Total population | |
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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]
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.
In year 2019[5]
Number of Croats per German federal state | ||||||
# | Federal state | People | ||||
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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 |
In year 2019
Number of Croats in larger cities | |||||||||
# | City | People | |||||||
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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]
In July 2023, The Croaticum – Centre for Croatian Language and Literature was opened at the Regensburg University.[7]
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.[8]
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