This list details notable events occurring in 2017 in Germany. Major events included the death of Helmut Kohl and the legalization of same-sex marriage.
In March 2017, French company Groupe PSA agreed to buy German company Opel and its English sister brand Vauxhall and their European auto lending business from General Motors for US$2.2 billion,
^"Manager-Magazin.de: Bain Capital und Cinven gelingt Kauf von Stada (German)". Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^"Computerpionier Heinz Billing ist tot". bild.de. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019.
^"Brunhilde Pomsel, secretary to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, dies at 106". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
^"Germany: Doctorate recipient who defied Nazis dies at 104". Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ONLINE, RP (21 August 2017). "Im Alter von 103 Jahren: Jahrhundertmaler Karl Otto Götz gestorben". RP ONLINE. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017.
^"Verstorbener "In aller Freundschaft"-Star soll seine Krankheit verheimlicht haben". focus.de. 23 November 2017.