Date unknown: As the largest German-Sino transaction ever, at the end of January 2012 German company Putzmeister was sold to the company Chinese Sany Heavy Industries.
25 November - In Formula One, German driver Sebastian Vettel wins the Drivers' Championship for the third consecutive year.
26 November - A fire at a workshop for disabled people in Southwestern Germany kills 14 people.
6 December - German officials tried to outlaw the Nationalist National Democratic Party of Germany, with the interior ministers of all 16 states recommending a ban. The Federal Constitutional Court is yet to vote on the recommendation.[4]
10 December - An explosive device is found, and made safe, at the main railway station in Bonn.