You may never need one if you live in a big city. Even out in the country, public transportation is still pretty good after several years of decline from the level of "outstanding".
How you get that license largely depends on where you came from. The outrageously strict German system has become more managable. You can do your written test in a number of different languages, including English.
You may not need to do a behind the wheel test at all these days.
If you hail from the United States, you could be fortunate enough to be able to walk into the local German DMV (a county or city office) and swap your US license against a German license. A one page form you only need to sign, and a few weeks later you drop off the American licence and get the German one.
Information about this straight exchange is public. You can find detailed listings in German in this PDF file.
How a state gets to be on the list remains unfathomable to anyone accustomed to driving in the United States. Alabama is on, California is not, why?
If you have any control over from which U.S. state you move to Europe, plan well ahead, look at the list. Leave the pondering about constitutional questions, international treaties, and state rights to the scholars.
And enjoy that German European driver license.
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