German Uruguayans Explained

Group:German Uruguayans
Native Name:
Pop:40,000 German descendants[1]
Popplace:Mainly found in the capital, Montevideo. Other numbers are found throughout the country.
Related:German Argentines, German Brazilians, German Chileans, Italian Uruguayans

The German community in Uruguay numbers ca. 10,000 German expatriates and 40,000 people of German descent.[1] Most of them live in the Montevideo area, although there are German minorities in Paysandú, Río Negro, San José and Canelones.

History

One of the first Germans to come to the region was Ulrich Schmidl (known locally as Ulrico Smidel), who arrived at the oriental shores of the River Plate in the early 16th century and described the Charrúas.[2]

The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 1,167 people who declared Germany as their country of birth.[3]

Religion

Local Germans practise different Christian religions:

there are four Mennonite settlements - Colonia Nicolich, El Ombú, Gartental, and Colonia Delta.There is also an important presence of German Jews,[4] with religious activities at the NCI Synagogue.

Institutions

German immigrants established several institutions of their own, among others:

There are also local offices of German institutions:

Historic German schools:[16]

Notable people

Arts and entertainment

Politics

Sports

Scientists

Other professions

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/11871/UY German in Uruguay
  2. Book: Schmidel, Ulrich . Ulrich Schmidl . Viaje al Río de la Plata . Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes - Digital edition based on Buenos Aires Edition - Cabaut y Cía. 1903 . 2001 . Alicante .
  3. Web site: Immigration to Uruguay . INE . 6 March 2013 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130816123632/http://www.ine.gub.uy/biblioteca/Inmigrantes%20Internacionales%20y%20Retornados%20en%20Uruguay.pdf . 16 August 2013 .
  4. Book: Christoph Marx. Christine Hatzky. Waltraud Kokot. Hauke Dorsch. Periplus 2004: Jahrbuch für Aussereuropäische geschichte. 2004. LIT Verlag Münster. 978-3-8258-7820-7. 22.
  5. http://www.dsm.edu.uy Deutsche Schule Montevideo
  6. https://archive.today/20130505180143/http://www.elcieloesverde.com.uy/2012/12/iglesia-evangelica-alemana-en-montevideo.html German Evangelical Church in Uruguay
  7. http://www.clubalemandemontevideo.com/historia.html Deutscher Klub
  8. http://www.ahkuruguay.com/ AHK Uruguay
  9. http://www.drvm.org/ DRVM
  10. Web site: ALVM . 2013-04-27 . 2017-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170606161136/http://alvm.com.uy/ . dead .
  11. http://casabertoltbrecht.org.uy/ Casa Bertolt Brecht
  12. http://www.laenderkontakte.de/region/amerika/uruguay/deutsche_vereinigungen_deutsche_minderheiten/index.html German institutions in Uruguay
  13. http://www.fesur.org.uy/ FESUR
  14. Web site: KAS Uruguay . 2013-04-27 . 2018-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180827210655/http://www.kas.de/uruguay/es/ . dead .
  15. https://www.goethe.de/ins/uy/mot/esindex.htm Goethe-Institut Montevideo
  16. "Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672" (Archive). Bundestag (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 29/51.

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