2003 in Germany
# 2003 in Germany

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
* 2 July: Coburg shooting
* 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

## Deaths

* 5 February - Manfred von Brauchitsch, German racing driver (born 1905)
* 3 March - Horst Buchholz, German actor (born 1933)
* 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)
* 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)
