Croats in Germany explained

Group:Croats in Germany
Native Name:
Population:435.000-550.000 (2023) [1] [2]
Popplace:Munich, Berlin, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Mannheim, Augsburg, Nuremberg
Langs:Croatian, German
Related-C:Croats, Croatian diaspora

Croats in Germany (Croatian: Hrvati u Njemačkoj; German: Kroaten in Deutschland) 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

Per federal state

In year 2019[5]

Number of Croats per German federal state
Federal state People
1. 122,835
2. 126,090
3. 14,430
4. 671
5. 2,167
6. 6,630
7. 53,785
8. 260
9. 9,429
10. 48,043
11. 8,668
12. 1,205
13. 714
14. 435
15. 3,229
16. 189

Cities

In year 2019

Number of Croats in larger cities
CityPeople
1. 39,637
2. 16,751
3. 15,268
4. 14,430
5. 6,630
6. 5,893
7. 4,565
8. 4,223
9. 3,720
10. 3,569
11. 3,383
12. 2,880
13. 2,420
14. 2,300
15. 2,193
16. 2,153
17. 2,044
18. 1,967
19. 1,557
20. 1,413

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

Culture

Language

In July 2023, The Croaticum – Centre for Croatian Language and Literature was opened at the Regensburg University.[7]

Events

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.[8]

Notable Croatians and people of Croatian descent in Germany

See also

References

  1. Web site: Fer Projekt, Put Murvice 14, Zadar, Hrvatska, +385 98 212 96 00, www.fer-projekt.com . Hrvatsko iseljeništvo u Njemačkoj . Hrvatiizvanrh.hr . 2017-01-22 . hr . 2019-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190220034539/http://www.hrvatiizvanrh.hr/hr/hmiu/hrvatsko-iseljenistvo-u-njemackoj/32 . dead .
  2. Web site: hr. Hanza Media . Rekordan broj građana stranog porijekla u Njemačkoj, što se odnosi i na državljane RH -Jutarnji List . Jutarnji.hr . 2016-09-16 . 2017-01-22.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . www.bamf.de . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160113143335/https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Publikationen/Broschueren/bundesamt-in-zahlen-2014.pdf?__blob=publicationFile . 13 January 2016 . dead.
  4. German Federal Statistical Office, http://www.destatis.de/
  5. Web site: Federal Statistical Office Germany - GENESIS-Online . Genesis.destatis.de . 2017-01-22.
  6. Web site: Kartenseite: Kroaten in Deutschland - Landkreise . kartenseite.wordpress.com . 2017-03-26 . 2017-04-18. de.
  7. Web site: First Croatian language centre in a German-speaking country opens. croatiaweek.com. Croatia Week. 8 July 2023. 12 July 2023.
  8. Web site: The biggest Croatian concert outside the homeland to take place again in December. croatiaweek.com. Croatia Week. 1 November 2023. 5 November 2023.

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