 22 &mdash; August von Finck Sr., German banker (born 1898)
 * May 26 &mdash; Franz Bachelin, German art director (born 1895)
 * June 8 &mdash; Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (born 1900)
 * June 27 &mdash; Walter Dornberger, German Army artillery officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket program (born 1895)
 * September 3 - Fabian von Schlabrendorff, German jurist, soldier, and member of the resistance against Adolf Hitler (born 1907)
 * October 18 - Hans Ehard, German politician (born 1887)
 * December 11 — Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, German noblewoman (born 1892)
 * December 24 — Karl Dönitz, German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II (born 1891)