2003 in Germany

Events in the year 2003 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President – Johannes Rau
 * Chancellor – Gerhard Schröder

Events

 * 6–16 February: 53rd Berlin International Film Festival
 * 7 March: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003
 * 27 March: Death of Jeremiah Duggan
 * 2 July: Coburg shooting
 * 14 July: Accident on the Bundesautobahn 5

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Elections

 * Bavarian state election, 2003
 * Bremen state election, 2003
 * Hessian state election, 2003
 * Lower Saxony state election, 2003

Sport

 * 2003 Men's European Volleyball Championship
 * 2002–03 Bundesliga
 * 2002–03 2. Bundesliga
 * 2002–03 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season
 * 2003 European Grand Prix
 * 2003 German Grand Prix
 * 2003 German motorcycle Grand Prix
 * 2003 BMW Open

Births

 * 15 September - Pascal Brendel, German gymnast

Deaths

 * 5 February - Manfred von Brauchitsch, German racing driver (born 1905)
 * 3 March - Horst Buchholz, German actor (born 1933)
 * 18 March - Karl Kling, German racing driver (born 1910)
 * 28 March - Ludwig Elsbett, German engineer (born 1913)
 * 18 April - Rudolf Brunnenmeier, German football player (born 1941)
 * 30 May - Günter Pfitzmann, German actor (born 1924)
 * 5 June - Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (born 1945)
 * 25 July - Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical pioneer (born 1912)
 * 26 July - Jürgen Brandt, German general (born 1922)
 * 14 August - Helmut Rahn, German football player (born 1929)
 * 28 August - Peter Hacks, German playwright and author (born 1928)
 * 28 August - Philipp-Ernst, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, German nobleman (born 1928)
 * 8 September - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer, actress and dancer (born 1902)
 * 14 September - Henry Schmill, German mining engineer (born 1925)
 * 21 October - Werner Krüger, German engineer (born 1910)
 * 26 October - Heinz Piontek, German writer (born 1925)
 * 23 November - Lothar Emmerich, German football player (born 1941)
 * 27 November - Will Quadflieg, German actor (born 1914)