1993 in Germany

Events in the year 1993 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President - Richard von Weizsäcker
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

• January 18: Focus publishes its first issue.
• February 11: A man hijacks Lufthansa Flight 592.
• April 23: The 1993 World Horticultural Exposition begins in Stuttgart.
• May 28: Solingen arson attack of 1993.
• June 25–27: The first annual Düsseldorfer Jazz-Rally is held.

Elections

• Hamburg state election, 1993

Film

• 43rd Berlin International Film Festival
• 6th European Film Awards

Music

• Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Births

• 20 March - Fabian Fahl, politician
• 13 June - Cansin Köktürk, politician
• 22 June - Loris Karius, footballer
• 17 August - Cinta Laura, Indonesian-German actress and singer
• 22 August - Laura Dahlmeier, biathlete (d. 2025)
• 9 December - Cem Ince, politician

Deaths

• January 15 – Annemarie von Gabain, German linguist (born 1901)
• January 21 – Leo Löwenthal, German sociologist (born 1900)
• January 26 – Baron Axel von dem Bussche, German military officer, member of the anti-Hitler Resistance (born 1919)
• February 5 – Hans Jonas, German philosopher (born 1903)
• March 20 – Polykarp Kusch, German-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
• April 2 – Ernst von Bodelschwingh, German politician (born 1906)
• June 7 – Dražen Petrović, Croatian professional basketball player (born 1964)
• June 12 – Wilhelm Gliese, astronomer (born 1915)
• September 20 – Erich Hartmann, German World War II fighter pilot, highest-scoring fighter ace in world history (born 1922)
• October 1 – Karl Bach, German Olympic fencer (born 1920)
• October 30 – Maria Matray, German screenwriter and actress (born 1907)
• November 18 – Fritz Feld, German actor (born 1900)
• December 7 – Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (born 1913)

References