2003 in Germany explained

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^[1]
• 2 July: Coburg shooting^[2]
• 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)^[4]
• 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)^[5]
• 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)

See also

• 2003 in German television

Notes and References

1. Müller, Daniel. "Warum starb Jeremiah?", Die Zeit, 19 November 2015 (translation; translation archived at).
2. News: Paterson . Tony . 3 July 2003 . Pupil kills himself in school shooting . The Independent . London . dead . 12 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026025854/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pupil-kills-himself-in-school-shooting-585557.html . 26 October 2012.
3. Geueke M, Stausberg J. |title=Lehr- und Lernmodule on Demand: Der Learning Resource Server in Vision 2003. In: Jäckel A, Hrsg. Telemedizinführer Deutschland. Ausgabe 2003. Ober-Mörlen: Medizin Forum AG, 2002: 140-3.
4. News: McGeorge . Alistair . 11 November 2016 . Last of the Magnificent Seven rides into the sunset: Who were the other cowboys in Robert Vaughn's posse? . . MGN Limited . 30 July 2019.
5. Construction news: Founder of Amco, Henry Schmill, dies at age 77, 2003.09.25 Link.