29 cases · 1886–2020
Germany: true crime and tragedy cases
29 documented cases across 24 cities in Germany. Sourced, with timelines, on the map.
Category mix
Murder 7Unsolved Case 6Serial Murder 6Suspicious Death 2Major Tragedy 8
Cities
Cases
Hesse, Germany, Hanau · 2020 · Major Tragedy · ClosedHanau Racist Attack›Hesse, Germany, Wolfhagen · 2019 · Murder · SolvedThe Assassination of Walter Lübcke›Charlottenburg, Germany, Berlin · 2016 · Major Tragedy · ClosedBreitscheidplatz Christmas Market Attack›Hesse, Germany, Offenbach am Main · 2014 · Murder · SolvedDeath of Tuğçe Albayrak›North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Duisburg · 2010 · Major Tragedy · ClosedLove Parade Disaster›North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Paderborn · 2006 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Frauke Liebs›Bavaria, Germany, Grünwald · 2005 · Murder · SolvedMurder of Rudolph Moshammer›Lower Saxony, Germany, Delmenhorst · 2005 · Serial Murder · SolvedOldenburg–Delmenhorst Patient Murders›Bavaria, Germany, Nuremberg · 2000 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe NSU Murders›Lower Saxony, Germany, Eschede · 1998 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Eschede Train Disaster›North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Düsseldorf · 1991 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAssassination of Detlev Karsten Rohwedder›Bavaria, Germany, Munich · 1990 · Murder · SolvedMurder of Walter Sedlmayr›Hesse, Germany, Bad Homburg · 1989 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAssassination of Alfred Herrhausen›Lower Saxony, Germany, Göhrde · 1989 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Göhrde Forest Murders›Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Ramstein-Miesenbach · 1988 · Major Tragedy · ClosedRamstein Air Show Disaster›North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Gladbeck · 1988 · Murder · SolvedGladbeck Hostage Crisis›Bavaria, Germany, Munich · 1980 · Major Tragedy · ClosedOktoberfest Bombing›North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Cologne · 1977 · Murder · SolvedKidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer›Bavaria, Klingenberg am Main · 1976 · Suspicious Death · SolvedAnneliese Michel case›North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Duisburg · 1976 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Ruhr Cannibal" Case›Ottensen, Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg · 1975 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Honka Killings in Ottensen›Bavaria, Germany, Munich · 1972 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Munich Olympics Massacre›West Germany, Various · 1961 · Murder · SolvedErnst-Dieter Beck case›Riem Airport, Germany, Munich · 1958 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Munich Air Disaster — Manchester United›Hesse, Germany, Frankfurt · 1957 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murder of Rosemarie Nitribitt›North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Düsseldorf · 1929 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Vampire of Düsseldorf" Case›Lower Saxony, Germany, Hanover · 1924 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Butcher of Hanover" Case›Bavaria, Germany, Waidhofen · 1922 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Hinterkaifeck Murders›Lake Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany, Berg · 1886 · Suspicious Death · UnsolvedThe Mysterious Death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria›