Croats in Germany

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.[1]

Croatians in Germany
Kroaten in Deutschland
Total population
395.665+[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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Demographics

According to the German Federal Statistical Office of Wiesbaden in 2007, there were 225,309 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
  • 2014: 270,558[3]
  • 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[5]

Number of Croats per German federal state
#Federal statePeople
1.Baden-Württemberg82,092
2.Bayern64,163
3.Berlin9,692
4.Brandenburg471
5.Bremen1,167
6.Hamburg5,668
7.Hessen38,322
8.Mecklenburg-Vorpommern260
9.Niedersachsen7,429
10.Nordrhein-Westfalen41,043
11.Rheinland-Pfalz8,668
12.Saarland1,005
13.Sachsen614
14.Sachsen-Anhalt435
15.Schleswig-Holstein2,129
16.Thüringen189

Cities

In year 2005

Number of Croats in larger cities
CityPeople
München24,866
Stuttgart13,386
Frankfurt am Main12,408
Berlin11,517
Mannheim6,555
Hamburg4,585
Düsseldorf ¹3,550
Nürnberg3,392
Hannover ³3,102
Köln2,854
Karlsruhe2,423
Augsburg ³2,237
Offenbach am Main1,999
Essen ²1,944
Pforzheim ¹1,481
Wiesbaden1,263
Ulm1,107
Darmstadt ¹751
Heidelberg326

¹31. December 2004, ²30. June 2006, ³31. December 2007

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

Notable Croatians and people of Croatian descent in Germany

See also

References
  1. Fer Projekt, Put Murvice 14, Zadar, Hrvatska, +385 98 212 96 00, www.fer-projekt.com. "Hrvatsko iseljeništvo u Njemačkoj". Hrvatiizvanrh.hr. Retrieved 2017-01-22.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Hanza Media (2016-09-16). "Rekordan broj građana stranog porijekla u Njemačkoj, što se odnosi i na državljane RH -Jutarnji List". Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  4. German Federal Statistical Office, http://www.destatis.de/
  5. "Federal Statistical Office Germany - GENESIS-Online". Genesis.destatis.de. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  6. "Kartenseite: Kroaten in Deutschland - Landkreise". kartenseite.wordpress.com. 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
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