2021 in Germany

Events in the year 2021 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
 * Chancellor:
 * Angela Merkel (until 8 December 2021)
 * Olaf Scholz (from 8 December 2021)

Ongoing

 * COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

Events

 * 4 January – The COVID-19 lockdown is extended until 31 January.
 * 15/16 January –  January 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election
 * 4 March – most of Germany's major media outlets reports that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) had placed Alternative for Germany AfD under surveillance as a suspected extremist group.
 * 14 March –  2021 Baden-Württemberg state election
 * 14 March –  2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
 * 14 March –  2021 Hessian local elections
 * 6 June –  2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election
 * 25 June –  2021 Würzburg stabbing
 * 12 July –  the 2021 European floods began
 * 27 July –  2021 Leverkusen explosion
 * 26 September –  2021 German federal election
 * 26 September –  2021 Berlin state election
 * 26 September –  2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
 * 4/16 December –  December 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election

Deaths

 * 3 January – Renate Lasker-Harpprecht, writer and journalist (b. 1924)
 * 13 January – Bernd Kannenberg, race walker, Olympic champion. (b. 1942)
 * 13 January – Siegfried Fischbacher, magicians and entertainers (b. 1939)
 * 30 January – Wilhelm Knabe, ecologist and politician (b. 1923)
 * 2 February – Heike Fleßner, educationalist (b. 1944)
 * 23 February – Heinz Hermann Thiele, businessman (b. 1941)
 * 24 February – Wolfgang Boettcher, cellist (b. 1935)
 * 16 March – Sabine Schmitz, racing driver and television personality (b. 1969)
 * 17 March – Gerhard Augustin, music producer (b. 1941)
 * 25 March – Uta Ranke-Heinemann, theologian (b. 1927)
 * 26 March – Ursula Happe, swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1926)
 * 6 April – Hans Küng, Swiss-born priest and theologian (b. 1928)
 * 24 April – Christa Ludwig, German soprano (b. 1928)
 * 2 July – Bill Ramsey, German-American singer (b. 1931)
 * 17 July – Hermann von Richthofen, German diplomat (b. 1933)
 * 23 July – Alfred Biolek, German entertainer and television producer (b. 1934)
 * 23 July – Klaus Wilhelm Roggenkamp, German mathematician (b. 1940)
 * 24 July – Herbert Köfer, German actor, voice artist, and television presenter  (b. 1931)
 * 4 August – Karl Heinz Bohrer, German essayist (b. 1932)
 * 12 August – Kurt Biedenkopf, German politician (b. 1930)
 * 15 August – Gerd Müller, German footballer (b. 1945)
 * 27 August – Heide Keller, German actress (b. 1939)
 * 4 September – Ludwig Haas, German actor (b. 1933)
 * 4 September – Jörg Schlaich, German structural engineer (b. 1934)
 * 5 September – Jan Hecker, German diplomat (b. 1967)
 * 9 September – Hans Pfann, German athlete (b. 1920)
 * 15 October – Gerd Ruge, German journalist (b. 1928)
 * 27 October – Bettina Gaus, German journalist (b. 1956)
 * 22 November – Volker Lechtenbrink, German actor (b. 1944)
 * 3 December – Horst Eckel, German football player (b. 1932)