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2000 in Germany

Explore 10 historical events and records for Germany in 2000.

Historical records for Germany in 2000

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March

Lisbon European Council

Schroder, Gerhard ยท Lisbon ยท Chancellor of Germany ยท Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Represents Germany as leaders launch the Lisbon strategy for employment, economic reform and knowledge-based growth.

April

Chairman

Merkel, Angela Dorothea ยท Chairwoman-Christian Democratic Union ยท Politics / Christian Democratic Union

Appointed Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union

May

DFB Cup Victory Over Werder Bremen

Hitzfeld, Ottmar ยท Berlin ยท Manager ยท Sport / Football

Ottmar Hitzfeld oversees Bayernโ€™s 3-0 win against Werder Bremen in the DFB Cup final, completing the domestic cup campaign with a trophy.

League Title Clinched on Final Day

Hitzfeld, Ottmar ยท Munich ยท Manager ยท Sport / Football

Ottmar Hitzfeld guides Bayern to the Bundesliga championship after Bayer Leverkusen lose their final league match, allowing Bayern to finish top on goal difference.

December

Nice European Council

Fischer, Joschka ยท Nice ยท Foreign Minister of Germany ยท Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Participates as leaders negotiate institutional changes intended to prepare the Union for a major enlargement.

Nice Treaty Political Agreement

Schroder, Gerhard ยท Nice ยท Chancellor of Germany ยท Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Supports the political agreement on institutional reform reached at the end of the Nice European Council.

Nobel Prize for Semiconductor Heterostructures

Kroemer, Herbert ยท Stockholm ยท Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing semiconductor heterostructures for high-speed and optoelectronics.

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In July Road Movie

Akin, Fatih ยท Director ยท Arts / Cinema

Directed In July, a road movie traveling from Germany toward Turkey.

In July Screenplay

Akin, Fatih ยท Director ยท Arts / Cinema

Wrote the screenplay for In July, combining romance and a cross-European journey.

NPD

Mahler, Horst ยท Politics / National Democratic Party of Germany

Mahler joins the National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands, or NPD), an extreme nationalist party

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