1990 in Germany

Events in the year 1990 in the Federal Republic of Germany and East Germany.

Federal Republic of Germany

 * President – Richard von Weizsäcker
 * Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

East Germany (until 2 October)

 * Head of State
 * Manfred Gerlach (until 5 April 1990)
 * Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (5 April – 2 October 1990)
 * Head of Government
 * Hans Modrow (until 12 April 1990)
 * Lothar de Maizière (12 April – 2 October 1990)

Events

 * Die Wende
 * 29 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

January

 * January 15 - East German demonstrations: Demonstrators in East Berlin stormed the headquarters of Stasi

February

 * February 2 - Rüsselsheim train disaster
 * February 9-20 - 40th Berlin International Film Festival

March

 * 18 March – 1990 East German general election

July

 * 1 July – German reunification: The Deutsche Mark became East Germany's currency with the West, replacing the East German mark
 * 8 July - West Germany defeats Argentina 1–0 to win the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

August

 * 23 August – German reunification: East Germany votes to dissolve its independence and will join with West Germany effective on the 3rd of October
 * 31 August – German reunification: West and East Germany signed a unification treaty

September

 * 12 September - German reunification: Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany

October

 * 1 October – The first banknotes (100 and 200) of the fourth series of Deutsche Mark enter circulation
 * 3 October – German reunification: West and East Germany reunified as a single Germany. Berlin becomes the official capital

November

 * 14 November – German–Polish Border Treaty

December

 * 2 December – 1990 German federal election

Births

 * 4 January – Toni Kroos, German footballer
 * 28 January - Markus Deibler, German swimmer
 * 30 January – Nils Miatke, German footballer
 * 18 March - Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, German actor
 * 10 April – Christoph Harting, German athlete specialising in the discus throw
 * 14 April – Markus Smarzoch, German footballer
 * 30 April - Michael Schulte, German singer
 * 7 May - Sideris Tasiadis, German canoeist
 * 12 May - Tobias Strobl, German footballer
 * 1 June – Kieren Emery, German-English rower
 * 3 June – Fabian Götze, German footballer
 * 7 June – Benjamin Woltmann, German footballer
 * 14 June - Robert Hering, German sprinter
 * 2 July - Roman Lob, German singer
 * 4 July - David Kross, German actor
 * 21 August – Jana Majunke, German Paralympic cyclist
 * 6 November – André Schürrle, German footballer
 * 10 November - Kristina Vogel, German cyclist
 * 18 November – Kira Walkenhorst, German beach volleyball player

Deaths

 * 8 January - Horst Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels, German general (born 1900)
 * 20 March - Wilhelm Neef, German composer and conductor (born 1916)
 * 28 March - Kurt Scharf, German clergyman and bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg (born 1902)
 * 14 April - Martin Kessel, German writer (born 1901)
 * 15 April - Helmut Lemke, German politician (born 1907)
 * 20 April - Horst Sindermann, German politician (born 1915)
 * 5 May - Walter Bruch, German electrical engineer (born 1908)
 * 9 July - Horst Rittel, German design theorist (born 1930)
 * 9 July - Friedrich Wegener, German pathologist (born 1907)
 * 14 July – Walter Sedlmayr, German actor (born 1926)
 * 7 August - Gebhard Müller, German politician (born 1900)
 * 23 August - Karl II, 8th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. German nobleman (born 1904)
 * 29 October - Volker von Collande, German actor and film director (born 1913)
 * 24 November – Helga Feddersen, German actress, comedian, singer, author, and theater director (born 1930)
 * 7 December - Horst Bienek, German economist (born 1930)