Bayern Munich's win over Hamburg combined with Bayer Leverkusen's draw saw Louis Van Gaal's men go top of the table.
A goal from Franck Ribery was enough to take Bayern Munich to the top of the Bundesliga for the first time since May 2008 thanks to a 1-0 win over Hamburg.
The Frenchman struck in the 78th minute of an evenly-contested game to take the Bavarians above Bayer Leverkusen, who could only manage a 0-0 draw against Cologne.
Hamburg struck the woodwork as they went close to an equaliser but Bayern held on for all three points to move two points clear at the top.
It was the same score at Hannover, where the hosts slumped to a ninth straight Bundesliga defeat at home to Wolfsburg.
Zvjezdan Misimovic struck the winner 12 minutes from time to leave the hosts three points from safety.
Hannover have not won a point since December 5 but wasted a succession of chances to bring that run to an end on Sunday.
On Saturday, Cologne was the team that frustrated Leverkusen in the Rhine derby at the BayArena.
Leverkusen's best chance came in the 13th minute when Sami Hyypia's header was clawed off the goalline by Faryd Mondragon. Manuel Friedrich then scooped the rebound over the crossbar from just two yards out
The result sets a new league record of 24 games unbeaten for Leverkusen, but still puts them two points behind Bayern Munich.
Sebastian Prodl's winner five minutes into the second half reignited Werder Bremen's charge for European football as they moved to within a point of the top five with a 2-1 victory over 10-man Mainz.
Bremen took full advantage of Borussia Dortmund's defeat at Schalke last night to close the gap as Prodl won it after Aristide Bance struck on half-time to cancel out Tim Borowski's opener.
Mainz were always on the back-foot after having Florian Heller sent off in only the 14th minute.
Stuttgart striker Cacau scored both of his side's goals as they came from behind to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1, Benjamin Kohler replying for the visitors.
Hertha Berlin's miserable season continued as they lost 2-0 at home to Hoffenheim to remain rooted to the bottom of the Bundesliga.
Demba Ba gave the visitors the lead 10 minutes from the end of the first half and Vedad Ibisevic made certain of the three points with a second in the dying seconds.
Roel Brouwers cancelled out Papis Demba Cisse's opener as Borussia Monchengladbach claimed a 1-1 draw at home to Freiburg, while the match between Bochum and Nurnberg finished goalless.
Albert Bunjaku was sent off for Nurnberg three minutes from time after collecting a second yellow card.
On Friday, Schalke eked out a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in the Revier Derby.
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