Events
- 15 January - Germany presses Moscow and Kiev to end the Russian gas crisis.
- March - The Volkswagen Polo Mk5 is launched at the Geneva Motor Show and was voted European Car of the Year eight months later.
- 11 March - A 17 year old former student goes on a rampage at his former school in Winnenden, Germany, killing at least fifteen people, before turning the gun on himself.
- 23 May - German presidential election, 2009
- 15–23 August - 2009 World Championships in Athletics takes place in Berlin. Usain Bolt breaks the world records for 200 metres and 100 metres.
- 30 August - Saarland state election, 2009, Saxony state election, 2009 and Thuringia state election, 2009 take place
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- September - Opel launches new Astra at Frankfurt Motor Show.
- 27 September - German federal election, 2009 takes place. Angela Merkel wins reelection as chancellor.
- 27 September - Schleswig-Holstein state election, 2009 and Brandenburg state election, 2009 take place.
- 28 October - German bishop Margot Käßmann becomes first elected woman as leader of Evangelical Church in Germany.
- 30 October - Christine Lieberknecht (CDU) becomes Minister-President of state Thuringia.
- 27 November - Wolfgang Schneiderhan, the Chief of Staff of the German Bundeswehr, and Franz Josef Jung resign over allegations that they withheld information in the aftermath of the Kunduz airstrike.
- 30 November - Ursula von der Leyen becomes Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany) and Kristina Köhler becomes new Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
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