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Croats in Germany

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

Total population
435.000-550.000 (2023) ^[1]^[2]
Regions with significant populations
Munich, Berlin, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Mannheim, Augsburg, Nuremberg
Languages
Croatian, German
Religion
Majority Roman Catholics
Related ethnic groups
Croats, Croatian diaspora

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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

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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

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In Germany per year

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2021: 434,610
2020: 426,485
2019: -
2018: 395,665
2017: 367,900
2016: 332,605
2015: -
2014: 270,558^[3]
2013: -
2012: -
2011: -
2010: 220,199
2009: -
2008: -
2007: 225,309
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

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In year 2019^[5]

#	Federal state	People
Number of Croats per German federal state
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

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In year 2019

#	City	People
Number of Croats in larger cities
1.	Munich	39,637
2.	Frankfurt	16,751
3.	Stuttgart	15,268
4.	Berlin	14,430
5.	Hamburg	6,630
6.	Nuremberg	5,893
7.	Mannheim	4,565
8.	Augsburg	4,223
9.	Düsseldorf	3,720
10.	Cologne	3,569
11.	Karlsruhe	3,383
12.	Essen	2,880
13.	Offenbach	2,420
14.	Hanover	2,300
15.	Pforzheim	2,193
16.	Dortmund	2,153
17.	Duisburg	2,044
18.	Wiesbaden	1,967
19.	Ulm	1,557
20.	Lübeck	1,413

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

Culture

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Language

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

Events

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The Croatian Cultural Association of Bremen organizes summer music and dance festival “Sommerfest in Hastedt”.^[8]

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.^[9]

Academia

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Croatian Academic Union Germany (Hrvatski akademski savez) is a network of students and academics in Germany who are Croatians or of Croatian descent.^[10]

Notable Croatians and people of Croatian descent in Germany

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Fredi Bobic, 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
Zvonimir Serdarušić, handball coach
Edin Terzić, football coach and former player
Jeremy Toljan, football player
Josip Stanišić, football player
Jasmin Wagner, singer
Nikki Adler, boxer

References

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^ ^a ^b Fer Projekt, Put Murvice 14, Zadar, Hrvatska, +385 98 212 96 00, www.fer-projekt.com. "Hrvatsko iseljeništvo u Njemačkoj" (in Croatian). Hrvatiizvanrh.hr. Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2017-01-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric 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" (in Croatian). Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
^ ^a ^b "Archived copy" (PDF). www.bamf.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ 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" (in German). kartenseite.wordpress.com. 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
^ "First Croatian language centre in a German-speaking country opens". croatiaweek.com. Croatia Week. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "How Croats in Bremen are preserving their cultural identity". croatiaweek.com. Croatia Week. 19 August 2024.
^ "The biggest Croatian concert outside the homeland to take place again in December". croatiaweek.com. Croatia Week. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
^ "Hrvatski akademski savez" (in Croatian and German). Archived from the original on 5 April 2008.

External links

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