1991 in Germany

• President - Richard von Weizsäcker • Chancellor – Helmut Kohl ==Events==

• January 18: The Fourth Kohl cabinet led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in. • February 15–26: 41st Berlin International Film Festival • March 21: Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 • June 17: The Treaty of Good Neighbourship is signed by Germany and Poland • June 20: The capital decision is made over which city will be the German capital city. • August: Launch of the MK3 Volkswagen Golf, which replaces the MK2 model which was in production for eight years. A saloon version to replace the Jetta is due early next year. • September 17–23: Hoyerswerda riots • December: The Volkswagen Golf is voted European Car of the Year, the first Volkswagen to receive this accolade. • German company Krupp bought Hoesch AG. Elections • Rhineland-Palatinate state election ==Sport==

• 1990–91 Bundesliga • 1990–91 2. Bundesliga • 1990–91 ice hockey Bundesliga season • 1991 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy • 1991 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy • 1991 ATP German Open • 1991 BMW Open • 1991 German Grand Prix • 1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix • 1991 DTM season ==Music==

• 4 January - Pascal Bodmer, German ski jumper • 19 January - Corinna Harrer, German runner • 27 January - Christian Bickel, German footballer • 28 January - Kai Kazmirek, German athlete • 5 February - Henriette Confurius, German actress • 9 February - Almuth Schult, German footballer • 21 February - Philip Heintz, German swimmer • 26 April – Hubert Trzybinski, German rower • 1 May - Levina, German singer • 2 May - Sebastian Hertner, German footballer (d. 2025) • 10 May - Giorgos Machlelis, Greek international footballer • 14 May - Niklas Hörber, German footballer • 15 May - Jennifer Hof, German fashion model • 23 May - Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter • 26 May - Marie-Sophie Hindermann, German artistic gymnast • 24 June - Robin Erewa, German athlete • 25 June - Anna Zaja, German tennis player • 14 July - Cihan Özkara, German-Turkish-Azerbaijani footballer • 20 September - Thomas Röhler, German athlete • 28 September - Pamela Dutkiewicz, German athlete • 5 December - Carolin Schäfer, German athlete • 16 December - Andreas Hofmann, German athlete • 21 December - Peter Baumgartner, ice hockey player • 27 December - Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht, German actor ==Deaths==

• 14 January - Heli Finkenzeller, German actress (born 1911) • 13 February - Arno Breker, German architect and sculptor (born 1900) • 13 March - Josef Manger, German heavy weight lifter (born 1913) • 16 March - Trude Herr, singer (born 1927) • 1 April - Detlev Karsten Rohwedder, German politician (born 1932) • 8 April - Tilo von Berlepsch, German actor (born 1913) • 22 April - Karl Klasen, German banker (born 1909) • 7 May - Wolfgang Reichmann, German actress (born 1932) • 8 June - Heidi Brühl, German actress (born 1942) • 21 June - Klaus Schwarzkopf, German actor (born 1922) • 21 June - Karl Krolow, German poet (born 1915) • 23 June — Michael Pfleghar, German film director and screenwriter (born 1933) • 24 June - Franz Hengsbach, German cardinal of Roman Catholic Church (born 1910) • 28 June - Hans Nüsslein, German tennis player (born 1910) • 1 July - Joachim Kroll, serial killer (born 1933) • 9 August - Richard Löwenthal, German author and journalist (born 1908) • 16 August - Johannes Wiese, German pilot during World War II, a fighter ace (born 1915) • 21 August - Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German writer (born 1916) • 3 September - Falk Harnack, German film director and screenwriter (born 1913) • 27 September - Karl-Heinz Köpcke, German news speaker (born 1922) • 4 October - Heinrich Hellwege, German politician (born 1908) • 9 October - Roy Black, German actor and singer (born 1943) • 23 November - Klaus Kinski, German actor (born 1926) • 1 December - Ernst Albrecht, German politician (born 1914 • 12 December - Gustav Schäfer, German rower (born 1906) • 23 December - Heinrich Wöhlk, German optometrist (born 1913) • 24 December - Alfons Goppel, German politician (born 1905) • 25 December - Curt Bois, actor (born 1901) ==See also==