1982 in Germany explained

Events in the year 1982 in Germany.

Incumbents

- President – Karl Carstens Chancellor
- Helmut Schmidt (until 2 October 1982)
- Helmut Kohl (from 2 October 1982)

12-23 February - 32nd Berlin International Film Festival
24 April - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982: Nicole Seibert wins the contest with "Ein bißchen Frieden".^[1]
10 June - 1982 Bonn summit
19 June - 28 October - The documenta 7 art exhibition is held in Kassel.^[2]
23 September - Launch of the all-new Audi 100.
4 October - The first cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in.
13 October - Launch of the Ford Sierra, which replaces the Ford Taunus in Germany and the rest of Continental Europe, as well as the Ford Cortina in the United Kingdom and other right-hand drive markets.
December - The Audi 100 is voted European Car of the Year, with the Ford Sierra coming in second place.
19 December - Hamburg state election, December 1982

11 January - Bruno Diekmann, German politician (born 1897)
21 February – Gershom Scholem, German-born Israeli Jewish philosopher and historian (b. 1897)
20 March - Bally Prell, German singer and folk singer (born 1922)
29 March
- Carl Orff, German composer (born 1895)^[4]
- Walter Hallstein, German diplomat and politician (born 1901)
9 April - Robert Havemann, German chemist (born 1910)
19 April - Erwin Casmir, fencer (born 1895)
10 May - Peter Weiss, German writer (born 1916)
30 May - Albert Norden, German politician (born 1904)
2 June - Herbert Quandt, German industrialist (born 1910)
6 June – Heinrich-Hermann von Hülsen, German major general (born 1895)^[5]
10 June - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (born 1945)^[6]
15 June - Hermann Schlichting, German engineer (born 1907)
18 June - Curd Jürgens, German actor (born 1915)^[7]
26 June - Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychoanalyst (born 1908)^[8]
2 July - Siegfried Westphal, German general (born 1902)
10 July - Karl Hein, German athlete (born 1908)
1 August -Otto Bayer, German chemist (born 1902)
5 August - Dieter Borsche, German actor (born 1909)
9 October – Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian (born 1893)
30 October – Wolfgang Heinz, German actor (born 1900 in Austria)
29 November - Hermann Balck, German general (born 1893)
30 November - Adolf Heusinger, German general (born 1897)

News: Saunders. Emma. 21 May 2015. Eurovision memories: Oh, what a night!. BBC News. BBC. live. 16 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20160724122625/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32624011. 24 July 2016.
Katalog: documenta 7 Kassel; Bd. 1: (Visuelle Biographien der Künstler); Bd. 2: (Aktuelle Arbeiten der Künstler); Kassel 1982
Web site: Alllison Mack pleads guilty to racketeering; avoids sex trafficking charges; 'I thought Keith Raniere was trying to help people, I was wrong'. Artvoice. 8 April 2019. Artvoice. 9 April 2019. 28 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210128060311/https://artvoice.com/2019/04/08/alllison-mack-pleads-guilty-to-racketeering-avoids-sex-trafficking-charges-i-thought-keith-raniere-was-trying-to-help-people-i-was-wrong/. dead.
News: Rothstein. Edward. Edward Rothstein. 31 March 1982 . Carl Orff, teacher and composer Of Carmina Burana, dead at 86 . . 13 February 2019.
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/H/HulsenHHv-R.htm von Hülsen, Heinrich-Hermann
Web site: O du verhaßt-geliebtes Gift. 21 June 1982 . spiegel.de . de.
News: Curt Jurgens, War Films' Star . February 27, 2022 . . . June 18, 1982 . https://archive.today/20130621213632/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/19/obituaries/curt-jurgens-war-films-star.html . 2013-06-21.
Web site: Alexander Mitscherlich: Biographische Angaben . Frankfurt University Library . Frankfurt University . 9 September 2008 . 17 June 2012.