Croats in Germany

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Croats in Germany (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) refers to persons living in Germany who have total or partial Croatian ancestry. They form the sixth largest ethnic minority in Germany.[3] In 2021, there were 434,610 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 500,000 Croats and their descendants living in Germany.[1]

Demographics

According to the German Federal Statistical Office of Wiesbaden in 2021, there were 434,610 Croatian citizens living in Germany.[4] 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

  • 2021: 434,610
  • 2020: 426,485
  • 2019: -
  • 2018: 395,665
  • 2017: 367,900
  • 2016: 332,605
  • 2015: -
  • 2014: 270,558[3]
  • 2013: -
  • 2012: -
  • 2011: -
  • 2010: 220,199
  • 2009: -
  • 2008: -
  • 2007: 225,309
  • 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 2019[5]

Number of Croats per German federal state
# Federal state People
1. Baden-Württemberg 122,835
2. Bavaria 126,090
3. Berlin 14,430
4. Brandenburg 671
5. Bremen 2,167
6. Hamburg 6,630
7. Hesse 53,785
8. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 260
9. Lower Saxony 9,429
10. North Rhine-Westphalia 48,043
11. Rhineland-Palatinate 8,668
12. Saarland 1,205
13. Saxony 714
14. Saxony-Anhalt 435
15. Schleswig-Holstein 3,229
16. Thuringia 189

Cities

In year 2019

Number of Croats in larger cities
# City People
1. Munich 39,637
2. Frankfurt 16,751
3. Stuttgart 15,268
4. Berlin 14,430
5. Hamburg 6,630
6. Nuremberg 5,893
7. Mannheim 4,565
8. Augsburg 4,223
9. Düsseldorf 3,720
10. Cologne 3,569
11. Karlsruhe 3,383
12. Essen 2,880
13. Offenbach 2,420
14. Hanover 2,300
15. Pforzheim 2,193
16. Dortmund 2,153
17. Duisburg 2,044
18. Wiesbaden 1,967
19. Ulm 1,557
20. Lübeck 1,413

Among the German cities Stuttgart and Pforzheim had the highest share of Croats in 2011 according to German Census data.[6]

Culture

Croatian Cultural Community Stuttgart (Hrvatska kulturna zajednica Stuttgart, HKZ Stuttgart) was established by Croatian immigrants in the autumn of 1983.[7] They successfully ran at the elections for the City of Stuttgart's International Council.[7] First then soon-to-become president of Croatia Franjo Tuđman visited Stuttgart and the Community in the October of 1988.[7] HKZ organizes extracurricular classes of Croatian for the Croatian children ever since Croatia gained independence in the 1990s.[7] HKZ regularly organizes "Ljetni festival kulture" (Summer festival of culture), with concerts of Croatian folklore ensembles and klapas, as well as presentations of the Croatian cuisine and wines.[7]

Language

In July 2023, The Croaticum – Centre for Croatian Language and Literature was opened at the Regensburg University.[8]

Events

The Croatian Cultural Association of Bremen organizes summer music and dance festival “Sommerfest in Hastedt”.[9]

The annual concert of Croatian musicians known as ”Hrvatska noć” (Croatian Night) is one of the biggest gatherings of Croats. In December 2023 it took place at the Fraport Arena in Frankfurt am Main.[10]

Academia

Croatian Academic Union Germany (Hrvatski akademski savez) is a network of students and academics in Germany who are Croatians or of Croatian descent.[11]

Notable Croatians and people of Croatian descent in Germany

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See also

References

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External links

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