1985 in Germany

Events in the year 1985 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President - Richard von Weizsäcker
 * Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

 * 15–26 February - 35th Berlin International Film Festival
 * 21 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
 * 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal
 * The Union for Aromanian Language and Culture, an Aromanian cultural organization, is founded by the Aromanian professor Vasile Barba at Freiburg im Breisgau.

Births

 * January 7 - Tiger Kirchharz, German dancer
 * March 25 - Luise Heyer, German actress
 * April 8 - Patrick Schliwa, German rugby player
 * April 9 - Tim Bendzko, German singer-songwriter
 * April 28 - Lucas Jakubczyk, German athlete
 * May 6 - Theresa Underberg, German actress
 * June 1 - Prince Christian of Hanover
 * June 4 - Lukas Podolski, German football player
 * June 20
 * Kai Hesse, footballer
 * Halil Savran, footballer
 * Katharina Schulze, politician
 * June 27 - Nico Rosberg, Formula One racing driver
 * July 10 - Mario Gómez, German football player
 * August 27 - Daniel Küblböck, German singer (died 2018)
 * September 4 - Marinus Schöberl, German murder victim (died 2002)
 * September 12 - Sascha Klein, German swimmer
 * November 9 - Denise Schindler, German Paralympic cyclist
 * November 15 - Claas Relotius, German journalist who admitted numerous instances of journalistic fraud
 * November 18 - Melanie Behringer, German footballer
 * November 21 - Nadine Müller, German athlete
 * December 24 - Christina Schwanitz, German shot putter

Deaths

 * February 10 - Werner Hinz, German actor (born 1903)
 * April 10 - Klaus Scholder, ecclesiastical historian (born 1930)
 * March 29 - Gerhard Stöck, German athlete (born 1911)
 * May 8 - Karl Marx, German composer (born 1897)
 * May 21 - Kurt Waitzmann, German actor (born 1905)
 * May 30 - Gustav Jaenecke, German ice hockey player (born 1908)
 * April 6 - Mark Lothar, German composer (born 1902)
 * April 7 - Carl Schmitt. German jurist and political theorist (born 1888)
 * June 29 - Walter Rudi Wand, German judge (born 1928)
 * July 16 - Heinrich Böll, German writer (born 1917)
 * August 2 - Karl Heinz Stroux, German actor, theatre and filmdirector (born 1908)
 * September 22 - Axel Springer, German journalist (born 1912)
 * October 2 - Alex Möller, German politician (born 1903)
 * November 12 - Willi Dehnkamp, German politician (born 1903)
 * December 2 - Heinz Hoffmann, German politician (born 1910)
 * December 26 - Margarete Schön, German actress (born 1895)