1986 in Germany

Events in the year 1986 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President - Richard von Weizsäcker
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

• 14–25 February - 36th Berlin International Film Festival
• 27 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
• 8 June - East German general election, 1986
• 15 June - 1986 Lower Saxony state election
• July - Launch of the second generation BMW 7 Series.
• September - Launch of the third generation Audi 80.
• 17 October - Launch of the all-new Opel Omega, which succeeds the Opel Rekord.
• December - The Opel Omega is voted European Car of the Year, with the Audi 80 coming second in the contest and the BMW 7 Series coming third.
• German company Volkswagen Group acquired a controlling stake in Spanish company SEAT.

Births

January

• 2 January – Nicole Reinhardt, Olympic canoeist
• 6 January – Benjamin Simm, rugby player
• 13 January – Laura Ludwig, Olympic beach volleyball player

February

• 16 February – Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, Olympic dressage rider

March

• 5 March – Constantin von Jascheroff, actor
• 27 March – Manuel Neuer, footballer

April

• 11 April – Lena Schöneborn, Olympic pentathlete

May

June

• 4 June – Fahriye Evcen, German-born Turkish actress
• 5 June – Christian Baracat, rugby player
• 11 June – Sebastian Bayer, Olympic long jumper

July

• 20 July – Andreas Kümmert, singer
• 25 July – Robert Dietrich, ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 30 July – Arthur Abele, Olympic decathlete

August

• 7 August – Paul Biedermann, Olympic swimmer
• 17 August – Tobias Schönenberg, actor and model
• 26 August – Kerstin Thiele, Olympic judoka

September

• 23 September – Gina-Lisa Lohfink, actress and model

October

• 9 October – Dave Grunewald, singer, podcaster, fitness expert, and co-frontman for Annisokay (2011–2019)
• 26 October – René Rast, racing driver
• 28 October – Kristina Bröring-Sprehe, Olympic equestrian

November

• 5 November – Axel Tischer, wrestler
• 12 November – Robert Müller, footballer
• 22 November – Verena Schäffer, politician

December

• 9 December – Miriam Welte, Olympic cyclist
• 13 December – Christian Engelhart, racing driver

Deaths

• January 23 - Joseph Beuys, artist (born 1921)
• January 25 - Josef Kammhuber, general (born 1896)
• January 25 - Ernst Schnabel, German writer (born 1913)
• January 27 – Lilli Palmer, actress (born 1914)
• February 3 — Alfred Vohrer, German film director and actor (born 1914)
• March 11 - Herbert Runge, German boxer (born 1913)
• March 13 - Eugen Gerstenmaier, German politician (born 1906)
• March 17 - Heinz Nixdorf, German computing pioneer, businessman and founder of Nixdorf Computer AG (born 1925)
• June 9 - Elisabeth Selbert, politician and lawyer (born 1896)
• July 14 - Joseph Vogt, classical historian (born 1895)
• July 24 - Willy Kaiser, German boxer (born 1912)
• August 3 - Otmar Emminger, German economist (born 1911)
• September 30 - Franz Burda I, German publisher (born 1903)
• October 4 — Arno von Lenski, German officer (born 1893)
• October 30 - Fritz Tillmann, German actor (born 1910)
• October 30 - Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt, German politician (born 1901)
• November 12 - Ria Baran, German pair skater (born 1922)
• December 2 - Heinrich Amersdorffer, German painter and printmaker (born 1905)
• December 12 - Paul Verner, politician (born 1911)
• December 19 - Werner Dankwort, German diplomat (born 1895)

See also

• 1986 in German television

References