| Official Name: | German Township, Fulton County, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fulton |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 131.6 |
| Area Land Km2: | 131.4 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.2 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 50.8 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 50.7 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.1 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 6576 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 222 |
| Elevation Ft: | 728 |
| Coordinates: | 41.5308°N -84.3075°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-29876[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1086126 |
German Township is one of the twelve townships in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 6,576 people in the township.
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Archbold is located in southern German Township.
The fake town of Beatosu was inserted into the 1978-79 Michigan state map of the township as a joke.
It is one of five German Townships statewide.[4]
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[5] who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
The Goll Woods State Nature Preserve northwest of Archbold, beside the Tiffin River, is located in the township. Built in the 1860s and 1870s, the Goll Homestead is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]
Students from the township are served by the following public local school districts:[7]
Mail is delivered in the township by the following U.S. Post Office locations:[8]
All of the township is within the Archbold telephone exchange, which is served by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as CenturyLink, with telephone numbers using the following Numbering Plan Codes:[9]
Toledo Edison serves most of the township with electricity, with Midwest Energy Cooperative providing it to a small area around the Tiffin River north of and west of Goll Woods.[10]