1993 in Germany

Events in the year 1993 in Germany.

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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

Main article: List of number-one hits of 1993 (Germany)

• Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Births

• 17 August - Cinta Laura, Indonesian-German actress and singer
• 22 June - Loris Karius, footballer
• 22 August - Laura Dahlmeier, biathlete

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)
• 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)
• November 18 – Fritz Feld, German actor (born 1900)
• December 7 – Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (born 1913)