List of former German colonies explained

This is a list of former German colonies owned by states of Germany:

Holy Roman Empire and German Confederation

Brandenburg-Prussia

Groß Friedrichsburg (in Ghana), 1683–1718
Arguin (in Mauritania), 1685–1721

Duchy of Courland

See main article: Duchy of Courland.

Free City of Augsburg

See main article: Welser family.

Klein-Venedig (in Venezuela), 1528–1545

County of Hanau

Hanauish-Indies, Planned in 1669 but later canceled in 1672

House of Ascania

See main article: Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen.

Neu-Askania, 1828–1856

German Empire

See main article: German colonial empire.

Africa

See main article: German colonization of Africa.

The following were German African protectorates:

Kionga Triangle, 1894–1916
German South West Africa, 1884–1915
German West Africa, 1884–1915
- Togoland, 1884–1916
- Kamerun, from 1884–1916
- Kapitaï and Koba, 1884–1885
- Mahinland, March 11, 1885 – October 24, 1885
German East Africa, 1885–1918
Witu Protectorate, 1885–1890
German Somali Coast, 1885–1888
German Congo, 1884–1885
German Katanga, 1886
Gwandu Protectorate, 1895–1897
Gulmu Protectorate, 1895–1897
German South Africa, 1884–1885

China

These treaty ports were German concessions in China, leased to it by the Qing dynasty:

Kiautschou Bay concession, 1898–1914
German concession in Tientsin, 1895–1917
German concession in Hankou, 1895–1917
Chefoo, 1901–1914
German Peking Legation, 1900–1917

Pacific

These were German colonies established in the Pacific:

German New Guinea, 1884–1919
- Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, 1885–1914
- Bismarck Archipelago, 1885–1914
- German Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1885–1914
  - Bougainville Island, 1885–1914
  - Buka Island, 1885–1914
  - Choiseul Island, 1885–1900
  - Shortland Islands, 1885–1900
  - Santa Isabel Island, 1885–1900
- Nauru, 1906–1914
- Northern Mariana Islands, 1899–1914
- Caroline Islands, 1899–1914
- Palau Islands, 1899–1914
- Marshall Islands, 1906–1914
German Samoa, 1900–1914
Protectorate of the Marshall Islands, 1885–1906
- Nauru, 1888–1906

Nazi Germany

Netherlands, 1940–1945
Norway, 1940–1945
Belgium and Northern France, 1944
Ukraine, 1940–1944
Ostland, 1941–1945

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