Croats in Germany
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (297,875 to 350,000+[1][2]) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Berlin, Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Cologne, Hanover, Bremen, Dortmund, Essen, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Bonn, Gelsenkirchen, Offenbach, Leipzig | |
| Languages | |
| Croatian, German | |
| Religion | |
| Majority Roman Catholics |
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Croats in Germany (German: Kroaten in Deutschland; Croatian: Hrvati u Njemačkoj) refers to persons living in Germany who have total or partial Croatian ancestry. They form the 6th largest ethnic minority in Germany.[3] In 2014, there were 270,528 Croats holding Croatian citizenship and living in Germany. Croatia's State Office for the Croats Abroad, Croatian embassy in Berlin and Croatian Catholic Missions estimated that there are more than 350,000 Croats and their descendants living in Germany.[4]
Demographics
According to the German Federal Statistical Office of Wiesbaden in 2007, there were 225,309 Croatian citizens living in Germany.[5] According to data from church institutions there are about 310,000 to 350,000 Croatians living in Germany.
Numbers of Croats
In Germany per year
- 2014: 270,558[6]
- 2013: -
- 2012: -
- 2011: -
- 2010: -
- 2009: -
- 2008: -
- 2007: -
- 2006: 227,510
- 2005: 228,926
- 2004: 229,172
- 2003: 236,570
- 2002: 230,987
- 2001: 223,819
- 1994: 176,251
- 1993: 153,146
Per federal state
In year 2014[7]
| Number of Croats per German federal state | ||||||
| # | Federal state | People | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Baden-Württemberg | 82,092 | ||||
| 2. | Bayern | 64,163 | ||||
| 3. | Berlin | 9,692 | ||||
| 4. | Brandenburg | 471 | ||||
| 5. | Bremen | 1,167 | ||||
| 6. | Hamburg | 5,668 | ||||
| 7. | Hessen | 38,322 | ||||
| 8. | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 260 | ||||
| 9. | Niedersachsen | 7,429 | ||||
| 10. | Nordrhein-Westfalen | 41,043 | ||||
| 11. | Rheinland-Pfalz | 8,668 | ||||
| 12. | Saarland | 1,005 | ||||
| 13. | Sachsen | 614 | ||||
| 14. | Sachsen-Anhalt | 435 | ||||
| 15. | Schleswig-Hollstein | 2,129 | ||||
| 16. | Thüringen | 189 | ||||
Cities
In year 2005
| Number of Croats in larger cities | |||||||||
| City | People | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| München | 24,866 | ||||||||
| Stuttgart | 13,386 | ||||||||
| Frankfurt am Main | 12,408 | ||||||||
| Berlin | 11,517 | ||||||||
| Mannheim | 6,555 | ||||||||
| Hamburg | 4,585 | ||||||||
| Düsseldorf ¹ | 3,550 | ||||||||
| Nürnberg | 3,392 | ||||||||
| Hannover ³ | 3,102 | ||||||||
| Köln | 2,854 | ||||||||
| Karlsruhe | 2,423 | ||||||||
| Augsburg ³ | 2,237 | ||||||||
| Offenbach am Main | 1,999 | ||||||||
| Essen ² | 1,944 | ||||||||
| Pforzheim ¹ | 1,481 | ||||||||
| Wiesbaden | 1,263 | ||||||||
| Ulm | 1,107 | ||||||||
| Darmstadt ¹ | 751 | ||||||||
| Heidelberg | 326 | ||||||||
¹31. December 2004, ²30. June 2006, ³31. December 2007
Art and culture
Notable Croatian artists in Germany:
- Miroslav Nemec actor
- Stipe Erceg, actor
- Milko Kelemen, professor at the Stuttgarter Musikakademie Stuttgart,
- Ivo Robić, musician
- Ivica Šerfezi, musician
- Werner Herzog, Film Director
- Niko Kovač, football player and manager
- Robert Kovač, football player and coach
- Ivan Klasnić, footballer
- Fredi Bobič, former footballer (Croatian mother)
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.hrvatiizvanrh.hr/hr/hmiu/hrvatsko-iseljenistvo-u-njemackoj/32
- ↑ http://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/rekordan-broj-gradana-stranog-porijekla-u-njemackoj-sto-se-odnosi-i-na-drzavljane-rh/4702157/
- ↑ http://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Publikationen/Broschueren/bundesamt-in-zahlen-2014.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
- ↑ http://www.hrvatiizvanrh.hr/hr/hmiu/hrvatsko-iseljenistvo-u-njemackoj/32
- ↑ German Federal Statistical Office, http://www.destatis.de/
- ↑ http://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Publikationen/Broschueren/bundesamt-in-zahlen-2014.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
- ↑ https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genesis/online%3bjsessionid=654330BACBA5F5CFC576B38526C1171C.tomcat_GO_2_2?operation=previous&levelindex=2&levelid=1435007839367&step=2
External links
- Croatian Academic Union Germany Hrvatski akademski savez: Network of students and academics in Germany who are Croatians or of Croatian descent
- Kroatische Zeitung News about business, education, society, tourism and sports