Croats in Germany
Total population | |
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426.485 (2021) [1][2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Munich, Berlin, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Mannheim, Augsburg, Nuremberg | |
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.[1]
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 2019[5]
Number of Croats per German federal state | ||||||
# | Federal state | People | ||||
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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 | ||||||||
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Munich | 39,637 | ||||||||
Frankfurt | 16,751 | ||||||||
Stuttgart | 15,268 | ||||||||
Berlin | 14,430 | ||||||||
Hamburg | 6,630 | ||||||||
Nuremberg | 5,893 | ||||||||
Mannheim | 4,565 | ||||||||
Augsburg | 4,223 | ||||||||
Düsseldorf | 3,720 | ||||||||
Cologne | 3,569 | ||||||||
Karlsruhe | 3,383 | ||||||||
Essen | 2,880 | ||||||||
Offenbach | 2,420 | ||||||||
Hanover | 2,300 | ||||||||
Pforzheim | 2,193 | ||||||||
Dortmund | 2,153 | ||||||||
Duisburg | 2,044 | ||||||||
Wiesbaden | 1,967 | ||||||||
Ulm | 1,557 | ||||||||
Gelsenkirchen | 1,214 |
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[]
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- Fredi Bobič, former footballer
- Stipe Erceg, actor
- Werner Herzog, film director
- Milko Kelemen, professor at the Stuttgarter Musikakademie Stuttgart
- Ivan Klasnić, footballer
- Niko Kovač, football coach and former player
- Robert Kovač, football coach and former player
- Vanessa Mai, singer
- Sandra Nasić, singer for the rock band, Guano Apes
- Ivo Robić, musician
- Ivica Šerfezi, musician
- Zvonimir Serdarušić, handball coach
- Edin Terzić, football coach and former player
- Jeremy Toljan, football player
- Jasmin Wagner, singer
See also[]
- Croatia–Germany relations
- Croats
- List of Croats
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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)
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b [1]
- ^ German Federal Statistical Office, http://www.destatis.de/
- ^ "Federal Statistical Office Germany - GENESIS-Online". Genesis.destatis.de. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
- ^ "Kartenseite: Kroaten in Deutschland - Landkreise". kartenseite.wordpress.com. 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
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
- Croatian diaspora by country
- German people of Croatian descent
- Ethnic groups in Germany