Croats in Germany

{{Infobox ethnic group

| group = Croats in Germany

| native_name = {{native name|hr|Hrvati u Njemačkoj}}
{{native name|de|Kroaten in Deutschland}}

| image = Croatian population relative to total Croatian population in Germany 2021.svg

| population = 435.000-550.000 (2023) {{cite web |author=Fer Projekt, Put Murvice 14, Zadar, Hrvatska, +385 98 212 96 00, www.fer-projekt.com |url=http://www.hrvatiizvanrh.hr/hr/hmiu/hrvatsko-iseljenistvo-u-njemackoj/32 |title=Hrvatsko iseljeništvo u Njemačkoj |publisher=Hrvatiizvanrh.hr |date= |accessdate=2017-01-22 |lang=hr |archive-date=2019-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220034539/http://www.hrvatiizvanrh.hr/hr/hmiu/hrvatsko-iseljenistvo-u-njemackoj/32 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|lang=hr|author=Hanza Media |url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/rekordan-broj-gradana-stranog-porijekla-u-njemackoj-sto-se-odnosi-i-na-drzavljane-rh/4702157/ |title=Rekordan broj građana stranog porijekla u Njemačkoj, što se odnosi i na državljane RH -Jutarnji List |publisher=Jutarnji.hr |date=2016-09-16 |accessdate=2017-01-22}}

| popplace = Munich, Berlin, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Mannheim, Augsburg, Nuremberg

| langs = Croatian, German

| rels = Majority Roman Catholics

| related-c = Croats, Croatian diaspora

}}

Croats in Germany ({{langx|hr|Hrvati u Njemačkoj}}; {{langx|de|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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Publikationen/Broschueren/bundesamt-in-zahlen-2014.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |title=Archived copy |website=www.bamf.de |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113143335/https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Publikationen/Broschueren/bundesamt-in-zahlen-2014.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |archive-date=13 January 2016 |url-status=dead}} 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.

Demographics

According to the German Federal Statistical Office of Wiesbaden in 2021, there were 434,610 Croatian citizens living in Germany.German Federal Statistical Office, http://www.destatis.de/ 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 =

2021: 434,610
2020: 426,485
2019: -
2018: 395,665
2017: 367,900
2016: 332,605
2015: -
2014: 270,558
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 =

In year 2019{{cite web|url=https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genesis/online%3bjsessionid=654330BACBA5F5CFC576B38526C1171C.tomcat_GO_2_2?operation=previous&levelindex=2&levelid=1435007839367&step=2 |title=Federal Statistical Office Germany - GENESIS-Online |publisher=Genesis.destatis.de |date= |accessdate=2017-01-22}}

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdead;"\| Number of Croats per German federal state
style="background:#ddd;" ! style="background:#ececec;"\|#	style="background:#ececec;"\| Federal state	style="background:#ececec;"\| People
style="text-align:right;" \| 1.	style="text-align:left;"\|Baden-Württemberg	122,835
style="text-align:right;" \| 2.	style="text-align:left;"\|Bavaria	126,090
style="text-align:right;" \| 3.	style="text-align:left;"\|Berlin	14,430
style="text-align:right;" \| 4.	style="text-align:left;"\|Brandenburg	671
style="text-align:right;" \| 5.	style="text-align:left;"\|Bremen	2,167
style="text-align:right;" \| 6.	style="text-align:left;"\|Hamburg	6,630
style="text-align:right;" \| 7.	style="text-align:left;"\|Hesse	53,785
style="text-align:right;" \| 8.	style="text-align:left;"\|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	260
style="text-align:right;" \| 9.	style="text-align:left;"\|Lower Saxony	9,429
style="text-align:right;" \| 10.	style="text-align:left;"\| North Rhine-Westphalia	48,043
style="text-align:right;" \| 11.	style="text-align:left;"\|Rhineland-Palatinate	8,668
style="text-align:right;" \| 12.	style="text-align:left;"\|Saarland	1,205
style="text-align:right;" \| 13.	style="text-align:left;"\|Saxony	714
style="text-align:right;" \| 14.	style="text-align:left;"\|Saxony-Anhalt	435
style="text-align:right;" \| 15.	style="text-align:left;"\|Schleswig-Holstein	3,229
style="text-align:right;" \| 16.	style="text-align:left;"\|Thuringia	189

= Cities =

In year 2019

class="wikitable"
colspan="10" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdead;"\| Number of Croats in larger cities
style="background:#ddd;" ! style="background:#ececec;"\| #	style="background:#ececec;"\| City	style="background:#ececec;"\| People
style="text-align:left;" \| 1.	Munich	39,637
style="text-align:left;" \| 2.	Frankfurt	16,751
style="text-align:left;" \| 3.	Stuttgart	15,268
style="text-align:left;" \| 4.	Berlin	14,430
style="text-align:left;" \| 5.	Hamburg	6,630
style="text-align:left;" \| 6.	Nuremberg	5,893
style="text-align:left;" \| 7.	Mannheim	4,565
style="text-align:left;" \| 8.	Augsburg	4,223
style="text-align:left;" \| 9.	Düsseldorf	3,720
style="text-align:left;" \| 10.	Cologne	3,569
style="text-align:left;" \| 11.	Karlsruhe	3,383
style="text-align:left;" \| 12.	Essen	2,880
style="text-align:left;" \| 13.	Offenbach	2,420
style="text-align:left;" \| 14.	Hanover	2,300
style="text-align:left;" \| 15.	Pforzheim	2,193
style="text-align:left;" \| 16.	Dortmund	2,153
style="text-align:left;" \| 17.	Duisburg	2,044
style="text-align:left;" \| 18.	Wiesbaden	1,967
style="text-align:left;" \| 19.	Ulm	1,557
style="text-align:left;" \| 20.	Lübeck	1,413

Among the German cities Stuttgart and Pforzheim had the highest share of Croats in 2011 according to German Census data.{{cite web|url=https://kartenseite.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/kroaten-in-deutschland-landkreise/ |title=Kartenseite: Kroaten in Deutschland - Landkreise |publisher=kartenseite.wordpress.com |date=2017-03-26 |accessdate=2017-04-18|lang=de}}

Culture

Croatian Cultural Community Stuttgart (Hrvatska kulturna zajednica Stuttgart, HKZ Stuttgart) was established by Croatian immigrants in the autumn of 1983.{{cite web|language=hr|url=https://glashrvatske.hrt.hr/hr/izvan-domovine/40-godina-borbe-za-hrvatski-identitet-11886704|title=40 godina borbe za hrvatski identitet|trans-title=40 years of fight for the Croatian identity|work=Voice of Croatia|publisher=Croatian Radio Television (HRT)|date=30 November 2024}} They successfully ran at the elections for the City of Stuttgart's International Council. First then soon-to-become president of Croatia Franjo Tuđman visited Stuttgart and the Community in the October of 1988. HKZ organizes extracurricular classes of Croatian for the Croatian children ever since Croatia gained independence in the 1990s. HKZ regularly organizes "Ljetni festival kulture" (Summer festival of culture), with concerts of Croatian folklore ensembles and klapas, as well as presentations of the Croatian cuisine and wines.

=Language=

In July 2023, The Croaticum – Centre for Croatian Language and Literature was opened at the Regensburg University. {{Cite web|url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/first-croatian-language-centre-in-a-german-speaking-country-opens/|title=First Croatian language centre in a German-speaking country opens|website=croatiaweek.com|publisher=Croatia Week|date=8 July 2023|access-date=12 July 2023}}

=Events=

The Croatian Cultural Association of Bremen organizes summer music and dance festival “Sommerfest in Hastedt”.{{cite web|url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/how-croats-in-bremen-are-preserving-their-cultural-identity/|website=croatiaweek.com|publisher=Croatia Week|title=How Croats in Bremen are preserving their cultural identity|date=19 August 2024}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/the-biggest-croatian-concert-outside-the-homeland-to-take-place-again-in-december/|title=The biggest Croatian concert outside the homeland to take place again in December|website=croatiaweek.com|publisher=Croatia Week|date=1 November 2023|access-date=5 November 2023}}

Academia

Croatian Academic Union Germany (Hrvatski akademski savez) is a network of students and academics in Germany who are Croatians or of Croatian descent.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405202312/http://www.hrvatski-akademski-savez.de/|url=https://www.hrvatski-akadenski-savez.de/|title=Hrvatski akademski savez|archive-date=5 April 2008|language=hr, de}}

Notable Croatians and people of Croatian descent in Germany

{{image array|perrow=6|width=100|height=100| border-width = 1

| image1 = Werner Herzog Venice Film Festival 2009.jpg| caption1 = Werner Herzog

| image2 = Niko Kovač.JPG| caption2 = Niko Kovač

| image3 = 2018-06-10 ZDF Fernsehgarten Vanessa Mai-9753.jpg| caption3 = Vanessa Mai

| image4 = Guano Apes beim Open Flair 2015 (016 by Yellowcard).jpg| caption4 = Sandra Nasić

| image5 = 20161011 U21 AUT GER 9302.jpg| caption5 = Jeremy Toljan

| image6 = Jasmin Wagner Berlinale 2010.jpg| caption6 = Jasmin Wagner

| image7 = Josip Stanišić during an Interview in 2023.png| caption7 = Josip Stanišić

}}

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
Marko Grgić, handball player

==See also==

References

== External links ==

[http://www.kroatische-zeitung.de Kroatische Zeitung] News about business, education, society, tourism and sports

Germany

Category:Ethnic groups in Germany

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdead;"\| Number of Croats per German federal state
style="background:#ddd;" ! style="background:#ececec;"\|#	style="background:#ececec;"\| Federal state	style="background:#ececec;"\| People
style="text-align:right;" \| 1.	style="text-align:left;"\|Baden-Württemberg	122,835
style="text-align:right;" \| 2.	style="text-align:left;"\|Bavaria	126,090
style="text-align:right;" \| 3.	style="text-align:left;"\|Berlin	14,430
style="text-align:right;" \| 4.	style="text-align:left;"\|Brandenburg	671
style="text-align:right;" \| 5.	style="text-align:left;"\|Bremen	2,167
style="text-align:right;" \| 6.	style="text-align:left;"\|Hamburg	6,630
style="text-align:right;" \| 7.	style="text-align:left;"\|Hesse	53,785
style="text-align:right;" \| 8.	style="text-align:left;"\|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	260
style="text-align:right;" \| 9.	style="text-align:left;"\|Lower Saxony	9,429
style="text-align:right;" \| 10.	style="text-align:left;"\| North Rhine-Westphalia	48,043
style="text-align:right;" \| 11.	style="text-align:left;"\|Rhineland-Palatinate	8,668
style="text-align:right;" \| 12.	style="text-align:left;"\|Saarland	1,205
style="text-align:right;" \| 13.	style="text-align:left;"\|Saxony	714
style="text-align:right;" \| 14.	style="text-align:left;"\|Saxony-Anhalt	435
style="text-align:right;" \| 15.	style="text-align:left;"\|Schleswig-Holstein	3,229
style="text-align:right;" \| 16.	style="text-align:left;"\|Thuringia	189