title: 1980 in Germany
text: # 1980 in Germany
  
  Events in the year 1980 in Germany.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President – Karl Carstens (West Germany)
  * Chancellor – Helmut Schmidt (West Germany)
  * General Secretary – Erich Honecker (East Germany)
  * Prime Minister – Willi Stoph (East Germany)
  
  ## Events
  
  * 18 to 29 February - 30th Berlin International Film Festival
  * 20 March - Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, held in The Hague.
  * 26 September - Oktoberfest bombing
  * 5 October - West German federal election, 1980
  * 6 November - The Third Schmidt cabinet led by Helmut Schmidt was sworn in.
  * unknown date - First modern guided bus opens in Essen.
  
  ## Births
  
  * February 2 - Angela Finger-Erben, German journalist
  * February 22 - Jeanette Biedermann, German singer
  * February 28 - Stefan Konarske, German actor
  * March 9 - Volker Bruch, German television actor
  * March 18 - Juliette Schoppmann, German singer
  * March 25 - Hanno Koffler, German actor
  * May 2 - Tim Borowski, German footballer
  * May 6 - Wolke Hegenbarth, German actress
  * May 9 - Carolin Kebekus, German comedian
  * May 16 - Jens Spahn, German politician
  * June 13 - Sarah Connor, German singer
  * June 16 - Sibel Kekilli, German actress
  * July 4 - Fahri Yardım, German actor
  * July 9 - Sebastian Sylvester, German boxer
  * August 6 - Roman Weidenfeller, German football player
  * August 28 - Petra Schmidt-Schaller, German actress
  * December 4 - Stefan Pfannmöller, German canoeist
  * December 29 - Yvonne Bönisch, German judoka
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 27 January - Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, officer in the German Army. He attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing on 21 March 1943; (born 1905)
  * February 6 — Bernhard Eichhorn, German film composer (born 1904)
  * February 6 — Franz Schafheitlin, German actor (born 1895)
  * February 21 — Alfred Andersch, German writer (born 1914)
  * March 5 — Wilhelm Hoegner, German politician (born 1887)
  * April 22 — August von Finck Sr., German banker (born 1898)
  * June 8 — Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (born 1900)
  * June 27 — Walter Dornberger, German Army artillery officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket program (born 1895)
  * September 3 - Fabian von Schlabrendorff, German jurist, soldier, and member of the resistance against Adolf Hitler (born 1907)
  * October 18 - Hans Ehard, German politician (born 1887)
  * December 11 — Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, German noblewoman (born 1892)
  * December 24 — Karl Dönitz , German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II (born 1891)
  