1981 in Germany
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Events
- 13–24 February - 31st Berlin International Film Festival
- 28 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981
- 14 June - East German general election, 1981[1]
- 1 August — Launch of the MK2 Volkswagen Polo, which makes use of a larger estate-like bodyshell, although it is still marketed as a hatchback.[2]
- 23 September — Launch of the new Opel Ascona, which for the first time is available with a hatchback and front-wheel drive, as well as a new range of engines.
- 29 October — Raiders of the Lost Ark in movie theaters in Germany.
- December — The Volkswagen Polo and Opel Ascona miss out on the European Car of the Year award, which instead goes to the Renault 9 from France.
- Date unknown - Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt was founded, although it was not opened to the public until 1991.[3]
Science
- Date unknown - German research team led by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenberg at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung) in Darmstadt bombarded a target of bismuth-209 with accelerated nuclei of chromium-54 to produce 5 atoms of the isotope bohrium-262
Births
- January 21 — Dany Heatley, hockey player
- February 23 — Jan Böhmermann, television presenter
- March 8 - Timo Boll, table tennis player
- March 11 - Matthias Schweighöfer, actor
- March 12 - Friedrich Mücke, German actor
- April 26 - Teresa Weißbach, German actress
- April 27 — Sandy Mölling, pop singer
- May 15 - Ben, German singer
- May 21 - Maximilian Mutzke, drummer and singer
- June 3 - Timur Tekkal, rugby player
- June 12 - Nora Tschirner, German actress
- July 21 — Stefan Schumacher, cyclist
- August 4 - Florian Silbereisen, singer
- August 18 - Jan Frodeno, triathlete
- August 22 - Christina Obergföll, athlete
- August 30 - André Niklaus, athlete
- September 7 - Hannah Herzsprung, actress
- October 2 - Ronald Rauhe, canoeist
